9 Best sports books like Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend by Kal Wagenheim

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Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend

By: Kal Wagenheim

4.08

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered f…

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Cover of 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm by Susan Dunn

1. 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm

By: Susan Dunn

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates … read more

Similar categories in Susan Dunn's 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm book and Kal Wagenheim's Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend

Cover of The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) by Agatha Christie

2. The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

By: Agatha Christie

4.03

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabet… read more

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"Drink up your wine,' ordered Poirot."

-Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

"A man in drink can be like a ravening wolf."

-Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

"Women were very queer. Unexpectedly cruel and unexpectedly kind."

-Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

"I admit that the second murder in the book often cheers things up."

-Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

Cover of The Natural by Bernard Malamud, Kevin Baker

3. The Natural

By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker

4.12

Format: None pages,

The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2) by Michael    Connelly

4. The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

By: Michael Connelly

4.12

Format: 439 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Narcotics office Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing. Instead, he e… read more

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"You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions."

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

"one of the crazies moved into the cone of light beneath a streetlight. It was a black man, high-stepping and making jerking movements with his arms. He made a crisp turn and began moving back into th…"

-Michael Connelly, The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)

Cover of Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert W. Creamer, Dick Schaap

5. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life

By: Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap

4.31

Format: None pages,

Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him … read more

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  • baseball
  • sports

6. The Life That Ruth Built: A Biography

By: None

2.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the story of a man greatly praised by the people, and of what their joyous acclaim did to h… read more

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7. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy

By: Jane Leavy

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more

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Cover of The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit by Ron Shelton

8. The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit

By: Ron Shelton

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely enterta… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

9. 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
  • sports
Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

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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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

11. 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

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It by Peter Golenbock

12. Whispers of the Gods: Tales from Baseball’s Golden Age, Told by the Men Who Played It

By: Peter Golenbock

4.05

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

"Anyone who has love for the game of baseball will enjoy this remarkable book." Library Journal, St… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me by Paul   O'Neill

13. Swing and a Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me

By: Paul O'Neill

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This fun and fiery New York Times bestselling memoir tells the life story of All Star Yankee and fi… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
Cover of Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend by Kal Wagenheim

14. Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend

By: Kal Wagenheim

4.08

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered f… read more

Similar categories in Kal Wagenheim's Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend book and Kal Wagenheim's Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend

  • baseball
  • sports

9 best-selling baseball books like Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend by Kal Wagenheim

Transform Your Habits

The Natural

Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Babe: The Legend Comes to Life

Robert W. Creamer , Dick Schaap

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit

Ron Shelton

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

Kevin Baker

4.39

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16 Best history books like The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker

Transform Your Habits

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

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin

4.71

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City

Kevin Baker

4.39

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