21 must-read nonfiction books like Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football by Gary Myers

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Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

By: Gary Myers

4.20

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulte…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football by Gary Myers , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire

1. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers

By: Mike Shropshire

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more

Similar categories in Mike Shropshire's Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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2. 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

Similar categories in Alan Shipnuck's LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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3. 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 Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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4. 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

Similar categories in Evan Drellich's Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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5. 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 Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
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6. 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 Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

7. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

Similar categories in Rob Harvilla's 60 Songs That Explain the '90s book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • nonfiction
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Cover of Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas by Jesse   Cole

8. 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 Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

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

9. 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

Similar categories in Bryan Hoch's 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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10. 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

Similar categories in Rex Chapman's It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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11. Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs

By: Jimmy Johnson

4.21

Format: None pages, Audiobook

From FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnson—the first … read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Johnson's Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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12. 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

Similar categories in Jack Curry's The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

13. 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 Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football by Gary Myers

14. Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

By: Gary Myers

4.20

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulte… read more

Similar categories in Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL by Michael Lombardi

15. Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL

By: Michael Lombardi

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi takes readers on the u… read more

Similar categories in Michael Lombardi's Football Done Right: Setting the Record Straight on the Coaches, Players, and History of the NFL book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football by John Eisenberg

16. Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football

By: John Eisenberg

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit tran… read more

Similar categories in John Eisenberg's Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Andy Martino's The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Giant Win: Inside the New York Giants' Historic Upset over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII by Tom Coughlin

18. A Giant Win: Inside the New York Giants' Historic Upset over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII

By: Tom Coughlin

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Legendary Giants coach Tom Coughlin takes readers inside his coaching Super Bowl XLII when Eli Man… read more

Similar categories in Tom Coughlin's A Giant Win: Inside the New York Giants' Historic Upset over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

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

19. 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

Similar categories in Michael MacCambridge's The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service by Melissa Fitzgerald

20. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service

By: Melissa Fitzgerald

4.49

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing  as told by cast members Mel… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Fitzgerald's What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service book and Gary Myers's Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

21. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

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4.03

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