14 best-selling baseball books like The Image of Their Greatness by Donald Honig

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The Image of Their Greatness

By: Donald Honig

4.22

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A revised and updated edition of this illustrated classic, one of the most celebrated and informati…

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1. If I Never Get Back

By: Darryl Brock

4.07

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Time travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the … read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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2. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

By: Bill James

4.29

Format: 1012 pages, Paperback

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immedia… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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3. Burr

By: Gore Vidal

4.08

Format: 430 pages, Paperback

Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution… read more

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"Eventually all things are known. And few matter."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"It was of course Jefferson’s gift at one time or another to put with eloquence the “right"

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

"We do not want to old to be sharper than we. It is bad enough that they were there first, and got the best things."

-Gore Vidal, Burr

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4. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

By: Alex Kershaw

4.17

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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6. Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella

By: Neil Lanctot

4.43

Format: None pages,

Neil Lanctot's biography of Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella--filled with surprises--is the firs… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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7. Ty and The Babe: Baseball's Fiercest Rivals: A Surprising Friendship and the 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship

By: Tom Stanton

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. T… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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8. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

By: David E. Hoffman

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Handcomes the riveting story of a sp… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
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10. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

By: Patricia Highsmith

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more

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11. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero

By: David Maraniss

4.33

Format: None pages,

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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12. Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin

By: Peter Golenbock

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A blistering, often shocking, and engrossing story of a man in complete control on the baseball fie… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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13. Paris

By: Edward Rutherfurd

3.63

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps th… read more

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14. Petty: The Biography

By: Warren Zanes

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more

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15. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It

By: Lawrence S. Ritter

5.00

Format: 299 pages,

From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more

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16. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball

By: John Feinstein

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league… read more

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17. My Effin' Life

By: Geddy Lee

4.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • nonfiction
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19. The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

By: Kevin Baker

4.39

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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20. 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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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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21. 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

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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22. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

By: Alex Kershaw

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decora… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

23. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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25. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas

By: Jesse Cole

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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26. Don Rickles: Merchant of Venom

By: Michael Seth Starr

3.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Considered the world's greatest insult comic, Don Rickles was a legendary comedy giant, honorary Ra… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It by Brendan Donley

27. An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It

By: Brendan Donley

3.56

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It … read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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28. The Image of Their Greatness

By: Donald Honig

4.22

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

A revised and updated edition of this illustrated classic, one of the most celebrated and informati… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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29. Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961

By: Jim Brosnan

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a … read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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30. Deadball Stars of the American League

By: David Jones

4.33

Format: 812 pages, Paperback

Three years after the release of the first volume of the series, "Deadball Stars of the National Le… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports

21 best-selling nonfiction books like The Image of Their Greatness by Donald Honig

Transform Your Habits

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

Bill James

4.29

None

Barry S. Strauss , Eric H. Cline

None

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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20 Top nonfiction books like An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It by Brendan Donley

Transform Your Habits

Imperfect: An Improbable Life

Jim Abbott , Tim Brown

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

Joe Posnanski

4.38

Transform Your Habits

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

Peter Golenbock , Sparky Lyle

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

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