11 best-selling biography books like Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World by Mike Stanton

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Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

By: Mike Stanton

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence , a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano,…

If you liked the biography plot in Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World by Mike Stanton , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

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2. Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

By: Dean Karnazes

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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3. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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4. A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s

By: Roger Kahn

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States f… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • martial arts
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5. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

By: Jane Leavy

4.15

Format: None pages,

The acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax returns with the biography of on… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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6. Dempsey

By: Jack Dempsey

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

7. The Son

By: Philipp Meyer

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The acclaimed author of American Rust, returns with The Son: an epic, multigenerational saga of pow… read more

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8. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

By: Geoffrey C. Ward

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated -- and the most re… read more

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9. Lost and Gone Forever (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #5)

By: Alex Grecian

3.50

Format: 519 pages,

Many changes have happened to the Murder Squad. Rash actions have cost Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith h… read more

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10. Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero

By: Christopher Klein

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Now in paperback! From the first page to the last, Klein s prose retains its powers of enchantment … read more

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11. The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring

By: Michael Arkush , Sugar Ray Leonard

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend faces his single greatest compet… read more

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12. The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights

By: Shaun Assael

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A re-examination of the circumstances surrounding former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston's death … read more

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13. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

By: Jonathan Eig

4.24

Format: 96 pages,

Every baseball fan is familiar with Lou Gehrig. He was the Iron Horse, the New York Yankee who neve… read more

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14. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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15. The 9th Man (Luke Daniels #1)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author of the Cotton Malone series comes a thrilling, action-pack… read more

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16. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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17. Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

By: Mike Stanton

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence , a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano,… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • martial arts
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18. Behind the Mask: My Autobiography

By: Tyson Fury

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America by Jack Newfield

19. The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America

By: Jack Newfield

4.05

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfield’s best-selling biography of America’s b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram Jr.

20. Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier

By: Mark Kram Jr.

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fan… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust) by Alan Scott Haft

21. Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust)

By: Alan Scott Haft

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim wit… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

13 must-read nonfiction books like Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World by Mike Stanton

Transform Your Habits

How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s

Roger Kahn

3.99

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19 Top nonfiction books like The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America by Jack Newfield

Transform Your Habits

Casino

Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing

Donald McRae

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Lords of Chaos

Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Surviving to Drive

Guenther Steiner

4.17

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