The Olympic Games
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 4.39 avg rating — 352,768 ratings
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Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
by:
Tom Caraccioli
3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings 4. 
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics
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Jeremy Schaap
3.86 avg rating — 1,762 ratings 5. 
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,186 ratings
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
by:
Wayne Coffey
4.21 avg rating — 4,757 ratings 
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Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams
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Jennifer Sey
3.78 avg rating — 2,285 ratings 9. 
Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
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Ginny Gilder
3.75 avg rating — 239 ratings 10. 
One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God"
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Simon Reeve
4.10 avg rating — 1,152 ratings 11. 
Striking Silver: The Untold Story of America's Forgotten Hockey Team
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Tom Caraccioli
4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings 12. 
The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games
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Tony Perrottet
3.76 avg rating — 418 ratings 
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Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory
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P.H. Mullen
4.33 avg rating — 424 ratings 
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Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
by:
Aaron J. Klein
3.98 avg rating — 1,345 ratings 25. 
The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold
by:
Joy Goodwin
4.42 avg rating — 257 ratings 
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Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Won at Lake Placid (Dover Books on Sports and Popular Recreations)
by:
Tim Wendel
3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings 29. 
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
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Joan Ryan
3.97 avg rating — 3,004 ratings 
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Eric Liddell: Pure Gold : A New Biography of the Olympic Champion Who Inspired Chariots of Fire
by:
David McCasland
4.28 avg rating — 604 ratings 
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The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory
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Julie Checkoway
3.75 avg rating — 2,332 ratings 
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Guinness Book of Olympic Records 1992 (Guinness Book of Olympic Records)
by:
Norris McWhirter
3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings 
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Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics
by:
Richard Hoffer
3.68 avg rating — 85 ratings 
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Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics
by:
Sue Macy
3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings 
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Ancient Greece and the Olympics (Magic Tree House Research Guide, #10) 4.09 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
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Edge of Glory: The Inside Story of the Quest for Figure Skating's Olympic Gold Medals 3.79 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Winning Balance: What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams
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Shawn Johnson
4.03 avg rating — 3,038 ratings 
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Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women 3.76 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Foiled: Hitler's Jewish Olympian: The Helene Mayer Story
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Milly Mogulof
3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings 65. 
The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Olympic Equestrian: The Sports and the Stories from Stockholm to Sydney 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Showdown at Shepherd's Bush: The 1908 Olympic Marathon and the Three Runners Who Launched a Sporting Craze
by:
David Davis
3.82 avg rating — 116 ratings 
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Biathlon, Cross-Country, Ski Jumping, and Nordic Combined
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Kylie Burns
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 73. 
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Inside Edge: A Revealing Journey into the Secret World of Figure Skating 3.82 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
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Toby C. Rider
3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings 78. 
The Magnificent Seven: The Authorized Story of American Gold
by:
N.H. Kleinbaum
3.91 avg rating — 99 ratings 79. 
Freeze Frame: A Photographic History of the Winter Olympics
by:
Sue Macy
3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings 79. 
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Shattered Hopes: Canada's Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games
by:
Sheila Robertson
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 82. 
For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr
by:
Duncan Hamilton
4.29 avg rating — 1,740 ratings 
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
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David Halberstam
4.28 avg rating — 6,679 ratings 85. 
The Olympic's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of the Olympics' Gold Medal Gaffes, Improbable Triumphs, and Other Oddities
by:
Floyd Conner
3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings 
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Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler's Olympic Games
by:
Oliver Hilmes
3.89 avg rating — 1,237 ratings 
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Patriot Hearts: Inside the Olympics That Changed a Country
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John Furlong
4.06 avg rating — 100 ratings 90. 
The Other Olympics: Playing with Identity
by:
Matt Roebuck
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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American Fencer: Modern Lessons from an Ancient Sport
by:
Tim Morehouse
4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings 
