16 best-selling nonfiction books like Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

Cover of Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

By: Dan Shaughnessy

4.22

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Today the NBA is a vast global franchise—a billion-dollar industry seen by millions of fans in the …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Back from the Dead by Bill Walton, John Papanek

1. Back from the Dead

By: Bill Walton , John Papanek

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

2. The Jordan Rules

By: None , None

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jor… read more

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3. Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

By: David Fisher , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESANDUSA TODAY BESTSELLER Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship w… read more

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4. The Breaks of the Game

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Hal… read more

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5. Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author of Sweetnessdelivers the first all-encompassing account of the … read more

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6. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

By: John Feinstein

4.08

Format: 288 pages,

"A Season on the Brink" chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the In… read more

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Cover of Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski by Ian O'Connor

7. Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

By: Ian O'Connor

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coa… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen

8. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

By: Rich Cohen

3.90

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more

Similar categories in Rich Cohen's When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter by Leigh Montville

9. Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter

By: Leigh Montville

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This "part memoir, part sports story" ( Wall Street Journal ) from the New York Times bestselling a… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman

10. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me

By: Rex Chapman

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more

Similar categories in Rex Chapman's It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

11. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

Similar categories in Chris Herring's Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman

12. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.28

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

13. Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

By: Dan Shaughnessy

4.22

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Today the NBA is a vast global franchise—a billion-dollar industry seen by millions of fans in the … read more

Similar categories in Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness by Seth Wickersham

14. It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Seth Wickersham

4.34

Format: 544 pages, ebook

Over two unbelievable decades, the New England Patriots were not only the NFL’s most dominant team,… read more

Similar categories in Seth Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

15. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

Similar categories in Billy Walters's Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk book and Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

16. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Unguarded by Scottie Pippen

17. Unguarded

By: Scottie Pippen

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors by Charles Oakley

18. The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA's Fiercest Competitors

By: Charles Oakley

3.70

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnaro… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

19. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

By: Dana O'Neil

4.29

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty by John Feinstein

20. Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty

By: John Feinstein

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty—one of the m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics by Michael Holley

21. The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics

By: Michael Holley

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

** Selected by the Wall Street Journal among the Best Sports Books of 2021 ** A New York Times bes… read more

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  • history
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

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4.19

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4.03

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