22 must-read history books like The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

Cover of The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

By: Dana O'Neil

4.29

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg…

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Cover of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy

1. 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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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns by Jack McCallum

2. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball

3. Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

By: Mark Titus

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation… read more

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4. The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball

By: Gene Wojciechowski

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

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5. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

By: John Feinstein

4.08

Format: 288 pages,

"A Season on the Brink" chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the In… read more

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

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

By: Ron Shelton

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely enterta… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar by Alan Shipnuck

7. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.06

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf by Alan Shipnuck

8. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports by Joshua  Robinson

9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • 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

Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

10. 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 Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

11. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

By: Evan Drellich

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more

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

12. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

13. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season by Rich Cohen

14. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • 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

15. 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

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

16. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene

17. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

By: Anne R. Keene

3.60

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in th… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Pick up any photograph of Ted Williams in 1943 and there’s a good chance you’ll see him seated on a footlocker beside Babe Ruth or perched on a chipped cement wall wearing a jersey stitched with dark…"

-Anne R. Keene, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

Cover of 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness by Bryan Hoch

18. 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Bryan Hoch

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“The definitive story” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman

19. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me

By: Rex Chapman

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict

20. 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
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

21. 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

22. 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 Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

23. Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics

By: Dan Shaughnessy

4.22

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Today the NBA is a vast global franchise—a billion-dollar industry seen by millions of fans in the … read more

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

24. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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  • audiobook
Cover of Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL by Jeff Pearlman

25. Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From Jeff Pearlman―the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus ―comes the rollickin… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever by Jack Curry

26. The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever

By: Jack Curry

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever by L. Jon Wertheim

27. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

By: L. Jon Wertheim

4.10

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more

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  • history
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

28. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

By: Dana O'Neil

4.29

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more

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  • biography
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  • nonfiction
  • sports
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Cover of I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John             Thompson

29. I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

By: John Thompson

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era by Andy Martino

30. The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era

By: Andy Martino

4.42

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America by Michael MacCambridge

31. The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

By: Michael MacCambridge

4.25

Format: 487 pages, Hardcover

“Indispensable history.” –Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of  The Right Call A captivating chr… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

23 best-selling audiobook books like The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

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

Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar

Alan Shipnuck

4.06

Transform Your Habits

LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Transform Your Habits

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

Joshua Robinson

4.34

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

Transform Your Habits

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

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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