Enjoyable chess read?- not instruction

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110300/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review385.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104513/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review413.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708112445/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review459.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090915/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review523.pdf

The Big Book of World Chess Championships by Andre Schulz

http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-115-kings-of-chess

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9030.pdf

The Genius and the Misery of Chess
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101906/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review661.pdf
Grandmasters of Chess by Harold C. Schonberg
The Development of Chess Style by Dr. Max Euwe
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095110/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/chestyle.txt
The Great Chess Masters and Their Games by Fred Reinfeld
The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine
Kings of Chess by William Winter
Golden Treasury of Chess by Francis J. Wellmuth

Decisive Games in Chess History

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever

The History of Chess in Fifty Moves by Bill Price

The Immortal Capablanca

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486263339.html

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, by David Shenk

Secret Chess Notes, By David Bronstein. Enjoyable.  Don't look at the games, just read the stories.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708085649/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review561.pdf

Seirawan: "Chess Duels" is actually quite good with lots of background stories.

Timman: "Timman's Titans" does have a similar idea.

Both books are really good read. Unfortunately, Chess Duels is not available as ebook.

Yes, Titans is an excellent read.

I second this. Bronstein's stories are delightful and many contain historical insights.

Another interesting read is "Bobby Fischer Goes to War", a behind-the-scenes look at the 1972 WC match.

Didn't read that one.  Who wrote it?

The principal author was a British journalist named David Edmonds, and the co-author was a gent named John Eidinow. The focus of the book is on the machinations of both sides in arranging and playing the match. The games aren't analyzed; they're discussed only in the context of the drama of the match.

Thanks, I have to read it. The real pride and sorrow of chess.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100156/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review751.pdf

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Chess-Duels-My-Games-With-The-World-Champions-79p3557.htm

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/timmans-titans/

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9039.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708111742/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review431.pdf

Geo was a blindfold CHESS champion. The book has humor, adventure and fun to read. It has one draw back, the games are in descriptive notation . . . It's old and you can buy it used @ "Trifty Books com"

I think that there was an algebraic revision at some point. Might be hard to find, now.

I just remembered: The algebraic revision of the Koltanowski book was called, In the Dark.

"King's Gambit: A Son, A Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game," by Paul Hoffman. 
As a young teen, Hoffman lost himself in chess to escape his parents' dissolving marriage. In this book he weaves his own chess journey through stories about the great contemporary players he has met and traveled with. It's a simply fascinating read with no games in it whatsoever. But if you love chess, you will love this book.

Sounds interesting. 

I recommend it. My wife and I read it aloud together. We both enjoyed it. She is not an avid chess player. She learned to play at the insistence of our children.