10 Top nonfiction books like Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of by J. David Herman

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Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

By: J. David Herman

4.00

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Almost Yankees is a poignant and nostalgic narrative of the lives and travails of Minor League Base…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of by J. David Herman , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees

By: Peter Golenbock , Sparky Lyle

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This bestselling, highly-acclaimed account is a hilarious but scathing baseball tell-all. After bei… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
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2. We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001

By: Eric Davidson

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

(Book). Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book! Nirvana, t… read more

Similar categories in Eric Davidson's We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 book and J. David Herman's Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

  • nonfiction

3. Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession

By: None

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson's parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he r… read more

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4. Breakfast at Tiffany's

By: Truman Capote

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the Am… read more

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5. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created

By: Jane Leavy

3.76

Format: 656 pages, ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author o… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
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6. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

By: Adam M. Grant

4.14

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the … read more

Similar categories in Adam M. Grant's Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know book and J. David Herman's Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

  • nonfiction
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7. Calypso

By: David Sedaris

4.11

Format: 272 pages, ebook

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever la… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In France the most often used word is “connerie,"

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"A young couple strolls by, the adoration of one bouncing off the tolerance of the other."

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"We’re like a pair of bad trapeze artists, reaching for each other’s hands and missing every time"

-David Sedaris, Calypso

"We're not pessimists, exactly, but in late middle age, when you envision your life ten years down the line, you're more likely to see a bedpan than a Tony Award."

-David Sedaris, Calypso

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8. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By: Bob Dylan

3.80

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"

-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song

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9. Charlie's Good Tonight

By: Paul Sexton

4.12

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one … read more

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  • nonfiction
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10. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records

By: Jim Ruland

4.03

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy

By: David Gelles

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller New York Times reporter and “Corner Office” columnist David Gelles revea… read more

Similar categories in David Gelles's The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy book and J. David Herman's Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

  • nonfiction
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12. Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members

By: Ray Padgett

4.59

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

"More fine stories than you can count" — Greil Marcus Collecting over 40 original, in-depth interv… read more

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Cover of Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of by J. David Herman

13. Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

By: J. David Herman

4.00

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Almost Yankees is a poignant and nostalgic narrative of the lives and travails of Minor League Base… read more

Similar categories in J. David Herman's Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of book and J. David Herman's Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard of

  • baseball
  • nonfiction

7 Best humor books like Calypso by David Sedaris

Transform Your Habits

Bossypants

Tina Fey

2.74

Transform Your Habits

Saint Richard Parker

Merlin Franco

4.34

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Miranda July

3.81

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David Sedaris

4.11

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