Which Way?
7 Books

Patrick Burston

1980s - 2010s

A series of Choose your Own Adventures, sometimes with maze/puzzle elements

Which Way?

While technically Choose Your Own Adventure books, these deserve an honorable mention as their illustrations are phenomenal (particularly the early books) and their is a lot to look at in these detailed scenes.

Note that these have been published under many different names, including 'Choose your way gamebooks' from Walker Books, using a unique logo across various similar series. Also note that many more followup books were published in different languages not involving the initial author/illustrator team. More information can be found here

Books in this series
1
The Jungle of Peril
Patrick Burston
Alastair Graham (Illustrator)
1985

A 'Which Way' Adventure book.

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4.31
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9781406317749
2
The Planet of Terror
Patrick Burston
Alastair Graham (Illustrator)
1985

Your mission in this activity book is to find your crashed spaceship and return to Earth, but first you must outwit deadly Tentaclons, ghastly Mutoids, the evil Brain of Terror and other dangers! There are lots of puzzles to solve and many different routes, so you can play again and again.

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3.89
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744594683
3
The Castle of Fear
Patrick Burston
Alastair Graham (Illustrator)
1990

Your mission in this puzzle book is to rescue your friends imprisoned in the Castle of Fear, but beware! The wicked wizard has set many traps. You and your monkey companion, Zetto, must find a way past monsters, vampire bats, a dragon, the Slime Serpent and other terrifying dangers!

Goodreads
4.09
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744594652
4
The Funfair of Evil
Patrick Burston
Alastair Graham (Illustrator)
1990

A 'Which Way' Adventure book.

Goodreads
4.42
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744517422
5
The Island of Horror
Patrick Burston
Alastair Graham (Illustrator)
1996

A 'Which Way' Adventure book.

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3.7
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744547245
6
The Pirates of Doom
Patrick Burston
Piers Sanford (Illustrator)
1996

Your mission in The Pirates of Doom is to board the Doom and recover the stolen Royal Jewel. But beware! The ship is full of traps and dangers for the unwary, and only the sharpwitted will survive.

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4
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744598223
7
The Sea of Menace
Patrick Burston
Piers Sanford (Illustrator)
1998

You are on the explorer ship Crystal Searcher. Your friends have come off their sub-bike and you must find and save them, then discover the secret of the sunken Crystal City. But beware! The Sea of Menace is full of dangers - twisting whirlpools, toxic waste and shocktopuses await you.

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4.14
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
48 pages
ISBN 9780744598230