15 must-read history books like LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete by Brian Windhorst

Cover of LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete by Brian Windhorst

LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete

By: Brian Windhorst

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's…

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Cover of Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry by Marcus Thompson

1. Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry

By: Marcus Thompson

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER —ALL-ACCESS LOOK AT STEPH CURRY AND THE 2017 NBA CHAMPIONS GOLDEN STATE WARRI… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons

2. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

By: Bill Simmons

4.20

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to wri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

"If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Cover of Shaq Uncut: My Story by Shaquille O'Neal, Jackie MacMullan

3. Shaq Uncut: My Story

By: Shaquille O'Neal , Jackie MacMullan

4.06

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy. Th… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

4. Michael Jordan: The Life

By: Roland Lazenby

4.31

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of a legendary athleteThe Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • leadership

5. Pep Guardiola: The Evolution

By: None , Martí Perarnau

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • business
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

6. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • business
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8. The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams

By: Darcy Frey

3.61

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than tha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball

9. 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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10. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

11. Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich

By: None

3.29

Format: None pages,

Marti Perarnau was given total access to Bayern Munich during season 2013-14. This book represents … read more

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12. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant

By: Roland Lazenby

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the Cross British Sports Biography of the Year Award in the UK"With surgical precision… read more

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13. Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

By: Jack McCallum

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

They were the Beatles of basketball, the MercurySeven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports … read more

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14. The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul

By: Phil Jackson , Michael Arkush

4.00

Format: None pages,

For the countless basketball fans who were spellbound by the Los Angeles Lakers' 2003-2004 high-wir… read more

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15. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

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16. When the Game Was Ours

By: Larry Bird

4.23

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physic… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds by Rich Paul

17. Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds

By: Rich Paul

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of will, success, and the luck we make—from the founder and CE… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage by Nick de Semlyen

18. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mamba Mentality: How I Play by Kobe Bryant

19. The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

By: Kobe Bryant

4.26

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant has decid… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • leadership
"You have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light"

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"Good coaches tell you where the fish are, great coaches teach you how to find them."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you want to be a better player, you have to prepare, prepare, and prepare some more."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

"If you really want to be great at something you have to truly care about it. If you want to be great in a particular area, you have to obsess over it."

-Kobe Bryant, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

20. 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

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  • 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

21. 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 Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

22. 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

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook
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23. LeBron

By: Jeff Benedict

4.40

Format: None pages, Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “defi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete by Brian Windhorst

24. LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete

By: Brian Windhorst

3.85

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • leadership
Cover of The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala

25. The Sixth Man

By: Andre Iguodala

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion G… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • leadership
"A basketball player has to play for free for at least a year, a football player for three years before they are eligible to earn an income. But sports like tennis, baseball, golf, and even hockey all…"

-Andre Iguodala, The Sixth Man

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26. 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
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP by Mirin Fader

27. Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP

By: Mirin Fader

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life livin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between by David Ritz

28. KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

By: David Ritz

4.10

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER​ A unique, unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ah… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Diversity always makes me happy."

-David Ritz, KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

"Perfection isn't possible. Aiming for perfection will make you crazy. I was crazy."

-David Ritz, KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

Cover of Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. Smith

29. Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes

By: Stephen A. Smith

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love by Ray Allen

30. From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love

By: Ray Allen

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The record-holding two-time National Basketball Association champion reflects on his work ethic, hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty by Ethan Sherwood Strauss

31. The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty

By: Ethan Sherwood Strauss

3.73

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

How money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty--and then took it apart The Golden State War… read more

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  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • business
  • audiobook

19 best-selling audiobook books like LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete by Brian Windhorst

Transform Your Habits

Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry

Marcus Thompson

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Shaq Uncut: My Story

Shaquille O'Neal , Jackie MacMullan

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Ball Four

Jim Bouton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

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