14 Best basketball books like The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season by John Feinstein

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The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season

By: John Feinstein

3.88

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago after changing the sports book landscape with his mega-hit, A Season on the Brink…

If you liked the basketball plot in The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season by John Feinstein , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick

1. King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

By: David Remnick

4.27

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

There were mythic sports figures before him--Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio--but … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life by Donald T. Phillips, Mike Krzyzewski, Grant Hill

2. Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

By: Donald T. Phillips , Mike Krzyzewski , Grant Hill

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

In his more than twenty years coaching the Blue Devils, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has made his program … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty by Adrian Wojnarowski

3. The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty

By: Adrian Wojnarowski

3.24

Format: None pages,

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game by John Feinstein, Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach

4. Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game

By: John Feinstein , Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach i… read more

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

5. 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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  • sports
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6. The Jordan Rules

By: None , None

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jor… read more

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7. Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

By: L. Jon Wertheim , Tobias J. Moskowitz

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias Moskowitz teams up with veteran … read more

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8. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"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

9. Long Shot: The Triumphs and Struggles of an NBA Freedom Fighter

By: None , None

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

As a member of the 1992 world-champion Chicago Bulls, a dashiki-clad Hodges delivered a handwritten… read more

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10. I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It

By: Michael Wilbon , Charles Barkley

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Charles Barkley has never been shy about expressing his opinions. Michael Jordan once said that we … read more

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Cover of The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger

11. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

By: Buzz Bissinger

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more

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Cover of LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf by Alan Shipnuck

12. 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

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  • nonfiction
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13. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski by Ian O'Connor

14. Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

By: Ian O'Connor

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coa… read more

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15. 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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Cover of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

16. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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  • basketball
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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17. The Dynasty

By: Jeff Benedict

4.46

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. 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

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Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

19. 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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Cover of Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman

20. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.28

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

21. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST by Martin Baron

22. Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST

By: Martin Baron

4.20

Format: 549 pages, Kindle Edition

“A closely observed, gripping chronicle of politics and journalism during a decade of turmoil.” — T… read more

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Cover of When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff

23. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.59

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more

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24. Unguarded

By: Scottie Pippen

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An unflinching memoir from the six-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and Hall of F… read more

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Cover of The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

25. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

By: Dana O'Neil

4.29

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more

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Cover of I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John             Thompson

26. I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

By: John Thompson

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off … read more

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Cover of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth by Nick  Greene

27. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth

By: Nick Greene

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession by Joe Lunardi

28. Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession

By: Joe Lunardi

3.62

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of th… read more

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Cover of The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism by Howard Bryant

29. The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism

By: Howard Bryant

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Following in the footsteps of Robeson, Ali, Robinson and others, today's Black athletes re-engage w… read more

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30. The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season

By: John Feinstein

3.88

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Thirty years ago after changing the sports book landscape with his mega-hit, A Season on the Brink… read more

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Cover of The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football's Era of Chaos by Armen Keteyian

31. The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football's Era of Chaos

By: Armen Keteyian

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

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Transform Your Habits

King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

David Remnick

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Donald T. Phillips , Mike Krzyzewski , Grant Hill

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty

Adrian Wojnarowski

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game

John Feinstein , Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach

0.00

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

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

Rich Cohen

3.90

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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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