Basketball Non-Fiction
1. 
The Franchise: Building a Winner With the World Champion Detroit Pistons, Basketballs Bad Boys
by:
Cameron Stauth
4.22 avg rating — 177 ratings 2. 
Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA―Reshaping the NBA Through Statistical Analysis
by:
Kirk Goldsberry
4.26 avg rating — 450 ratings 
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Unfinished Business: On and Off the Court with the 1990-91 Boston Celtics
by:
Jack McCallum
4.04 avg rating — 376 ratings 7. 
Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball
by:
Kerry Eggers
3.48 avg rating — 341 ratings 8. 
Built to Lose: How the NBA's Tanking Era Changed the League Forever
by:
Jake Fischer
3.68 avg rating — 383 ratings 9. 
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court
by:
Chris Paul
3.91 avg rating — 758 ratings 10. 
Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession
by:
Joe Lunardi
3.61 avg rating — 177 ratings 11. 
Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA 3.97 avg rating — 519 ratings
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
by:
David Halberstam
4.28 avg rating — 6,679 ratings 13. 
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.35 avg rating — 4,519 ratings 14. 
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
by:
Jack McCallum
4.04 avg rating — 4,408 ratings 15. 
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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
by:
Sam Smith
4.25 avg rating — 18,938 ratings 
19. 
Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon
by:
Roland Lazenby
4.17 avg rating — 170 ratings 20. 
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
by:
Kirk Goldsberry
4.10 avg rating — 1,647 ratings 
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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.28 avg rating — 4,232 ratings 24. 
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks
by:
Chris Herring
4.29 avg rating — 4,462 ratings 25. 
The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season
by:
John Feinstein
3.88 avg rating — 736 ratings 26. 
Miracles on the Hardwood: The Hope-and-a-Prayer Story of a Winning Tradition in Catholic College Basketball
by:
John Gasaway
3.87 avg rating — 152 ratings 
28. 
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by:
Shea Serrano
4.38 avg rating — 6,356 ratings 
31. 
Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History
by:
Brian Windhorst
4.13 avg rating — 2,218 ratings 32. 
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution
by:
Jonathan Abrams
4.14 avg rating — 2,792 ratings 33. 
Got To Give the People What They Want: True Stories and Flagrant Opinions from Center Court
by:
Jalen Rose
3.92 avg rating — 896 ratings 34. 
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
by:
Bill Simmons
4.20 avg rating — 37,510 ratings 35. 
Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson
by:
Kent Babb
3.91 avg rating — 926 ratings 36. 
Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court
by:
Jay Bilas
4.02 avg rating — 1,918 ratings 
38. 
Why So Serious?: The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic
by:
Mike Singer
4.18 avg rating — 501 ratings 39. 
When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback
by:
Michael Leahy
4.21 avg rating — 1,948 ratings 
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I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence
by:
Michael Jordan
4.14 avg rating — 991 ratings 
46. 
Dean's Domain: The Inside Story of Dean Smith and His College Basketball Empire
by:
Art Chansky
4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings 47. 
The essence of the game is deception: Thinking about basketball
by:
Leonard Koppett
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Bird On Basketball: How-to Strategies From The Great Celtics Champion
by:
Larry Bird
4.52 avg rating — 50 ratings 51. 
KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest
by:
Marcus Thompson
3.83 avg rating — 249 ratings 
53. 
A Soaring Season: The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003-04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
54. 
Dynasty Restored: How Larry Bird and the 1984 Boston Celtics Conquered the NBA and Changed Basketball
by:
Thomas J. Whalen
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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The Knicks of the Nineties: Ewing, Oakley, Starks and the Brawlers That Almost Won It All
by:
Paul Knepper
4.22 avg rating — 82 ratings 
60. 
The Wonder Boy: Luka Doncic and the Curse of Greatness
by:
Tim MacMahon
3.32 avg rating — 157 ratings 61. 
There Is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan
by:
Sam Smith
4.20 avg rating — 232 ratings 62. 
The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball
by:
Alejandro Danois
4.17 avg rating — 470 ratings 63. 
Kingdom on Fire: Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty 4.10 avg rating — 261 ratings
64. 
Vintage Cavs: A Warm Look Back at the Cavaliers of the Cleveland Arena and Richfield Coliseum Years
by:
Terry Pluto
4.40 avg rating — 62 ratings 
66. 
Unbracketed: Big-Time College Basketball Done The Right Way
by:
Graham Honaker
4.20 avg rating — 35 ratings 67. 
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Bull Run: The Story of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls The Greatest Team in Basketball History
by:
Roland Lazenby
4.35 avg rating — 54 ratings 70. 
The Show: The Inside Story of the Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers in the Words of Those Who Lived It
by:
Roland Lazenby
4.19 avg rating — 112 ratings 71. 
Out of Bounds: Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime
by:
Jeff Benedict
3.43 avg rating — 133 ratings 
73. 
Chasing Perfection: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the High-Stakes Game of Creating an NBA Champion
by:
Andy Glockner
3.51 avg rating — 258 ratings 
76. 
Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life
by:
Mike Krzyzewski
4.21 avg rating — 3,793 ratings 
79. 
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
by:
Hanif Abdurraqib
4.29 avg rating — 11,401 ratings 80. 
Top of the World: The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics Amazing One-Year Turnaround to Become NBA Champions
by:
Peter May
3.81 avg rating — 150 ratings 81. 
The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds
by:
Rick Telander
4.07 avg rating — 373 ratings 82. 
From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love
by:
Ray Allen
3.98 avg rating — 779 ratings 83. 
Hoops Heist: Seattle, the Sonics and How a Stolen Team's Legacy Gave Rise to the NBA's Secret Empire
by:
Jon Finkel
3.92 avg rating — 105 ratings 84. 
Between Dynasties: The Los Angeles Lakers in the years between Magic and Kobe 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers & the Birth of the NBA 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings
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MPLS: The Minneapolis Lakers and the Dawn of Professional Basketball 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Curse: The Colorful & Chaotic History of the LA Clippers
by:
Mick Minas
4.31 avg rating — 170 ratings 90. 
Reborn: The Pacers and the Return of Pro Basketball to Indianapolis
by:
Mark Montieth
4.42 avg rating — 43 ratings 91. 
The Franchise: LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers
by:
Terry Pluto
3.97 avg rating — 126 ratings 92. 
To the Brink: Stockton Malone and the Utah Jazz's Climb to the Edge of Glory
by:
Michael C. Lewis
3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings 
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The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics, the NBA's Greatest Team of All Time
by:
Peter May
3.92 avg rating — 143 ratings 98. 
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