20 Best nonfiction books like Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever by Dan Good

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Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

By: Dan Good

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Playing Through the Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever , jo…

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1. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train

By: None , None

3.87

Format: None pages, Paperback

"This lavishly illustrated narrative of Walter Johnson's life is the definitive work on the subject… 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

2. 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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  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss

3. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

By: David Maraniss

4.02

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

5. 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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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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6. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

8. 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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  • baseball
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes

9. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

By: Warren Zanes

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"

-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Cover of Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin

10. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

By: Luke Epplin

4.48

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

11. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

12. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

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

13. 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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  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

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

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

16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

17. 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

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  • baseball
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game by Tim          Brown

18. The Tao of the Backup Catcher: Playing Baseball for the Love of the Game

By: Tim Brown

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"This isn’t just a story about baseball. It’s about life and the beauty of knowing and accepting wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever by Dan    Good

19. Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

By: Dan Good

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Playing Through the Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever , jo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball by Merl Code

20. Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball

By: Merl Code

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a former college basketball player and Executive at Nike, a "riveting" ( Sports Illustrated ) … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction

18 Top biography books like Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever by Dan Good

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

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

David Maraniss

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

4.56

Transform Your Habits

The Baseball 100

Joe Posnanski

4.74

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13 must-read audiobook books like Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring

Transform Your Habits

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

Rich Cohen

3.90

Transform Your Habits

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

Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports

Yaron Weitzman

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA

Theresa Runstedtler

3.96

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