12 Top canada books like Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Cover of Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

By: Sean Fitz-Gerald

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers. Canadian …

If you liked the canada plot in Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Orr: My Story by Bobby Orr

1. Orr: My Story

By: Bobby Orr

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of the greatest sports figures of all time at last breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as … read more

Similar categories in Bobby Orr's Orr: My Story book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey by Ken Dryden

2. Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey

By: Ken Dryden

4.41

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author and Hall of Famer Ken Dryden, this is the story of NHLer Steve Montador… read more

Similar categories in Ken Dryden's Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of 99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky, Kirstie McLellan Day

3. 99: Stories of the Game

By: Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

First he rewrote the record book. Now, to mark the NHL's 99th anniversary, Wayne Gretzky has writte… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Gretzky's 99: Stories of the Game book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey

4. The Way of the Fight

By: Georges St-Pierre

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Audio

There's more to winning battles than fists and feet For world-renowned professional fighter Georges… read more

Similar categories in Georges St-Pierre's The Way of the Fight book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction

5. Overtime

By: Chris Chelios

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Feared on the ice for his toughness and his skill with the puck, Chris Chelios was one of the fines… read more

Similar categories in Chris Chelios's Overtime book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

6. The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.25

Format: 194 pages,

David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker - the man who can forget nothing - was first intr… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Fix (Amos Decker, #3) book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

7. The Break

By: Katherena Vermette

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist When Stella, a young Metis mother, looks out her … read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Break book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

Cover of Thicker than Blood (Zoe Bentley Mystery #3) by Mike Omer

8. Thicker than Blood (Zoe Bentley Mystery #3)

By: Mike Omer

4.35

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

From Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author Mike Omer comes the chilling conclusion t… read more

Similar categories in Mike Omer's Thicker than Blood (Zoe Bentley Mystery #3) book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

Cover of In the Darkness (Zoe Bentley Mystery, #2) by Mike Omer

9. In the Darkness (Zoe Bentley Mystery, #2)

By: Mike Omer

4.38

Format: 411 pages, Kindle Edition

A forensic psychologist fights a mental war against two serial killers in this disturbing thriller … read more

Similar categories in Mike Omer's In the Darkness (Zoe Bentley Mystery, #2) book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

Cover of The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) by Chris Hadfield

10. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hadfield's The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2) book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • canada
Cover of Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey by Brian Burke

11. Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey

By: Brian Burke

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and th… read more

Similar categories in Brian Burke's Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of No One Wins Alone by Mark Messier

12. No One Wins Alone

By: Mark Messier

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells his inspiring stor… read more

Similar categories in Mark Messier's No One Wins Alone book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco by Kaleb Dahlgren

13. Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco

By: Kaleb Dahlgren

4.53

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring story of hope and resiliency  On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen ot… read more

Similar categories in Kaleb Dahlgren's Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of One Good Deed (Archer, #1) by David Baldacci

14. One Good Deed (Archer, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci introduces an unforgettable new character: … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's One Good Deed (Archer, #1) book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

Cover of Time to Shine by Rachel  Reid

15. Time to Shine

By: Rachel Reid

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A merry and bright hockey romance about finding your place, finding your people and finding your wa… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Reid's Time to Shine book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • hockey
Cover of Acceptance: A Memoir by Emi Nietfeld

16. Acceptance: A Memoir

By: Emi Nietfeld

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, generation-defining memoir of foster care and homelessness, Harvard and Big Tech, exami… read more

Similar categories in Emi Nietfeld's Acceptance: A Memoir book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • nonfiction
"Any exclusive system is a system of exclusion."

-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir

"Everyone who dealt with disadvantaged kids, from therapists to college admissions officers, treated us as if we could overcome any abuse or neglect with sheer force of will."

-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir

"Adults viewed suicidal ideation as a pathology. But for me it was logic. Weighing the bad against the good, projecting forward to decide if life was worth sticking around for."

-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir

Cover of Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History by Ben Mezrich

17. Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History

By: Ben Mezrich

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From  New York Times  bestselling author Ben the book Elon Musk doesn’t want you to read. BREAKIN… read more

Similar categories in Ben Mezrich's Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • nonfiction
Cover of All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier

18. All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice

By: Bryan Trottier

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Can… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Trottier's All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey by Justin Bourne

19. Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey

By: Justin Bourne

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential , Down and Back tells … read more

Similar categories in Justin Bourne's Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of Beauties: Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories by James Duthie

20. Beauties: Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories

By: James Duthie

4.28

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifty-seven incredible stories from hockey’s biggest names, greatest characters and unsung heroes … read more

Similar categories in James Duthie's Beauties: Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy by Rick Westhead

21. Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy

By: Rick Westhead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Joe Murphy had it all. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player ever selected fi… read more

Similar categories in Rick Westhead's Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose

22. Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

By: Fred Sasakamoose

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to… read more

Similar categories in Fred Sasakamoose's Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald

23. Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

By: Sean Fitz-Gerald

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers. Canadian … read more

Similar categories in Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other by Ken Dryden

24. Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other

By: Ken Dryden

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA hockey life like no other. A hockey book like no other. Scotty Bowman is… read more

Similar categories in Ken Dryden's Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player by Willie O'Ree

25. Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player

By: Willie O'Ree

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring memoir that shows that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to fight fo… read more

Similar categories in Willie O'Ree's Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan by Steve "dangle" Glynn

26. This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan

By: Steve "dangle" Glynn

4.35

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Steve Dangle’s incredible odyssey, from self-starting Leafs lover to sports-media star How do you t… read more

Similar categories in Steve "dangle" Glynn's This Team Is Ruining My Life (But I Love Them): How I Became a Professional Hockey Fan book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • canada
  • hockey
Cover of Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team by John U. Bacon

27. Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team

By: John U. Bacon

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hock… read more

Similar categories in John U. Bacon's Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of Pierre Gervais: Au coeur du vestiaire by Mathias Brunet

28. Pierre Gervais: Au coeur du vestiaire

By: Mathias Brunet

4.14

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Après une carrière de 35 ans, au coeur du vestiaire du Tricolore, Pierre Gervais a été un témoin pr… read more

Similar categories in Mathias Brunet's Pierre Gervais: Au coeur du vestiaire book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
Cover of Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors by Alex Wong

29. Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors

By: Alex Wong

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, th… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wong's Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft by Scott Wheeler

30. On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft

By: Scott Wheeler

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a hockey team instantly. Each year, NHL … read more

Similar categories in Scott Wheeler's On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • hockey
Cover of We The Champs: The Toronto Raptors' Historic Run to the 2019 NBA Title by Alex Wong

31. We The Champs: The Toronto Raptors' Historic Run to the 2019 NBA Title

By: Alex Wong

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition

We The North. The slogan for the most successful era of Raptors' basketball was elevated to a new l… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wong's We The Champs: The Toronto Raptors' Historic Run to the 2019 NBA Title book and Sean Fitz-Gerald's Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

  • sports

21 Best nonfiction books like Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Transform Your Habits

Orr: My Story

Bobby Orr

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey

Ken Dryden

4.41

Transform Your Habits

99: Stories of the Game

Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day

4.10

The Way of the Fight

Georges St-Pierre

3.83

View all the books

18 Top contemporary books like Time to Shine by Rachel Reid

Transform Your Habits

All Hail the Underdogs (Breakaway, #3)

E.L. Massey

4.36

Transform Your Habits

I'm Your Guy (Hockey Guys, #2)

Sarina Bowen

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Bromantic Puckboy (Puckboys, #6)

Eden Finley

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Crushed Ice (Hockey Ever After, #4)

Ashlyn Kane

3.88

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.