15 must-read sports books like Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics by Glenn Jacobs

Cover of Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics by Glenn Jacobs

Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics

By: Glenn Jacobs

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The surprising story of how wrestling superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs beat all the odds to become the…

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Cover of You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left by Corey Taylor

1. You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

By: Corey Taylor

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of the late great George Carlin, New York Times bestselling author and lead singer… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Life's not the Internet, fuckholes! Life doesn't sway or give when you try to force it to give you what you crave, whether it's a lover or a liver transplant. Because of life, you learn to roll wit t…"

-Corey Taylor, You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

"But then again, can't people just not fucking suck as human beings once in awhile? Is that too much to fucking ask? Is it too much to ask that people like each other for who they are and not what the…"

-Corey Taylor, You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

"The selfishness makes for a million "butts and farts" running around, convinced they'll never be happy unless they get precisely what they want. I don't know whether it's what personal freedom persua…"

-Corey Taylor, You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

Cover of The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior by None, Robert  O'Neill

2. The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

By: None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping, The Operator ranges across SEAL T… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The troop commander's name was Rich...[and] he was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His motto, which I've stolen from him, is, 'Nobody ever worked for me. They worked with me."

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

"...the daily morning muster began beneath a sign that said, 'Are you ready for war today? You should be.' SEALs hadn't fired a shot in anger for years. But nobody ever admitted that around civilians,…"

-None, The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Cover of Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival by Brock Lesnar

3. Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival

By: Brock Lesnar

3.52

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

The “baddest man on the planet,” undisputed, three-time WWE Champion and current UFC World Heavywei… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

4. An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

By: Karl Pilkington , Ricky Gervais , Stephen Merchant

3.84

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The companion guide to the hysterical television show of the same name, in which Ricky Gervais and … read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I've never been touched by such an old man."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"I always have a problem liking things I'm told I should like."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"I thought the fart was a human thing. It's something to do with like, arse cheeks, or whatever."

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

"A block of blood should not have the word "cake" after it...they might as well say "shite gateau"

-Karl Pilkington, An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Cover of Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania by Daniel   Bryan, Craig Tello

5. Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

By: Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

Format: 24 pages,

One of WWE's most unlikely champions of all time and also one of its most popular, Bryan has proved… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar by Shawn Michaels, David L. Thomas

6. Wrestling for My Life: The Legend, the Reality, and the Faith of a WWE Superstar

By: Shawn Michaels , David L. Thomas

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In Wrestling for My Life, WWE superstar Shawn Michaels shares from his heart about the highs and lo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho, Peter T. Fornatale

7. A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

By: Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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8. The Hardcore Diaries

By: Mick Foley

4.17

Format: None pages,

read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard

9. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

By: Bill O'Reilly , Martin Dugard

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Ken… read more

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  • politics
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

10. Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules

By: A.J. Mendez Brooks

3.45

Format: 94 pages,

Three-time WWE Diva's Champion A.J. Brooks' Crazy is My Superpoweris a literary memoir chronicling … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling by Bret Hart

11. Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

By: Bret Hart

4.25

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

In his own words, Bret Hart's honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the p… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

12. Cross Rhodes: Goldust, Out of the Darkness

By: Mark Vancil , None

4.09

Format: 156 pages,

He first burst onto the scene in the nineties, covered in gold face paint and exhibiting a one-of-a… read more

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13. Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling

By: Jim Ross , Paul O'Brien

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who ha… read more

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14. The Rock Says

By: Joe Layden , None

3.78

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

The Rock says. . . "Know your damn role--and shut your mouth!" But that simple catch-phrase, embrac… read more

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Cover of Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Steve McNiven, Mark Millar

15. Wolverine: Old Man Logan

By: Steve McNiven , Mark Millar

4.32

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Mark Millar and Steve McNiven - who last teamed for the monumental Civil War - bring us the most im… read more

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"El pasado duele solo si dejamos que nos alcance"

-Steve McNiven, Wolverine: Old Man Logan

16. Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story

By: Michael Krugman , None

3.21

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This is the autobiography of one the top superstars of the WWE - offering a full and frank account … read more

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17. Ric Flair: To Be the Man

By: Keith Elliot Greenberg , Ric Flair

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Woooooo! (tm)" With that triumphant cry, "Nature Boy" Ric Flair surpassed his predecessors and his… read more

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18. The Life of Lee

By: Lee Evans

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out aren… read more

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19. Hollywood Hulk Hogan

By: Hulk Hogan

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The complete story of the most successful wrestler of them all; In the late 1970s Terry Bollea was … read more

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20. MOX

By: Jon Moxley

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin

21. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin

4.51

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

22. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Tremendous by Joey "Coco" Diaz

23. Tremendous

By: Joey "Coco" Diaz

4.47

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Com… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

24. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King

25. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

By: Maxwell King

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in th… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Good people aren't always good. They just try to be."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"You don't set out to be rich and famous; you set out to be helpful."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Human kindness was probably the single most important thing to Fred Rogers."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

"Everyone...came to deeply appreciate Fred-Time, that slow-paced world of quiet with Rogers at its center."

-Maxwell King, The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Cover of Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond by Jim Ross

26. Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

By: Jim Ross

4.30

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross comes a candid, colorful memoir about the inner working… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Cutting to the chase, I don't see Sting in WWE any time soon and especially not in the ring vs. the Undertaker in the Georgia Dome. I do think that Sting would be well served to explore potential mar…"

-Jim Ross, Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

Cover of Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict

27. Tiger Woods

By: Jeff Benedict

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfat… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics by Glenn Jacobs

28. Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics

By: Glenn Jacobs

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The surprising story of how wrestling superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs beat all the odds to become the… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Chosen Destiny: My Story by Drew McIntyre

29. A Chosen Destiny: My Story

By: Drew McIntyre

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this thrilling, no-holds-barred memoir that shows why he is “an inspiration to millions of WWE f… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Call Me Chico by Tito Santana

30. Don't Call Me Chico

By: Tito Santana

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura affectionately called him "Chico Santana" in the golden age of wr… read more

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Cover of An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington

31. An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

By: Karl Pilkington

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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16 must-read audiobook books like Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Politics by Glenn Jacobs

Transform Your Habits

You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left

Corey Taylor

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

None , Robert O'Neill

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival

Brock Lesnar

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

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15 Top nonfiction books like Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules by A.J. Mendez Brooks

Transform Your Habits

Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

Daniel Bryan , Craig Tello

3.70

Transform Your Habits

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

3.91

Transform Your Habits

My Fight / Your Fight

Ronda Rousey , None , Maria Burns Ortiz , Dana White

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks

Mick Foley , WWF

3.63

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