8 Best sports books like Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross by Donald J. Ross

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Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross

By: Donald J. Ross

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Many years before his death in 1948, legendary golf course architect Donald Ross wrote a book that …

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1. The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf

By: Mark Frost

4.43

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played comes The Gra… read more

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"Our modern perception of "amateur" suggests someone who does something poorly or with a lack of professionalism, but the Latin root of the word "amateur" is amor, someone who pursues a pastime out of…"

-Mark Frost, The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf

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2. The Anatomy of a Golf Course: The Art of Golf Architecture

By: Tom Doak , Ben Crenshaw

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Behind every golf hole lies an influence on every golfer's game that few golfers ever the course a… read more

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3. The Greatest Game Ever Played

By: Mark Frost

4.50

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Ouimet and Vardon were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world… read more

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"... The only difference between realizing a dream and losing oneself in fantasy [is] backbreaking work."

-Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played

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4. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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5. Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

By: Paul David Tripp

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes parents wish there was a guaranteed formula for raising good kids--a certain list of rule… read more

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6. The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time, #3)

By: Robert Jordan

4.57

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Dragon Reborn--the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it… read more

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7. The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

By: Mario Puzo , Peter Bart , Robert Thompson

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon. Almost fifty … read more

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"Life is so beautiful"

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

"Forgive. Forget. Life is full of misfortunes."

-Mario Puzo, The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)

8. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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9. Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros

By: Tom Coyne

3.80

Format: 368 pages,

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10. Golf in the Kingdom

By: Michael Murphy

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Since its first publication, Golf in the Kingdomhas been recognized as a classic work on the deeper… read more

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11. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

12. The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament

By: David Owen

4.20

Format: 252 pages,

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13. The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.58

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

1980, PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI: It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of… read more

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"All of history [is] a rehearsal for its own extinction."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"...do you think if you died drunk you’d sober up before you met Jesus?"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"The evil has no alternate plan. It is simply incapable of assuming failure"

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

"She asked the girl what she wanted to be when she grew up and she said dead."

-Cormac McCarthy, The Passenger (The Passenger #1)

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14. Elon Musk

By: Walter Isaacson

4.40

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more

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"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"

-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk

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15. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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16. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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17. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Cover of Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes by Morgan Housel

18. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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19. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

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"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

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20. North Woods

By: Daniel Mason

4.15

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those … read more

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21. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

By: David Grann

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklaho… read more

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"An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

"The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing."

-David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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22. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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23. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

By: Michael Lewis

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more

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24. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

By: Mark Seal

4.36

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more

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Cover of Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara

25. Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

By: Will Guidara

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Bestseller Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner … read more

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26. The Links

By: Robert Hunter

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Students of golf course architecture are well aware of Robert Hunter ― and it’s all because of The … read more

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27. The Spirit of St. Andrews

By: Alister Mackenzie

4.22

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Alister MacKenzie was one of golf's greatest architects.  He designed his courses so that players o… read more

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28. To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure

By: Michael Bamberger

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A sportswriter recounts his experiences as a caddy in Europe and his views on the world-famous Scot… read more

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"Because it gives us energy, Michael, that's the single best thing about the game. The better we play, the more energy we get. From now on, ask yourself, after every round, if you have more energy tha…"

-Michael Bamberger, To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure

"That made sense to me. More than any sport I know golf provides an all-encompassing code. The game's unwritten rules elicit socially redeeming behavior; when a match is over, you shake your opponent'…"

-Michael Bamberger, To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure

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29. Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross

By: Donald J. Ross

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Many years before his death in 1948, legendary golf course architect Donald Ross wrote a book that … read more

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30. Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball

By: Kerry Eggers

3.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

In the late ’90s and early 2000s, the Portland Trail Blazers were one of the hottest teams in the N… read more

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31. Scotland's Gift, Golf: Reminiscences by Charles Blair Macdonald

By: Charles Blair (C.B.) Macdonald

4.38

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Scotland’s Gift, Golf is a masterpiece of early golf literature, written by the Father of American … read more

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6 must-read finance books like Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis

Transform Your Habits

Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

Zeke Faux

4.26

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Michael Lewis

3.80

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Gary Stevenson

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