8 Top hockey books like The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76 by Ed Gruver

Cover of The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76 by Ed Gruver

The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

By: Ed Gruver

3.93

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union’s long-dominant…

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Cover of The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game by Edward Achorn

1. The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game

By: Edward Achorn

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life's savings to found t… read more

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Cover of Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry

2. Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

By: Dan Barry

3.14

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

"Bottom of the 33rdis chaw-chewing, sunflower-spitting, pine tar proof that too much baseball is ne… read more

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Cover of A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992-93 NHL Season by Todd Denault

3. A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992-93 NHL Season

By: Todd Denault

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of the twentieth anniversary of one of the greatest seasons in hockey history Twenty … read more

Similar categories in Todd Denault's A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992-93 NHL Season book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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4. Personal Finance for Dummies

By: Eric Tyson , None

3.93

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

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5. Have Glove, Will Travel: Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond

By: Richard Lally , Bill Lee

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

It was 1982 when Bill Lee was famously booted from the Montreal Expos after he went AWOL in protest… read more

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6. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

By: Erik Larson

3.86

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hit… read more

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7. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

By: Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A front-of-the-house Kitchen Confidential from a career maître d’hotel who manned the front of the … read more

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"It never fails, the most awful human beings, the power hungry, those with the least personality, kindness, and humanity, are general managers in restaurants."

-Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'

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8. 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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Cover of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

9. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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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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Cover of The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever by John Rosengren

11. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever

By: John Rosengren

4.12

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more

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Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

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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Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

13. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

Similar categories in Abraham Riesman's Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

14. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

Similar categories in Ryan McGee's Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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15. Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind

By: Doug MacLean

3.57

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game’s biggest pers… read more

Similar categories in Doug MacLean's Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier

16. All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice

By: Bryan Trottier

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Can… read more

Similar categories in Bryan Trottier's All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey by Justin Bourne

17. Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey

By: Justin Bourne

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father and Hockey Confidential , Down and Back tells … read more

Similar categories in Justin Bourne's Down and Back: On Alcohol, Family, and a Life in Hockey book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

18. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

Similar categories in Katie Ledecky's Just Add Water: My Swimming Life book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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19. Off the Record

By: Peter Mansbridge

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more

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20. The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

By: Michael MacCambridge

4.25

Format: 487 pages, Hardcover

“Indispensable history.” –Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of  The Right Call A captivating chr… read more

Similar categories in Michael MacCambridge's The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76 by Ed Gruver

21. The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

By: Ed Gruver

3.93

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

In late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union’s long-dominant… read more

Similar categories in Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76 book and Ed Gruver's The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76

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Cover of Rocky Hockey: The Short but Wild Ride of the NHL's Colorado Rockies by Greg Enright

22. Rocky Hockey: The Short but Wild Ride of the NHL's Colorado Rockies

By: Greg Enright

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Long before the Avalanche started winning Stanley Cups, Colorado was home to a short-lived and deci… read more

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Cover of Chris Therien: Road to Redemption by Chris Therien

23. Chris Therien: Road to Redemption

By: Chris Therien

3.86

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In Philadelphia Flyers orange and black, Chris Therien cut an imposing figure on the ice, a stalwar… read more

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Cover of Losing the Edge: The Rise and Fall of the Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers by Barry Meisel

24. Losing the Edge: The Rise and Fall of the Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers

By: Barry Meisel

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Meisel chronicles the Rangers' 1995 season, revealing the untold story of the stunning rise and fal… read more

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12 Top history books like The Game That Saved the NHL: The Broad Street Bullies, the Soviet Red Machine, and Super Series '76 by Ed Gruver

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The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game

Edward Achorn

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

Dan Barry

3.14

Transform Your Habits

A Season in Time: Super Mario, Killer, St. Patrick, the Great One, and the Unforgettable 1992-93 NHL Season

Todd Denault

3.94

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My Effin' Life

Geddy Lee

4.58

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Bobby Orr

3.88

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I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory

Daniel Paisner , Ray Lewis

4.01

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Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey

Ken Dryden

4.41

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Wayne Gretzky , Kirstie McLellan Day

4.10

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