13 Best biography memoir books like 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays

Cover of 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays

24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

By: Willie Mays

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Willie Mays shares the inspirations and influences responsible for guiding him on and…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

By: Joe Posnanski

4.38

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Baseball 100 “A fascinating account of a man who outlasted the ignorance of a na… read more

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
"Baseball in the Negro Leagues was a little bit rougher, a little bit sweeter, a little bit faster, a little bit cooler, and a little bit more fun than anything... in Major League baseball."

-Joe Posnanski, The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

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2. 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

Similar categories in Jane Leavy's The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Closer: My Story by Wayne Coffey, Mariano Rivera, Michael  Kay

3. The Closer: My Story

By: Wayne Coffey , Mariano Rivera , Michael Kay

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Audio CD

The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseb… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Coffey's The Closer: My Story book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman

4. Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter Payton. At five feet ten inches ta… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain by Marty Appel

5. Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain

By: Marty Appel

4.04

Format: 9 pages,

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Similar categories in Marty Appel's Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss

6. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero

By: David Maraniss

4.33

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in David Maraniss's Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

7. The Boys of Summer

By: Roger Kahn

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then we… read more

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

8. 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

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"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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9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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10. The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski

4.74

Format: 869 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

11. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

12. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

Similar categories in David Zucker's Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

13. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

Similar categories in Ryan McGee's Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

14. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife by Brad Balukjian

15. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

Similar categories in Brad Balukjian's The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas by Jesse   Cole

16. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas

By: Jesse Cole

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Cole's Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Howard Bryant's Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • sports
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays

18. 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

By: Willie Mays

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Willie Mays shares the inspirations and influences responsible for guiding him on and… read more

Similar categories in Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • sports
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy

19. True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

By: Kostya Kennedy

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year True is a probing, richly-detailed, u… read more

Similar categories in Kostya Kennedy's True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport

20. The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

By: Matthew J. Davenport

4.03

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Matthew J. Davenport’s The Longest Minute is the spellbinding true story of the 1906 earthquake and… read more

Similar categories in Matthew J. Davenport's The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

21. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

Similar categories in Andy McCullough's The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness book and Willie Mays's 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid

  • baseball
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

17 Top audiobook books like 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

Joe Posnanski

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Closer: My Story

Wayne Coffey , Mariano Rivera , Michael Kay

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

Jeff Pearlman

4.75

Transform Your Habits

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

Erik Larson

4.24

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20 best-selling audiobook books like True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

Joe Posnanski

4.38

Transform Your Habits

The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

Buzz Bissinger

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit

Ron Shelton

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss

4.02

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