8 must-read nonfiction books like Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage by Budd Schulberg

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Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage

By: Budd Schulberg

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this bountiful collection of his best boxing writing of a lifetime, Mr. Schulberg takes his fans…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage by Budd Schulberg , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. North and South

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Alan Shelston

4.15

Format: 521 pages, Paperback

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her com… read more

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"No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be. "

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

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2. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

3. Hiroshima

By: John Hersey

3.50

Format: 36 pages,

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more

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4. Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

By: Mark Kram

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of co… read more

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5. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane

3.64

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more

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"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."

-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

6. The Sweet Science

By: A.J. Liebling , None

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorkerpieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life t… read more

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7. The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever

By: Joe Layden

3.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Meticulously researched, wonderfully written; the untold story of a legendary fight and the two war… read more

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8. The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights

By: Shaun Assael

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A re-examination of the circumstances surrounding former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston's death … read more

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9. Audition

By: Ryū Murakami , Ralph McCarthy

4.20

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Documentary-maker Aoyama hasn't dated anyone in the seven years since the death of his beloved wife… read more

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10. The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.86

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some … read more

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"Dread works best in complete silence."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"The world might be awful, but we don't have to like it that way."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"Home isn't where the heart is; it's wherever the wind feels right."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"You're very optimistic for a possible serial killer. I like that about you."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

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11. The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages

By: Don Stradley

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"Excellent."— Times Literary Supplement The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearn… read more

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  • sports
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12. The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America

By: Jack Newfield

4.05

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfield’s best-selling biography of America’s b… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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13. Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier

By: Mark Kram Jr.

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fan… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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14. Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho (Deluxe Limited Edition)

By: Christian Giudice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hect… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. In the Cheap Seats

By: Springs Toledo

4.58

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In this updated collection of award-winning boxing essays, Springs Toledo takes a hard look at the … read more

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  • sports
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16. The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

By: Carlos Acevedo

4.16

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

“[A]n enthralling new biography by Carlos Acevedo . . . [Tommy] Morrison’s Falstaffian story makes … read more

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17. Hooking Off the Jab: Nigel Collins on Boxing

By: Nigel Collins

4.19

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

From the smoky clubs of Philadelphia to the visiting room of an Indiana prison to the primetime spo… read more

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18. In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories

By: Peter Heller

4.18

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghett… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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19. Henry Cooper: The Authorised Biography of Britain's Greatest Boxing Hero

By: Robert Edwards

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Henry Cooper is much loved by the British public as boxing's "gentle giant". He captured the Britis… read more

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Cover of Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage by Budd Schulberg

20. Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage

By: Budd Schulberg

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this bountiful collection of his best boxing writing of a lifetime, Mr. Schulberg takes his fans… read more

Similar categories in Budd Schulberg's Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage book and Budd Schulberg's Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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21. Slaughter in the Streets: When Boston Became Boxing's Murder Capital (Hamilcar Noir #3)

By: Don Stradley

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Named one of "The Classics of Boxing Literature" by CrimeReads “[A] gritty, true-crime narrative…wi… read more

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  • sports
Cover of Born to Box: The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly by Alex Daley

22. Born to Box: The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly

By: Alex Daley

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Nipper Pat Daly was boxing's most amazing prodigy. Extraordinary but tragic, his was a career like … read more

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Cover of Fight To The Finish: "Gentleman" Jim Corbett, Joe Choynski, and the Fight that Launched Boxing's Modern Era by Ron J. Jackson Jr.

23. Fight To The Finish: "Gentleman" Jim Corbett, Joe Choynski, and the Fight that Launched Boxing's Modern Era

By: Ron J. Jackson Jr.

3.75

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

James J. Corbett and Joe Choynski were destined to spill each other’s blood. In the beginning, the … read more

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24. No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack

By: Errol Christie

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending… read more

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"As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending here, in plain view of my enemies. How was it possible? Had had I let things come to this?"

-Errol Christie, No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack

Cover of Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust) by Alan Scott Haft

25. Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano (Religion, Theology and the Holocaust)

By: Alan Scott Haft

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim wit… read more

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  • nonfiction
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26. Into the Woods: The Story of a British Boxing Cult Hero

By: Clinton Woods

4.61

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Into the Woods provides a sharp insight into the true motivations of fighting men. Rather than deal… read more

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27. Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing

By: Sean Nam

4.27

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Journalist Nam delivers a knockout debut that shines a light on the underbelly of the boxing indust… read more

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  • nonfiction

8 must-read sports books like Ringside: A Treasury of Boxing Reportage by Budd Schulberg

Transform Your Habits

Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages

Don Stradley

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America

Jack Newfield

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier

Mark Kram Jr.

4.17

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19 Top nonfiction books like The Life and Crimes of Don King: The Shame of Boxing in America by Jack Newfield

Transform Your Habits

Casino

Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing

Donald McRae

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Lords of Chaos

Michael Moynihan , None

3.68

Transform Your Habits

Surviving to Drive

Guenther Steiner

4.17

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