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Non-Fiction About Women in Sports
1.
My Fight / Your Fight
by:
Ronda Rousey
4.16 avg rating — 9,071 ratings
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The Frailty Myth: Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls
by:
Colette Dowling
4.12 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers
by:
Debra A. Shattuck
3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
by:
Lydia Reeder
3.75 avg rating — 1,975 ratings
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Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement
by:
Wendy L. Rouse
4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith
by:
Gabrielle Douglas
3.94 avg rating — 2,991 ratings
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Find a Way
by:
Diana Nyad
4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings
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Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold
by:
Nancy Smirl Jorgensen
3.99 avg rating — 354 ratings
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Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives
by:
Anna Kessel
4.13 avg rating — 1,275 ratings
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Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold
by:
Tessa Virtue
4.41 avg rating — 796 ratings
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One Life
by:
Megan Rapinoe
4.20 avg rating — 14,275 ratings
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
by:
Michaela DePrince
4.25 avg rating — 5,474 ratings
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What Is a Girl Worth?: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics
by:
Rachael Denhollander
4.61 avg rating — 6,755 ratings
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Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes
by:
Billie Jean King
3.74 avg rating — 206 ratings
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Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
by:
Ginny Gilder
3.75 avg rating — 239 ratings
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Life As I Know It
by:
Michelle Payne
4.12 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Finding a Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball
by:
Joanne Lannin
4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
by:
Kathleen Krull
4.31 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
19.
A Skating Life: My Story
by:
Dorothy Hamill
3.62 avg rating — 439 ratings
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Michelle Kwan: My Special Moments
by:
Michelle Kwan
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Counting Coup
by:
Larry Colton
4.17 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
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A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
by:
Sue Macy
4.08 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Danica--Crossing the Line
by:
Danica Patrick
3.40 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Women Who Win: Female Athletes on Being the Best
by:
Lisa Taggart
4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer
by:
Tina Basich
3.85 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Great Swim
by:
Gavin Mortimer
3.91 avg rating — 192 ratings
25.
The Limitless Spirit of the Martial Arts
by:
Marilyn Fierro
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial are Destroying Sport
by:
Linda Blade
4.11 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Surviving The Second Tier
by:
M.K. Lever
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Forward: A Memoir
by:
Abby Wambach
3.97 avg rating — 9,256 ratings
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Playing the Long Game: A Memoir
by:
Christine Sinclair
3.93 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
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In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle
by:
Madeleine Blais
3.95 avg rating — 798 ratings
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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
by:
Carli Lloyd
3.95 avg rating — 2,290 ratings
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WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
by:
Abby Wambach
4.15 avg rating — 25,521 ratings
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Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981
by:
Karra Porter
4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
by:
Misty Copeland
3.89 avg rating — 8,386 ratings
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Quando le ballerine danzavano col pallone
by:
Giovanni Di Salvo
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Unbelievable From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold
by:
Jessica Ennis
3.89 avg rating — 883 ratings
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My Sergei: A Love Story
by:
Ekaterina Gordeeva
4.14 avg rating — 5,338 ratings
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Campionesse. Storie vincenti del calcio femminile
by:
Michele Uva
4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far
by:
Maria Sharapova
4.04 avg rating — 4,701 ratings
41.
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
by:
Katie Ledecky
4.13 avg rating — 6,940 ratings
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Without Apology: Girls, Women, and the Desire to Fight
by:
Leah Hager Cohen
4.02 avg rating — 53 ratings
44.
Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas
by:
Amy Dumas
3.85 avg rating — 954 ratings
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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
by:
Simone Biles
4.15 avg rating — 6,342 ratings
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Speed Queens: A Secret History of Women in Motorsport
by:
Rachel Harris-Gardiner
3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring
by:
Zondervan
4.40 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Winning Balance: What I've Learned So Far about Love, Faith, and Living Your Dreams
by:
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
by:
Roseanne Montillo
3.76 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
by:
Sally H. Jacobs
3.94 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Girls with Balls: The Secret History of Women's Football
by:
Tim Tate
3.65 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change
by:
Nancy Hogshead-Makar
3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
52.
The Boxer's Heart: How I Fell in Love with the Ring
by:
Kate Sekules
3.63 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Roller Derby: The History and All-Girl Revival of the Greatest Sport on Wheels
by:
Catherine Mabe
3.57 avg rating — 120 ratings
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A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball
by:
Jennifer Ring
4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings
56.
Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling
by:
Pat Laprade
3.89 avg rating — 252 ratings
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Reach!: Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power
by:
Laila Ali
4.03 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Always Dream (Positively for Kids Series)
by:
Yamaguchi Kristi
3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Million Dollar Mermaid
by:
Esther Williams
3.87 avg rating — 1,920 ratings
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Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League
by:
Frankie de la Cretaz
4.12 avg rating — 277 ratings
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The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story
by:
Emily Gibson
3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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All In: An Autobiography
by:
Billie Jean King
4.32 avg rating — 5,155 ratings
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Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America
by:
Sarah K. Fields
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics
by:
Jean L.S. Patrick
4.12 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Regal Realm: A World Champion's Story
by:
Lucinda Green
4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Start by Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster
by:
John Barr
4.35 avg rating — 831 ratings
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Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver
by:
Jill Heinerth
4.06 avg rating — 5,850 ratings
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Nancy Kerrigan: In My Own Words
by:
Nancy Kerrigan
3.38 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Matchless Six: The Story of Canada's First Women's Olympic Team
by:
Ron Hotchkiss
3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
70.
Getting in the Game: Title IX and the Women's Sports Revolution (Critical America, 51)
by:
Deborah L. Brake
3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
71.
The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship
by:
Johnette Howard
4.03 avg rating — 374 ratings
72.
Playing With the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports
by:
Eileen McDonagh
3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings
73.
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
by:
Karen Blumenthal
3.56 avg rating — 370 ratings
74.
Fair Girls and Grey Horses
by:
Josephine Pullein-Thompson
3.83 avg rating — 58 ratings
75.
Up, up and away: The biography of Be Fair
by:
Lucinda Prior-Palmer
4.73 avg rating — 30 ratings
76.
Landing on My Feet: A Diary of Dreams
by:
Kerri Strug
3.97 avg rating — 302 ratings
77.
Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
by:
Dara Torres
3.75 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
77.
Stand Up and Shout Out: Women's Fight for Equal Pay, Equal Rights, and Equal Opportunities in Sports
by:
Joan Steidinger
3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Only With Passion: Figure Skating's Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life
by:
Katarina Witt
3.68 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World
by:
Jere Longman
4.08 avg rating — 359 ratings
80.
Top 10 American Women's Olympic Gold Medallists (Sports Top 10)
by:
Christin Ditchfield
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League
by:
Martha Ackmann
3.80 avg rating — 190 ratings
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Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game
by:
Barbara Stewart
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada
by:
Wayne Norton
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
85.
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream
by:
Ibtihaj Muhammad
4.22 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
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Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?
by:
Jane Gottesman
4.39 avg rating — 46 ratings
87.
Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports
by:
Susan Ware
3.59 avg rating — 99 ratings
87.
Play Like a Girl: A Celebration of Women in Sports
by:
Sue Macy
2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Winning Gold: Canada's incredible 2002 Olympic victory in women's hockey (Lorimer Recordbooks)
by:
Lorna Schultz Nicholson
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Breaking Into Baseball
by:
Jean Hastings Ardell
3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
91.
Whatever It Takes: Women on Women's Sport
by:
Joby Winans
3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
92.
You Let Some Girl Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale
by:
Ann Meyers Drysdale
3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
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You Go Girl! Winning the Woman's Way
by:
Kim Doren
4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Winning Sounds Like This: A Season with the Women's Basketball Team at Gallaudet, the World's Only University for the Deaf
by:
Wayne Coffey
4.15 avg rating — 73 ratings
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If They Only Knew
by:
Chyna
3.28 avg rating — 850 ratings
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A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX
by:
Welch Suggs
3.49 avg rating — 35 ratings
97.
Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession
by:
Venus Williams
3.52 avg rating — 69 ratings
98.
More Than a Game: One Woman's Fight for Gender Equity in sport
by:
Cynthia Lee A. Pemberton
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
98.
On the Line
by:
Serena Williams
3.67 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete
by:
Joan Steidinger
3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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