24 Top audiobook books like Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein

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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

By: John Feinstein

4.07

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is t…

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1. Power Forward: My Presidential Education

By: Reggie Love

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Reggie Love is a unique witness to history, whose introduction to Washington was working in Junior … read more

Similar categories in Reggie Love's Power Forward: My Presidential Education book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s by Dan Epstein

2. Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s

By: Dan Epstein

4.33

Format: None pages,

The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most col… read more

Similar categories in Dan Epstein's Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton by Jeff Pearlman

3. Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter Payton. At five feet ten inches ta… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook

4. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.57

Format: None pages,

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5. The Best Team Money Can Buy

By: Molly Knight

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

News-making, inside revelations about the tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were remade… read more

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6. Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

By: David Fisher , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

3.50

Format: 519 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMESANDUSA TODAY BESTSELLER Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship w… read more

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7. Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author of Sweetnessdelivers the first all-encompassing account of the … read more

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8. The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

By: Rick Ankiel

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, on… read more

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

9. 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

Similar categories in Alan Shipnuck's Phil: The Rip-Roaring (and Unauthorized!) Biography of Golf's Most Colorful Superstar book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

11. 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

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather by Mark Seal

12. 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

Similar categories in Mark Seal's Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne

13. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

By: Les Payne

4.34

Format: 612 pages, Hardcover

Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a near… read more

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  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
  • audiobook
"In America, the Jews sap the very life-blood of the so-called Negroes to maintain the state of Israel, its armies and its continues aggression against our brothers in the East."

-Les Payne, The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Cover of Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin

14. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

By: Luke Epplin

4.48

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more

Similar categories in Luke Epplin's Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • audiobook
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 John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

16. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Kepner's The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

17. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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18. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

Similar categories in Nancy French's Ghosted: An American Story book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

19. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

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  • history
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life by Joe Maddon

20. The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life

By: Joe Maddon

4.00

Format: 369 pages, Hardcover

Lessons in baseball enlightenment from three-time MLB Manager of the Year Joe Maddon. No one sees … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever by L. Jon Wertheim

21. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

By: L. Jon Wertheim

4.10

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John             Thompson

22. I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

By: John Thompson

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off … read more

Similar categories in John Thompson's I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • race
  • history
  • basketball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader by Mark Bowden

23. Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader

By: Mark Bowden

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city gang life, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Balti… read more

Similar categories in Mark Bowden's Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It by Will Bunch

24. After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It

By: Will Bunch

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of college—the great polit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan by Jessica Luther

25. Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan

By: Jessica Luther

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Luther's Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together by Amy Bass

26. One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together

By: Amy Bass

3.99

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United , One Goal tells the inspiring story of… read more

Similar categories in Amy Bass's One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias by Kevin Cook

27. Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI, and the Birth of America's Modern Militias

By: Kevin Cook

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A news-making account of the war between David Koresh’s Branch Davidians and the FBI, and how their… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein

28. Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

By: John Feinstein

4.07

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is t… read more

Similar categories in John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports book and John Feinstein's Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports

  • american history
  • race
  • history
  • basketball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • football
  • african american
  • audiobook
Cover of Switching Fields by George Dohrmann

29. Switching Fields

By: George Dohrmann

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning sports journalist unravels why the United States has failed to produce eli… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture by Dan Kimball

30. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

By: Dan Kimball

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Dan Kimball first sat down to meet with a student who was disillusioned by Christianity, he wa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta

31. Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You

By: Suneel Gupta

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking book that boldly claims the key to success in business is not talent, connections,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 Best history books like Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein

Transform Your Habits

Power Forward: My Presidential Education

Reggie Love

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s

Dan Epstein

4.33

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Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

4.56

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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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

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

Rich Cohen

3.90

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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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Max Marshall

3.50

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