Apart from technical literature and study material, Go and its strategies have been the subject of several non-technical books, such as the novel The Master of Go by Nobel prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata.? Other books have used Go as a theme or minor plot device. For example, the 1979 novel Shibumi by Trevanian centers around the game and uses Go metaphors.

Similarly, Go has been used as a subject or plot device in film, such as ? (Pi), the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind, and The Go Master, a biopic of Go professional Go Seigen.

Go is mentioned and used as a profiling device in the pilot episode of Criminal Minds, Extreme Aggressor.

Go, referred to as Weiqi, features prominently in the 1986 Eric Van Lustbader novel Jian.

Of particular note is the manga (Japanese comic book) and anime series Hikaru no Go, released in Japan in 1998, which had a large impact in popularizing Go among young players, both in Japan and?as translations were released?abroad.