Best Sports History Books
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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 — 352,743 ratings
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The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
by:
Neal Bascomb
4.22 avg rating — 9,994 ratings 4. 
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game
by:
Dan Barry
4.09 avg rating — 2,493 ratings 5. 
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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The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation
by:
Sally Jenkins
4.10 avg rating — 978 ratings 9. 
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics
by:
Jeremy Schaap
3.86 avg rating — 1,762 ratings 10. 
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
by:
David Halberstam
4.28 avg rating — 6,679 ratings 11. 
Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
by:
Walter Payton
4.23 avg rating — 1,537 ratings 12. 
Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football's Greatest Battle
by:
Lars Anderson
4.02 avg rating — 490 ratings 12. 
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
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The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team
by:
Jim Dent
4.22 avg rating — 2,162 ratings 17. 
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Ajax, the Dutch, the War : Football in Europe During the Second World War
by:
Simon Kuper
3.90 avg rating — 1,173 ratings 20. 
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 21. 
Woody's Boys: 20 Famous Buckeyes Talk Amongst Themselves
by:
Alan Natali
4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings 21. 
The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation
by:
Nihar Suthar
4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings 
24. 
American Wop - Beaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: That's why you're here!
by:
Jack Tar
4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings 
25. 
One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God"
by:
Simon Reeve
4.10 avg rating — 1,152 ratings 27. 
America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation 4.31 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
29. 
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
by:
Lance Armstrong
3.71 avg rating — 41,093 ratings 30. 
War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest 4.15 avg rating — 486 ratings
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
by:
Jeremy Schaap
3.86 avg rating — 1,762 ratings 30. 
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
by:
David Remnick
4.26 avg rating — 4,842 ratings 
33. 
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
by:
Bill Simmons
4.20 avg rating — 37,511 ratings 33. 
Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won 3.82 avg rating — 5,727 ratings
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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
by:
John Carlin
4.18 avg rating — 5,451 ratings 38. 
In Black and White : The Untold Story of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens
by:
Donald McRae
4.40 avg rating — 140 ratings 38. 
The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
by:
Mark Frost
4.44 avg rating — 1,184 ratings 40. 
Two Ton: One Night, One Fight -Tony Galento v. Joe Louis
by:
Joseph Monninger
4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings 40. 
The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
by:
Mark Bowden
4.04 avg rating — 903 ratings 42. 
When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi
by:
David Maraniss
4.22 avg rating — 9,065 ratings 
44. 
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon: The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Co-founder
by:
Kenny Moore
4.22 avg rating — 2,637 ratings 
46. 
Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos
by:
Gavin Newsham
3.63 avg rating — 152 ratings 
48. 
Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
by:
David Margolick
4.01 avg rating — 261 ratings 49. 
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
by:
Eliot Asinof
4.05 avg rating — 11,321 ratings 
53. 
Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, And The Greatest Upset In Boxing History
by:
Jeremy Schaap
4.16 avg rating — 953 ratings 54. 
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
by:
Geoffrey C. Ward
4.23 avg rating — 961 ratings 55. 
59. 
Bear: The Hard Life & Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant
by:
Paul W. Bryant
4.21 avg rating — 117 ratings 59. 
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream
by:
Mitch Albom
4.29 avg rating — 4,637 ratings 59. 
Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe
by:
Kate Buford
3.89 avg rating — 127 ratings 59. 
'67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, And The End Of An Empire
by:
Damien Cox
4.02 avg rating — 96 ratings 59. 
Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections
by:
Arnold Henry
4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings 59. 
Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites
by:
Chris Jensen
4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 59. 
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 
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Season of Upsets: Farm boys, city kids, Hoosier basketball and the dawn of the 1950s 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
59. 
Sonny Liston -- The Real Story Behind the Ali-Liston Fights
by:
Paul Gallender
4.12 avg rating — 119 ratings 
59. 
Hero's Journey: John Ritter, the Chip Hilton of Goshen, Indiana; a Memoir
by:
Jeffrey Rasley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings 59. 
59. 
A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
by:
Ramachandra Guha
4.29 avg rating — 929 ratings 59. 
Walk-On Warrior: Drive, Discipline, and the Will to Win
by:
John Willkom
4.08 avg rating — 141 ratings 
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The First Beautiful Game: Stories of Obsession in Real Tennis
by:
Roman Krznaric
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings 
59. 
The Black Athlete Revolt: The Sport Justice Movement in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
83. 
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse
by:
Tom Verducci
4.46 avg rating — 3,328 ratings 83. 
Figure Skating and the Arts: Eight Centuries of Sport and Inspiration
by:
Frances Dafoe
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 83. 
Sneaker Wars: The Enemy Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sports
by:
Barbara Smit
3.90 avg rating — 1,140 ratings 
92. 
Plassey's Gaels: A History of the Gaa at Ncpe, Thomond, Nihe & the University of Limeri 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
92. 
Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland
by:
Mark Kreidler
4.21 avg rating — 399 ratings 92. 
The Sweat of the Gods: Myths and Legends of Bicycle Racing
by:
Benjo Maso
4.09 avg rating — 125 ratings 
92. 
Indelible Tracings: The Story of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
92. 
Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar
by:
Brook Larmer
4.11 avg rating — 97 ratings 