13 Best biography books like 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry

Cover of 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry

42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

By: Ed Henry

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller J ackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed …

If you liked the biography plot in 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott, Tim Brown

1. Imperfect: An Improbable Life

By: Jim Abbott , Tim Brown

3.89

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of … read more

Similar categories in Jim Abbott's Imperfect: An Improbable Life book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • baseball
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"I knew how far a little boy or girl could run with 50 words of reassurance."

-Jim Abbott, Imperfect: An Improbable Life

Cover of That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3) by C.S. Lewis

2. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3) book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

Cover of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 by Joseph Loconte

3. A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

By: Joseph Loconte

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolki… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Loconte's A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18 book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son by Pat Conroy

4. The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son

By: Pat Conroy

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this powerful and intimate memoir, the beloved bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and his… read more

Similar categories in Pat Conroy's The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

5. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

6. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

Similar categories in H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction

7. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

Similar categories in Nabeel Qureshi's Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

8. My Losing Season: A Memoir

By: Pat Conroy

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

read more

Similar categories in Pat Conroy's My Losing Season: A Memoir book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

9. The Water is Wide

By: Pat Conroy

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across a slip of ocean lies South Carolina. But… read more

Similar categories in Pat Conroy's The Water is Wide book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

10. Wait Till Next Year

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.07

Format: None pages,

read more

Similar categories in Doris Kearns Goodwin's Wait Till Next Year book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

Cover of Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) by C.S. Lewis

11. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • audiobook
"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

12. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts 5 Cultural Lies She Once Believed Modern culture i… read more

Similar categories in Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • faith
  • nonfiction
Cover of Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality by Brian Kilmeade

13. Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality

By: Brian Kilmeade

4.22

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and th… read more

Similar categories in Brian Kilmeade's Teddy and Booker T.: How Two American Icons Blazed a Path for Racial Equality book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Romney: A Reckoning by McKay Coppins

14. Romney: A Reckoning

By: McKay Coppins

4.36

Format: 416 pages, ebook

A remarkably illuminating biography of the political maverick, filled with revelations and written … read more

Similar categories in McKay Coppins's Romney: A Reckoning book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

15. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

Similar categories in David McCullough's The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin

16. 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

Similar categories in Luke Epplin's Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

18. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Barkley: A Biography by Timothy Bella

19. Barkley: A Biography

By: Timothy Bella

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

* A Good Morning America Buzz Book* *A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biogra… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Bella's Barkley: A Biography book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Heart and Steel by Bill Cowher

20. Heart and Steel

By: Bill Cowher

4.38

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, inspirational story about football, family, and love from Bill Cowher, the Super Bowl–w… read more

Similar categories in Bill Cowher's Heart and Steel book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
"That's the beauty of football: You don't have to be a great player or great athlete to be a part of it. It's a sport that destroys divided teams and rewards those who rely on one another. At its best…"

-Bill Cowher, Heart and Steel

Cover of 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry

21. 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

By: Ed Henry

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller J ackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed … read more

Similar categories in Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story book and Ed Henry's 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • faith
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

7 must-read sports books like 42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry

Transform Your Habits

Imperfect: An Improbable Life

Jim Abbott , Tim Brown

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Transform Your Habits

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

Luke Epplin

4.48

Transform Your Habits

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

Jeff Pearlman

4.20

View all the books

8 Best history books like Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Ball Four

Jim Bouton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

View all the books

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