Built to Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever
By: Jake Fischer
3.67
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
By: Jack McCallum
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In "Seven Seconds or Less, Sports Illustrated"'s chief NBA writer, Jack McCallum, gets in the paint… read more
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2. Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
By: Peter Richmond
3.74
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A book that explores the enduring legends of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raide… read more
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3. 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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4. The Jordan Rules
By: None , None
3.72
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jor… read more
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5. The Secret History of Wonder Woman
By: Jill Lepore
3.81
Format: 320 pages,
A cultural history of Wonder Woman traces the character's creation and enduring popularity, drawing… read more
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6. Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
By: Jack McCallum
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
They were the Beatles of basketball, the MercurySeven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports … read more
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7. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports
By: Guy Lawson
3.96
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more
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8. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
By: Jonathan Karl
4.28
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more
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9. 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
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"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
10. When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
By: Rich Cohen
3.90
Format: 265 pages, Hardcover
The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more
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11. When the Game Was Ours
By: Larry Bird
4.23
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physic… read more
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12. 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
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13. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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14. Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
By: Jeff Bezos
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In this collection of Jeff Bezos’s writings—his unique and strikingly original annual shareholder l… read more
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"You can invent your way to a better place."-Jeff Bezos, Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
"It's time to go back to the moon, this time to stay."-Jeff Bezos, Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos
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
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16. Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports
By: Yaron Weitzman
4.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
How the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers trusted The Process -- a bold plan to get to first by becoming the… read more
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17. The Dynasty
By: Jeff Benedict
4.46
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more
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18. Got Your Number: The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own
By: Mike Greenberg
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
ESPN personality ( Get Up and #Greeny ) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partne… read more
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19. 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
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20. 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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21. Playmakers: How the NFL Really Works (And Doesn't)
By: Mike Florio
3.54
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The story of a modern NFL that can’t get out of its own way—and can’t stop making money In recent … read more
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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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23. Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
By: Dan Shaughnessy
4.22
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Today the NBA is a vast global franchise—a billion-dollar industry seen by millions of fans in the … read more
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24. Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP
By: Mirin Fader
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life livin… read more
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25. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius: What Game Designers, Economists, Ballet Choreographers, and Theoretical Astrophysicists Reveal About the Greatest Game on Earth
By: Nick Greene
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, entertaining deconstruction of basketball, drawing on the expertise of board-game crea… read more
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26. Bubbleball: Inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season
By: Ben Golliver
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating account of the NBA’s strangest season ever, from shutdown to championship, from a pro… read more
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27. The Midrange Theory
By: Seth Partnow
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively take and make good shots while preventi… read more
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28. The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty
By: Ethan Sherwood Strauss
3.73
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
How money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty--and then took it apart The Golden State War… read more
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29. Built to Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever
By: Jake Fischer
3.67
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
"From front offices to college campuses, Jake Fischer takes you on an engrossing tour of the NBA in… read more
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30. How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
By: Jamal Greene
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FINALIST | “Essential and fresh and vital . . . It i… read more
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"Strong rights protection is far from harmless. The proliferation of strong rights can frustrate the democratic will and erode the solidarity of communities. Judicial dominion over constitutional righ…"-Jamal Greene, How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights Is Tearing America Apart
31. Pipeline to the Pros
By: Ben Kaplan
4.27
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. … read more
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