21 Top nonfiction books like Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki

Cover of Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki

Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay

By: Todd Zolecki

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hall of Famer, Cy Young winner, and All-Star will forever be used to describe the illustrious caree…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson by Kent Babb

1. Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

By: Kent Babb

3.90

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

“This is more than just great sports writing, this is writing at its best. Babb strips away the pub… read more

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

2. 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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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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3. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • 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

4. Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

By: Mark Titus

4.02

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation… read more

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5. Notorious: The Life and Fights of Conor McGregor

By: Jack Slack

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Dubliner has achieved more in three years with the UFC than anyone in the 20 year history of th… read more

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6. House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge

By: Peter Golenbock , Lenny Dykstra

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In one of the wildest and most entertaining sports memoirs that will ever be published, legendary c… read more

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7. Paterno

By: Joe Posnanski

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

By America's premier sportswriter, written with full cooperation of Joe Paterno and his family, Pat… read more

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8. Calico Joe

By: John Grisham

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of … read more

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9. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant

By: Roland Lazenby

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the Cross British Sports Biography of the Year Award in the UK"With surgical precision… read more

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Cover of Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman

10. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

By: Nick Offerman

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"...when you make art with confidence, then clumsiness doesn't play as clumsiness, but panache."

-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

"Break up your cycle. Get out of your rut. Find a way in your normal setting to "feel alive." One thing I'll do is get up early and see the sunrise from my yard, or for some bonus points, from my roof…"

-Nick Offerman, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

Cover of Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar by Alan Shipnuck

11. Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.06

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “A rollicking good time.” —Golfweek * “Thoroughly engaging.” —The Washi… read more

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

12. 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

13. 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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14. 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
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

15. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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16. The Old Lion

By: Jeff Shaara

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara, The Old Lion a brilliant novel tracing the life… read more

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Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

17. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"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

Cover of The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene

19. The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History

By: Andy Greene

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the twenty-first c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Out of the Dark (Orphan X, #4) by Gregg Hurwitz

20. Out of the Dark (Orphan X, #4)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.41

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

When darkness closes in―he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 interna… read more

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Cover of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print) by Tyler Kepner

21. K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print)

By: Tyler Kepner

4.11

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling histor… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood by Dave Parker

22. Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood

By: Dave Parker

4.40

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the 2021 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “For that period of time, he … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing by Andy Martino

23. Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

By: Andy Martino

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the po… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy by Rick Westhead

24. Finding Murph: From First Overall to Living Homeless in the Bush - The Tragic True Story of Joe Murphy

By: Rick Westhead

4.01

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Joe Murphy had it all. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player ever selected fi… read more

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

25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki

26. Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay

By: Todd Zolecki

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hall of Famer, Cy Young winner, and All-Star will forever be used to describe the illustrious caree… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of The Mental Game: Winning the War Within Your Mind (Sports for the Soul Book 7) by Darrin Donnelly

27. The Mental Game: Winning the War Within Your Mind (Sports for the Soul Book 7)

By: Darrin Donnelly

4.62

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

There is a war going on within your mind. It’s a battle between the positive and the negative. The … read more

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Cover of Rapture: Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win Damn Near Anywhere by Nick Nurse

28. Rapture: Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win Damn Near Anywhere

By: Nick Nurse

4.17

Format: 1 pages, Audio CD

Foreword by Phil Jackson Nick Nurse distills the wisdom, insight, and experiences that helped him l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Ignite: Unlock the Hidden Potential Within by Andre de Grasse

29. Ignite: Unlock the Hidden Potential Within

By: Andre de Grasse

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Insightful, practical lessons on life, on and off the track, from an Olympic and world champion Not… read more

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

30. 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
Cover of Everyday Hockey Heroes: Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice by Bob McKenzie

31. Everyday Hockey Heroes: Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice

By: Bob McKenzie

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring volume of stories about Canada’s most beloved sport—hockey—and the everyday heroes who… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

15 Top biography books like Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki

Transform Your Habits

Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

Kent Babb

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside

Nick Offerman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar

Alan Shipnuck

4.06

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22 best-selling audiobook books like Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball by Merl Code

Transform Your Habits

Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar

Alan Shipnuck

4.06

Transform Your Habits

LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

Ian O'Connor

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds

Rich Paul

4.11

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