Book ~ "My Trivial Pursuits: The Inside Story of the Board Game That Conquered the World" (2026) John Haney

From Goodreads ~ My Trivial Pursuits is the definitive account of how Trivial Pursuit - a cardboard sketch dreamed up in a smoky Montreal kitchen - exploded into one of the best-selling and most recognizable games ever created. John Haney, one of the original co-creators, takes readers inside the chaotic early the first hand-drawn board, the heated debate over categories, the breakthrough of the scoring "wedge," and the marathon writing of thousands of questions pulled from newspapers, memory, and barroom lore.

What began as a lightbulb moment over drinks ignited a global trivia craze, selling tens of millions of copies, spawning imitators, and reshaping the board-game industry through the 1980s and beyond.

Told with clarity, humour and a front-row view of the game's improbable rise, My Trivial Pursuits reveals how an offbeat idea became a cultural phenomenon - and why its impact still endures.

This book tells the story behind one of the most recognizable board games ever created, Trivial Pursuit. Haney, one of the game's co-creators, tells how it all started in Montreal, when a simple idea turned into an unexpected worldwide success. He shares how the game was developed, the challenges of getting it off the ground, the creation of its questions and categories and the twists and turns that helped make it a household name. The book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the people, hard work and business decisions that transformed Trivial Pursuit from a Canadian idea into an international sensation.

I don't think I've ever played Trivial Pursuit but I thought it would be interesting to learn how it was created since it was a Canadian sensation and it was. Lots of hard work, that's for sure. For some reason I wasn't crazy about the author or his writing style and didn't find him overly likeable, maybe a bit too cocky. As a head's up, there is swearing.