28 Top nonfiction books like Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

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Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

By: Dave Zirin

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--writt…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin , here is a list of 28 books like this:

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1. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

By: John Wooden , Steve Jamison

4.46

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden Evoking da… read more

Similar categories in John Wooden's Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"There is nothing stronger than gentleness."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Discipline yourself and others won't need to."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"The smallest good dead is better than the best intention"

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Cover of Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire

2. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers

By: Mike Shropshire

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more

Similar categories in Mike Shropshire's Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • sports
  • nonfiction

3. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

By: Sam Quinones

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane… read more

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4. Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling

By: Jeb Blount

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Ditch the failed sales tactics, fill your pipeline, and crush your number Fanatical Prospectinggive… read more

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5. Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live

By: Martha N. Beck

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationsh… read more

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6. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jessica Bruder

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780393356311 can be found here. From the beet fields of Nort… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Bruder's Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"a vast majority of us vandwellers are white. The reasons range from obvious to duh, but then there’s this."

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"Some call them "homeless." The new nomads reject that label. Equipped with both shelter and transportation, they've adopted a new word. They refer to themselves, quite simply, as "houseless"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

"The most widely accepted measure for calculating income inequality is a century-old formula called the Gini coefficient. It's a gold standard for economists around the globe, along with the World ban…"

-Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

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7. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Robinson's The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

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8. 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

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
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9. Music Is History

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep m… read more

Similar categories in Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's Music Is History book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions by Michael  Moss

10. Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions

By: Michael Moss

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Michael Moss uses the latest research on addiction to uncover what the scientific and medical commu… read more

Similar categories in Michael Moss's Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography by Staci Robinson

11. Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography

By: Staci Robinson

4.44

Format: 691 pages, Hardcover

The first and only estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving expl… read more

Similar categories in Staci Robinson's Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity by Bill O'Reilly

12. Killing the Legends: The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the latest book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities by Michael Shellenberger

13. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

By: Michael Shellenberger

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shellenberger's San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series) by Hanif Abdurraqib

14. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.47

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)

Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

15. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

16. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop by Judson Brewer

17. The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We're Not Hungry and How to Stop

By: Judson Brewer

3.90

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

18. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life

By: Billy Dee Williams

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon by Malcolm Gladwell

19. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.56

Format: None pages, Audiobook

What happens when Paul Simon, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in music history, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

20. Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA

By: Theresa Runstedtler

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Agains… read more

Similar categories in Theresa Runstedtler's Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • race
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman

21. 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

Similar categories in Rex Chapman's It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman

22. 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
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

23. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

Similar categories in Andy McCullough's The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History by Bill Hanstock

24. We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History

By: Bill Hanstock

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Unauthorized. Unrestricted. No holds barred. In We Promised You a Great Main Event , longtime sport… read more

Similar categories in Bill Hanstock's We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry by Scott Higham

25. American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry

By: Scott Higham

4.13

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created an… read more

Similar categories in Scott Higham's American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business by Wright Thompson

26. The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business

By: Wright Thompson

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The instant  New York Times bestseller! From one of America's most beloved sportswriters and the b… read more

Similar categories in Wright Thompson's The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era by Andy Martino

27. The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era

By: Andy Martino

4.42

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

28. Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

By: Dave Zirin

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--writt… read more

Similar categories in Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing book and Dave Zirin's Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

  • race
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game by Grant Wahl

29. Masters of Modern Soccer: How the World's Best Play the Twenty-First-Century Game

By: Grant Wahl

3.87

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

How do some of soccer’s smartest and most accomplished figures master the craft of the game? This i… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

30. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench by Mike Keenan

31. Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench

By: Mike Keenan

3.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The must-read autobiography of one of the NHL's most controversial and successful coaches, winner o… read more

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  • nonfiction

25 Best audiobook books like Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

Transform Your Habits

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

Jessica Bruder

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

Joshua Robinson

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Baseball 100

Joe Posnanski

4.74

Transform Your Habits

Music Is History

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.86

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Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

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

Rich Cohen

3.90

Transform Your Habits

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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