16 Top biography books like Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird

Cover of Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird

Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

By: Larry Bird

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year …

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1. Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder

By: Christopher L. Bennett

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the Daily Bugle , has denounced Spider-Man from the beginning, convi… read more

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

2. 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

Similar categories in Shaquille O'Neal's Shaq Uncut: My Story book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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3. 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

Similar categories in Roland Lazenby's Michael Jordan: The Life book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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4. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Roberts's Napoleon: A Life book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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5. Not Dead Yet: The Memoir

By: Phil Collins

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Phil Collins pulls no punches--about himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that's inspir… read more

Similar categories in Phil Collins's Not Dead Yet: The Memoir book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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6. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

By: Sebastian Junger

3.50

Format: 31 pages,

"Takes readers into the maelstrom and shows nature's splendid and dangerous havoc at its utmost". O… read more

Similar categories in Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

7. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more

Similar categories in James L. Swanson's Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences

By: Richard Pryor , Todd Gold

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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9. Back from the Dead

By: Bill Walton , John Papanek

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries a… read more

Similar categories in Bill Walton's Back from the Dead book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports

10. Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours

By: Jim Butcher

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Peter Parker's life has hit a peaceful stretch. No evildoers have tried to flatten him in weeks, hi… read more

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11. The Breaks of the Game

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Hal… read more

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12. 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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13. Naked

By: David Sedaris

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris tu… read more

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14. The Bonfire of the Vanities

By: Tom Wolfe

3.90

Format: 690 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780553381344.The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 satirical novel… read more

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"Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman."

-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

"Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread."

-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

"He had the gaunt and haunted athletic look of those who stare daily down the bony gullet of the great god Aerobics."

-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

"The only thing that had truly stuck in Sherman's mind about Christopher Marlowe, after nine years at Buckley, four years at St. Paul's, and four years at Yale, was that you were, in fact, supposed to…"

-Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

15. The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up

By: None , Tripp Whetsell

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Have you heard the one about the aspiring Broadway producer who bought a closed restaurant and chan… read more

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16. Summer of '49

By: David Halberstam

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more

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Cover of Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

17. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

Similar categories in John Mark Comer's Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
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18. Deserter

By: Junji Ito

3.99

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

AN EVER-INCREASING MALICE. A MIND-NUMBING TERROR. SEE THE SEEDS OF HORROR SOWN IN THIS COLLECTION O… read more

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19. 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

Similar categories in Rich Cohen's When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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20. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

By: Quentin Tarantino

3.88

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal —… read more

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"What’s the secret?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

"Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing."

-Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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21. Letters to a Young Athlete

By: Chris Bosh

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A legendary NBA player shares his remarkable story, infused with hard-earned wisdom about the journ… read more

Similar categories in Chris Bosh's Letters to a Young Athlete book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

22. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Gage's G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghostbusters: The Original Novelizations of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (Ghostbusters #1) by Richard Mueller

23. Ghostbusters: The Original Novelizations of Ghostbusters 1 and 2 (Ghostbusters #1)

By: Richard Mueller

3.84

Format: None pages, Audiobook

For the first time in a beautiful new edition, this omnibus will collect together the original offi… read more

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Cover of The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin

24. The World Record Book of Racist Stories

By: Amber Ruffin

4.40

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling authors of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, comedia… read more

Similar categories in Amber Ruffin's The World Record Book of Racist Stories book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary

25. Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum

By: Michael McCreary

3.78

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Slaying autism stereotypes with stand-up, one joke at a time. Like many others on the autism spectr… read more

Similar categories in Michael McCreary's Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Having autism is a characteristic, not a character."

-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum

"I was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. I wasn't diagnosed as a comedian until much later."

-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum

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26. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Cover of Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy

27. 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

Similar categories in Dan Shaughnessy's Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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28. 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 Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird

29. Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

By: Larry Bird

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year … read more

Similar categories in Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth by Nick  Greene

30. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

By: Nick Greene

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more

Similar categories in Nick Greene's How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth book and Larry Bird's Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • basketball
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31. Stinetinglers

By: R.L. Stine

3.70

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes te… read more

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Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby

4.31

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Sebastian Junger

3.50

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson

3.78

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

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How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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