Baseball Books to Love

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Moneyball
Moneyball 4.27 avg rating — 141,362 ratings
2.
Ball Four
Ball Four 4.05 avg rating — 20,738 ratings
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The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding 3.99 avg rating — 115,138 ratings
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The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer 4.13 avg rating — 12,464 ratings
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A Pitch for Justice
A Pitch for Justice 3.87 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The Natural
The Natural 3.61 avg rating — 12,224 ratings
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Shoeless Joe
Shoeless Joe 3.97 avg rating — 16,195 ratings
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Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly 3.91 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
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Calico Joe
Calico Joe 3.88 avg rating — 49,106 ratings
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The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It 4.38 avg rating — 5,662 ratings
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Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball 3.98 avg rating — 4,792 ratings
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One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season
One Shot at Forever: A Small Town, an Unlikely Coach, and a Magical Baseball Season 4.28 avg rating — 2,990 ratings
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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract 4.29 avg rating — 5,736 ratings
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Baseball
Baseball 4.19 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
by: Dan Barry
4.09 avg rating — 2,493 ratings
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The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series - and America's Heart - During the Great Depression
The Gashouse Gang: How Dizzy Dean, Leo Durocher, Branch Rickey, Pepper Martin, and Their Colorful, Come-from-Behind Ball Club Won the World Series - and America's Heart - During the Great Depression 3.92 avg rating — 418 ratings
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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series 4.05 avg rating — 11,322 ratings
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Cobb: A Biography
Cobb: A Biography
by: Al Stump
3.92 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
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The Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran
The Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran 4.04 avg rating — 5,140 ratings
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Out of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs
Out of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs 4.03 avg rating — 1,801 ratings
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Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero 4.16 avg rating — 5,510 ratings
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Intangibles: Big-League Stories and Strategies for Winning the Mental Game-in Baseball and in Life
Intangibles: Big-League Stories and Strategies for Winning the Mental Game-in Baseball and in Life 4.06 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy 4.08 avg rating — 6,844 ratings
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The Brothers K
The Brothers K 4.39 avg rating — 16,669 ratings
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3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager 3.91 avg rating — 8,468 ratings
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One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America
One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 284 ratings
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The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First 3.78 avg rating — 3,857 ratings
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig 4.26 avg rating — 5,795 ratings
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I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story 4.16 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
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American Past Time
American Past Time
by: Len Joy
4.45 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Baseball Legends: They're Back
Baseball Legends: They're Back 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler (Mickey Tussler, #1)
The Legend of Mickey Tussler (Mickey Tussler, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Sophomore Campaign (Mickey Tussler, #2)
Sophomore Campaign (Mickey Tussler, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big
Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big 3.29 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
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The Bad Guys Won! : A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best
The Bad Guys Won! : A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform--and Maybe the Best 4.09 avg rating — 5,558 ratings
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Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck
Veeck As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck 4.12 avg rating — 2,106 ratings
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The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season
The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season 3.76 avg rating — 437 ratings
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Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards
Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards 3.80 avg rating — 924 ratings
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Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 159 ratings
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Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life 4.15 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Stan Musial: An American Life
Stan Musial: An American Life 3.92 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak 4.05 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
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Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back 4.25 avg rating — 4,611 ratings
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Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites
Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. 3.83 avg rating — 2,462 ratings
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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game
Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game 4.06 avg rating — 1,278 ratings
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The Boys Who Were Left Behind: The 1944 World Series Between the Hapless St. Louis Browns And the Legendary St. Louis Cardinals
The Boys Who Were Left Behind: The 1944 World Series Between the Hapless St. Louis Browns And the Legendary St. Louis Cardinals 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
by: Larry Tye
4.07 avg rating — 2,844 ratings
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The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums
The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip: A Fan's Guide to Major League Stadiums 3.94 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City 4.31 avg rating — 852 ratings
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius 4.42 avg rating — 976 ratings
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers
The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers 4.21 avg rating — 888 ratings
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My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life
My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life 4.07 avg rating — 505 ratings
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Shipwrecked: A Peoples' History of the Seattle Mariners
Shipwrecked: A Peoples' History of the Seattle Mariners
by: Jon Wells
3.88 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Hallways in the Night
Hallways in the Night 3.97 avg rating — 97 ratings
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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports 4.13 avg rating — 749 ratings
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If I Never Get Back
If I Never Get Back 4.06 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Summer of '49
Summer of '49 4.11 avg rating — 9,829 ratings
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg 3.56 avg rating — 2,535 ratings
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Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball 3.87 avg rating — 3,908 ratings
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True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson 4.29 avg rating — 529 ratings
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Baseball Is a Funny Game
Baseball Is a Funny Game 3.69 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Painting The Corners
Painting The Corners 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Extra Innings: He was the greatest hitter of all time. Cryonics brought him back to life in 2092. Would he use this second chance to win his first World Series or to become a better man?
Extra Innings: He was the greatest hitter of all time. Cryonics brought him back to life in 2092. Would he use this second chance to win his first World Series or to become a better man? 3.81 avg rating — 72 ratings
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The Yankee Years
The Yankee Years
by: Joe Torre
3.88 avg rating — 8,497 ratings
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The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron 4.15 avg rating — 1,897 ratings
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Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend
Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend 4.10 avg rating — 2,997 ratings
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Blockade Billy
Blockade Billy 3.48 avg rating — 24,296 ratings
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Dream Team (Dream Seekers, #2)
Dream Team (Dream Seekers, #2)
by: Lisa Ard
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
69.
Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues
Stolen Season: A Journey Through America and Baseball's Minor Leagues 4.05 avg rating — 299 ratings
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Catch Every Ball: How to Handle Life's Pitches
Catch Every Ball: How to Handle Life's Pitches 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season
Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season 4.16 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Chasing a Dream
Chasing a Dream 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees
The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees 3.97 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
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Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports 3.83 avg rating — 5,966 ratings
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My First Red Sox Game
My First Red Sox Game 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Sometimes You See It Coming
Sometimes You See It Coming 3.64 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Home, Away
Home, Away 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season 3.83 avg rating — 5,459 ratings
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth 3.91 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Benchwarmer's Encyclopedia: A Father's Story of Usually Trying his Best for the Team
The Benchwarmer's Encyclopedia: A Father's Story of Usually Trying his Best for the Team 3.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training: A Novel Approach to Cinema
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training: A Novel Approach to Cinema 4.11 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Why Time Begins on Opening Day
Why Time Begins on Opening Day 4.18 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Summertime Dreams: Yes-Girls Can Play Baseball!
Summertime Dreams: Yes-Girls Can Play Baseball! 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime 3.81 avg rating — 3,241 ratings
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season 4.10 avg rating — 1,767 ratings
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Touch Blue
Touch Blue 3.87 avg rating — 7,782 ratings
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
by: Rob Neyer
3.77 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s 3.88 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
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Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76
Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ‘76 4.16 avg rating — 506 ratings
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The Cubs of '69: Recollections of the Team That Should Have Been
The Cubs of '69: Recollections of the Team That Should Have Been 3.68 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb 3.87 avg rating — 627 ratings
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Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame:The National Baseball Hall Of Fame And Museum
Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame:The National Baseball Hall Of Fame And Museum 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had 4.16 avg rating — 738 ratings
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Heat
Heat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,480 ratings
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The Mighty Roman
The Mighty Roman 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Let Me Wear Your Coat
Let Me Wear Your Coat 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Inside Heat (Mustangs Baseball, #1)
Inside Heat (Mustangs Baseball, #1)
by: Roz Lee
3.84 avg rating — 555 ratings
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The Mentor
The Mentor 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
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