Best Baseball Books
6. 
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It 4.38 avg rating — 5,661 ratings
11. 
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
by:
Eliot Asinof
4.05 avg rating — 11,321 ratings 
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
by:
David Maraniss
4.16 avg rating — 5,510 ratings 
23. 
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America
by:
Joe Posnanski
4.40 avg rating — 4,714 ratings 24. 
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
by:
Robert Coover
3.83 avg rating — 2,461 ratings 
27. 
3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
by:
Buzz Bissinger
3.91 avg rating — 8,468 ratings 28. 
The Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran
by:
Dirk Hayhurst
4.04 avg rating — 5,140 ratings 
34. 
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
by:
Stewart O'Nan
3.83 avg rating — 5,459 ratings 
36. 
One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America
by:
Steve Kettmann
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 284 ratings 37. 
Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong 4.01 avg rating — 3,771 ratings
38. 
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
by:
Jane Leavy
3.97 avg rating — 6,840 ratings 39. 
42. 
The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
by:
John Helyar
4.42 avg rating — 1,207 ratings 43. 
Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History
by:
Cait Murphy
3.97 avg rating — 2,251 ratings 44. 
51. 
The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
by:
Brendan C. Boyd
4.44 avg rating — 178 ratings 
54. 
Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
by:
Dan Epstein
3.88 avg rating — 1,210 ratings 55. 
Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
by:
R.A. Dickey
3.98 avg rating — 4,792 ratings 
59. 
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
by:
Dan Barry
4.09 avg rating — 2,493 ratings 
63. 
Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets
by:
Steve Kettmann
3.80 avg rating — 225 ratings 64. 
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime
by:
Jason Turbow
3.81 avg rating — 3,241 ratings 
67. 
Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams 4.11 avg rating — 765 ratings
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72. 
The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
by:
Alan Schwarz
3.99 avg rating — 1,203 ratings 
74. 
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
by:
Jonathan Eig
4.10 avg rating — 1,767 ratings 75. 
Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Baseball, Cooperstown, and the Politics of Glory
by:
Bill James
4.13 avg rating — 1,032 ratings 
82. 
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
by:
Jonah Keri
3.78 avg rating — 3,857 ratings 
84. 
Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
by:
Jules Tygiel
4.20 avg rating — 409 ratings 
88. 
Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues
by:
David Lamb
4.05 avg rating — 298 ratings 
91. 
The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers: From 1870 to Today
by:
Bill James
4.27 avg rating — 262 ratings 92. 
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
by:
Edward Achorn
3.77 avg rating — 1,152 ratings 93. 
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won 3.82 avg rating — 5,727 ratings
95. 
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
by:
Chris Ballard
4.28 avg rating — 2,989 ratings 96. 
Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseball
by:
George F. Will
3.56 avg rating — 393 ratings 
98. 
Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards
by:
Josh Wilker
3.80 avg rating — 925 ratings 99. 
Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
by:
John Feinstein
3.87 avg rating — 3,907 ratings 100. 