5 must-read memoir books like For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig

Cover of For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig

For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball

By: Bud Selig

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times bestseller The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unpre…

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Cover of South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917 by Ernest Shackleton

1. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

By: Ernest Shackleton

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shack… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV by Joe Buck

2. Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV

By: Joe Buck

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his debut memoir, Joe Buck talks about his life, his career, and his memorable relationship with… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story by Patricia Posner

3. The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story

By: Patricia Posner

4.25

Format: 159 pages,

The Pharmacist of Auschwitzis the little known story of Victor Capesius, a Bayer pharmaceutical sal… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers by Jon Pessah

4. The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

By: Jon Pessah

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty years In the fall of 1992, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse by Tom Verducci

5. The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse

By: Tom Verducci

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustratedsenior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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

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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball by None, Keith Law

7. Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball

By: None , Keith Law

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's i… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports

8. The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

By: Dan Hampton

3.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A gripping and unique "in-the-cockpit" account of Charles Lindbergh's extraordinary first transatla… read more

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Cover of Moneyball by Michael   Lewis

9. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

10. The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

By: Rick Ankiel

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, on… read more

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11. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

By: Robert Kurson

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the auth… read more

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12. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball

By: John Feinstein

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league… read more

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13. Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

By: John Lewis

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Although it has been decades since the historic social upheavals of the 1960s, Americans continue t… read more

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

14. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

15. 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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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

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

17. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

18. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger

19. Ballpark: Baseball in the American City

By: Paul Goldberger

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through… read more

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

20. 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
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

21. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins

22. The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

By: Alexandra Robbins

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The hit national bestseller - a New York Times Spring Nonfiction Pick, USA Today "Hottest New Book… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"By the fall of 2021, schools across the country had lost a staggering number of teachers, paraeducators, substitutes, bus drivers, and other staff who quit, retired early, got sick, or died because o…"

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

Cover of The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever by Jack Curry

23. 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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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Curveball: How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame by Barry Zito

24. Curveball: How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame

By: Barry Zito

3.90

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After watching his career as a professional baseball player go down in flames, Cy Young Award-winne… read more

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  • baseball
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House by Chris Whipple

25. The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House

By: Chris Whipple

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider’s look at… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves by Keith Law

26. The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

By: Keith Law

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart … read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig

27. For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball

By: Bud Selig

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times bestseller The longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unpre… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida by Mikita Brottman

28. Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

By: Mikita Brottman

3.54

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of the “enthralling” ( San Francisco Book Review ) An Unexplai… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

29. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

By: Steve Benen

4.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Baseball's Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who Didn't Live Up to the Hype by Patrick Montgomery

30. Baseball's Great Expectations: Candid Stories of Ballplayers Who Didn't Live Up to the Hype

By: Patrick Montgomery

3.24

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Stories of baseball idols and heroes are oft-repeated, but what about those players who everyone th… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of You Can Observe A Lot By Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life by Yogi Berra

31. You Can Observe A Lot By Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life

By: Yogi Berra

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most valuable team player in sports shows you what "teamwork" really means What does it take to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports

20 best-selling history books like For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball by Bud Selig

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South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914 - 1917

Ernest Shackleton

4.05

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The Pharmacist of Auschwitz: The Untold Story

Patricia Posner

4.25

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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

Jon Pessah

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse

Tom Verducci

3.66

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Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

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We Burn Daylight

Bret Anthony Johnston

3.95

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There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish

Anna Akbari

3.66

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