22 must-read audiobook books like Hang Time: My Life in Basketball by Elgin Baylor

Cover of Hang Time: My Life in Basketball by Elgin Baylor

Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

By: Elgin Baylor

4.14

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Elgin Baylor’s memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA—during which he transformed basketball …

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Cover of Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson by Kent Babb

1. Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

By: Kent Babb

3.90

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

“This is more than just great sports writing, this is writing at its best. Babb strips away the pub… read more

Similar categories in Kent Babb's Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

2. The Orphan's Tale

By: Pam Jenoff

5.00

Format: None pages,

A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan's Tale int… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns by Jack McCallum

3. Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns

By: Jack McCallum

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In "Seven Seconds or Less, Sports Illustrated"'s chief NBA writer, Jack McCallum, gets in the paint… read more

Similar categories in Jack McCallum's Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court by Jay Bilas, Coach K.

4. Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court

By: Jay Bilas , Coach K.

2.50

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the… read more

Similar categories in Jay Bilas's Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
  • audiobook
Cover of West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life by Jerry     West, Jonathan Coleman

5. West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life

By: Jerry West , Jonathan Coleman

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It was only logical that when the National Basketball Association needed a silhouette for their log… read more

Similar categories in Jerry West's West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of Dr. J: My Life Above the Rim and Behind Closed Doors by Julius Erving

6. Dr. J: My Life Above the Rim and Behind Closed Doors

By: Julius Erving

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At long last, a high-flying American legend comes cown to earth to tell his life story With flights… read more

Similar categories in Julius Erving's Dr. J: My Life Above the Rim and Behind Closed Doors book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

7. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

By: David Wroblewski

4.60

Format: None pages,

Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their fa… read more

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8. Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary

By: None

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sport… read more

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9. Death Comes for the Archbishop

By: Willa Cather

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more

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10. Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

By: Candice Millard

3.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author of Destiny of the Republicand The River of Doubt, a thrilling… read more

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11. Rediscover Jesus: An Invitation

By: Matthew Kelly

4.06

Format: 340 pages,

At a time when so many people are spiritually disillusioned and searching for ways to live, love, w… read more

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Cover of American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis by Adam Hochschild

12. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

Similar categories in Adam Hochschild's American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

13. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski by Ian O'Connor

14. 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 Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) by Colson Whitehead

15. Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

By: Colson Whitehead

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy … read more

Similar categories in Colson Whitehead's Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • audiobook
"Misery is a money pit."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"White cops did as they pleased. Crooked white cops? Untouchable."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

"Simpler than conspiracy was Carney's take: In general, people were terrible."

-Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)

Cover of We Must Not Think of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein

16. We Must Not Think of Ourselves

By: Lauren Grodstein

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching story of love and defiance set in the Warsaw Ghetto, based on the actual archives… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Grodstein's We Must Not Think of Ourselves book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • audiobook
"We had never practiced Judaism before, and I thought myself too old to try believing something new, or to take advantage of an accident of birth to claim some brown patch of desert as my home."

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"Our task is to pay attention... To listen to the stories. We want all political backgrounds, all religious attitudes. The illiterate and the elite. Every ideology. Interview everyone. Learn about the…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

"There should be another word for this feeling - a sort of sorrowful happiness, or a happiness that only deepens someone's sorrow. The closest I can come to it is the Portuguese word saudade, which ne…"

-Lauren Grodstein, We Must Not Think of Ourselves

Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

17. 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 Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

18. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Kepner's The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time by Ian O'Connor

20. Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time

By: Ian O'Connor

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The definitive biography of the NFL’s most enigmatic, controversial,… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

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

21. 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

Similar categories in Scottie Pippen's Unguarded book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask by Jon Pessah

22. Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask

By: Jon Pessah

4.52

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Discover the definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Seri… read more

Similar categories in Jon Pessah's Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Hang Time: My Life in Basketball by Elgin Baylor

23. Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

By: Elgin Baylor

4.14

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Elgin Baylor’s memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA—during which he transformed basketball … read more

Similar categories in Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow

24. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

By: Jason Turbow

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of D… read more

Similar categories in Jason Turbow's They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope (A Bestselling Basketball Memoir) by Carmelo Anthony

25. Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope (A Bestselling Basketball Memoir)

By: Carmelo Anthony

4.08

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

From iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up… read more

Similar categories in Carmelo Anthony's Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope (A Bestselling Basketball Memoir) book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me by Paul   O'Neill

26. Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me

By: Paul O'Neill

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This fun and fiery New York Times bestselling memoir tells the life story of All Star Yankee and fi… read more

Similar categories in Paul O'Neill's Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Basketball: A Love Story by Jackie MacMullan

27. Basketball: A Love Story

By: Jackie MacMullan

4.18

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with … read more

Similar categories in Jackie MacMullan's Basketball: A Love Story book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Game: An Autobiography by Grant Hill

28. Game: An Autobiography

By: Grant Hill

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The full, frank story of a remarkable life’s journey—to the pinnacle of success as a basketball pla… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

29. Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

By: Dave Zirin

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--writt… read more

Similar categories in Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists by Frank W. Abagnale

30. Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists

By: Frank W. Abagnale

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you at risk of being scammed? Former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me If You Can F… read more

Similar categories in Frank W. Abagnale's Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today's Rip-off Artists book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul by Chris Donnelly

31. Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul

By: Chris Donnelly

3.96

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like n… read more

Similar categories in Chris Donnelly's Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul book and Elgin Baylor's Hang Time: My Life in Basketball

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

14 Best history books like Hang Time: My Life in Basketball by Elgin Baylor

Transform Your Habits

American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

Adam Hochschild

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

Ian O'Connor

4.26

Transform Your Habits

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

Jeff Pearlman

4.20

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19 best-selling history books like They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow

Transform Your Habits

Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball

Jeff Katz

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness

Buster Olney

3.98

Transform Your Habits

When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks

Harvey Araton

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Daniel Okrent , Wilfrid Sheed

3.84

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