Best (American) Football Books
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream
by:
H.G. Bissinger
4.14 avg rating — 65,039 ratings 
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
by:
Tony Dungy
4.18 avg rating — 11,003 ratings 5. 
Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
by:
Walter Payton
4.23 avg rating — 1,537 ratings 6. 
When Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi
by:
David Maraniss
4.22 avg rating — 9,066 ratings 
9. 
Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love
by:
Bill Courtney
4.19 avg rating — 112 ratings 
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America's Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation 4.31 avg rating — 1,186 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 
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Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL
by:
John Feinstein
3.96 avg rating — 4,115 ratings 
21. 
Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.21 avg rating — 1,823 ratings 22. 
The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football
by:
Jeff Benedict
4.05 avg rating — 4,257 ratings 
23. 
Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion
by:
Michael Holley
3.94 avg rating — 2,113 ratings 
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Meat Market: Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting
by:
Bruce Feldman
3.90 avg rating — 1,647 ratings 
30. 
A Civil War: Army Vs. Navy a Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry
by:
John Feinstein
4.26 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 32. 
Going Long: The Wild Ten-Year Saga of the Renegade American Football League in the Words of Those Who Lived It
by:
Jeff Miller
4.06 avg rating — 125 ratings 32. 
Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.09 avg rating — 8,875 ratings 
36. 
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
by:
Jeffrey Marx
4.19 avg rating — 1,919 ratings 37. 
I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
by:
Michael Oher
4.13 avg rating — 8,684 ratings 38. 
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Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football
by:
John U. Bacon
3.96 avg rating — 760 ratings 41. 
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We Own This Game: A Season the in the Adult World of Youth Football 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Undefeated: The Oklahoma Sooners and the Greatest Winning Streak in College Football
by:
Jim Dent
3.97 avg rating — 211 ratings 46. 
Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant
by:
Paul W. Bryant
4.21 avg rating — 117 ratings 
46. 
A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL
by:
Stefan Fatsis
3.91 avg rating — 2,423 ratings 
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Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship
by:
David Fleming
4.35 avg rating — 187 ratings 
53. 
The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation
by:
Dave Revsine
3.93 avg rating — 250 ratings 
58. 
Dan Rooney: My 75 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
by:
Dan Rooney
4.11 avg rating — 278 ratings 
60. 
Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
62. 
From Baltimore to Broadway: Joe, the Jets, and the Super Bowl III Guarantee
by:
Edward Gruver
3.91 avg rating — 23 ratings 
65. 
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 65. 
Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season
by:
Urban Meyer
4.15 avg rating — 2,659 ratings 67. 
Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
by:
Jeff Pearlman
4.27 avg rating — 2,925 ratings 68. 
Monster of the Midway: Bronko Nagurski, the 1943 Chicago Bears, and the Greatest Comeback Ever
by:
Jim Dent
4.08 avg rating — 158 ratings 69. 
Bowls, Polls, and Tattered Souls: Tackling the Chaos and Controversy that Reign Over College Football
by:
Stewart Mandel
3.83 avg rating — 288 ratings 
70. 
Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football
by:
Michael Holley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,070 ratings 72. 
War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest 4.15 avg rating — 486 ratings
75. 
Undue Process: The NCAA's Injustice for All
by:
Don Yaeger
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings 77. 
Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen
by:
Joe Drape
4.14 avg rating — 655 ratings 78. 
Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
by:
John U. Bacon
4.17 avg rating — 1,700 ratings 79. 
The Greatest Football Stories Ever Told: Twenty Tales of Gridiron Glory
by:
Eric Noe
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings 79. 
You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise: A Doctor's Sideline Secrets About Pro Football's Most Outrageous Team
by:
Robert Huizenga
4.12 avg rating — 259 ratings 79. 
Hanging On To My Dreams: Bouncing Back From All Rejections
by:
Arnold Henry
4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings 
79. 
Third Saturday in October: The Game-By-Game Story of the South's Most Intense Football Rivalry
by:
Al Browning
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings 79. 
Woody's Boys: 20 Famous Buckeyes Talk Amongst Themselves
by:
Alan Natali
4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings 79. 
Touchdown in Europe: How American Football Came to the Old Continent
by:
Massimo Foglio
3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings 
79. 
The Big One: A Game by Game History of the Michigan-Ohio State Football Rivalry, 1897-1980
by:
Bill Cromartie
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings 79. 
Unbeatable: Tom Osborne and the Greatest Era of Nebraska Football
by:
Henry J. Cordes
4.56 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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Always Compete: An Inside Look at Pete Carroll and the USC Football Juggernaut
by:
Steve Bisheff
3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings 79. 
Tape, I-C-E, and Sound Advice: Life Lessons from a Hall of Fame Athletic Trainer
by:
Rod Walters
3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings 
79. 
‘Til the End: A Novel of Murder, Addiction, and Lies
by:
Joseph Patrick33
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings 79. 
The Impossible Team: The Worst to First Patriots' Super Bowl Season
by:
Nick Cafardo
3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings 79. 
4th and Goal Every Day: Alabama's Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
by:
Phil Savage
3.75 avg rating — 326 ratings 
79. 
Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
by:
Nate Jackson
3.87 avg rating — 5,218 ratings