21 must-read baseball books like COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season by Tim Neverett

Cover of COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season by Tim Neverett

COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season

By: Tim Neverett

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside account of the most unforgettable season in Los Angeles Dodgers history, from the…

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Cover of Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by Wayne Coffey, R.A. Dickey

1. Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

By: Wayne Coffey , R.A. Dickey

3.97

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

The Glass Castle meets Ball Four as Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey weaves searing honesty and baseb… read more

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"One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best…"

-Wayne Coffey, Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

Cover of Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson by Kent Babb

2. Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

By: Kent Babb

3.90

Format: 311 pages, Hardcover

“This is more than just great sports writing, this is writing at its best. Babb strips away the pub… read more

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Cover of Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen

3. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

By: Charles Leerhsen

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more

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Cover of The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub

4. The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923

By: Robert Weintraub

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of Babe Ruth's Yankees, John McGraw's Giants, and the extraordinary baseball seaso… read more

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Cover of Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football by Rich Cohen

5. Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football

By: Rich Cohen

4.50

Format: 87 pages,

The gripping account of a once-in-a-lifetime football team and their lone championship season For R… read more

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6. SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

By: Steven D. Levitt , Stephen J. Dubner

4.31

Format: 1056 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times best-selling Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling over four million c… read more

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7. Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary

By: None

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sport… read more

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8. The Express: The Ernie Davis Story

By: None

3.81

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

"He could do it all, beat every opponent . . . except one." -plaque honoring Ernie Davis, in the lo… read more

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Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

9. 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 Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

10. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

By: Evan Drellich

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… 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

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

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Cover of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton

12. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

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"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Cover of The Perfect Assassin (Doc Savage, #1) by James  Patterson

13. The Perfect Assassin (Doc Savage, #1)

By: James Patterson

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Library Binding

Prof. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary action hero Doc Savage—is forced into a top-secret tr… read more

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Cover of City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) by Don Winslow

14. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

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Cover of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife by Brad Balukjian

15. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

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Cover of They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow

16. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers

By: Jason Turbow

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of D… read more

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Cover of How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed by Thomas W. Gilbert

17. How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed

By: Thomas W. Gilbert

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating, true, story of baseball’s amateur origins. “Explores the conditions and factors th… read more

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Cover of Mantle: The Best There Ever Was by Tony  Castro

18. Mantle: The Best There Ever Was

By: Tony Castro

3.98

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In Mantle: The Best There Ever Was, Tony Castro brings to life the man who is arguably not only the… read more

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Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

19. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

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Cover of The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking by Russell A. Carleton

20. The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking

By: Russell A. Carleton

4.10

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball i… read more

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Cover of Son of Havana: A Baseball Journey from Cuba to the Big Leagues and Back by Luis Tiant

21. Son of Havana: A Baseball Journey from Cuba to the Big Leagues and Back

By: Luis Tiant

4.30

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The improbable story of Luis Tiant―a living link to the earliest days of Fidel Castro’s regime, a B… read more

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Cover of Why Baseball Matters (Why X Matters Series) by Susan Jacoby

22. Why Baseball Matters (Why X Matters Series)

By: Susan Jacoby

3.40

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A best-selling author and passionate baseball fan takes a tough-minded look at America’s most tradi… read more

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Cover of Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History by Mark S. Halfon

23. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Times in Baseball History

By: Mark S. Halfon

3.85

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The D… read more

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Cover of Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's by Dale Tafoya

24. Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's

By: Dale Tafoya

3.93

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics was one of the most successful franchises in professional… read more

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Cover of How to Beat a Broken Game: The Rise of the Dodgers in a League on the Brink by Pedro Moura

25. How to Beat a Broken Game: The Rise of the Dodgers in a League on the Brink

By: Pedro Moura

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of how the Dodgers won their first championship in more than thirty years—but help… read more

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Cover of Jim Brown: Last Man Standing by Dave Zirin

26. Jim Brown: Last Man Standing

By: Dave Zirin

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--writt… read more

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Cover of Try Not to Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon by Bill Chastain

27. Try Not to Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon

By: Bill Chastain

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

With his irreverant personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is… read more

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Cover of Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul by Chris Donnelly

28. Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York's Baseball Soul

By: Chris Donnelly

3.96

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like n… read more

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Cover of COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season by Tim Neverett

29. COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season

By: Tim Neverett

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside account of the most unforgettable season in Los Angeles Dodgers history, from the… read more

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Cover of Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers' Extraordinary Pitching Tradition by Jon Weisman

30. Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers' Extraordinary Pitching Tradition

By: Jon Weisman

4.22

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in all of sports, with enduring lega… read more

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Cover of My Own Story Jackie Robinson by Wendell; Jackie Robinson; Branch Rickey Smith

31. My Own Story Jackie Robinson

By: Wendell; Jackie Robinson; Branch Rickey Smith

4.20

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

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24 best-selling sports books like COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season by Tim Neverett

Transform Your Habits

Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball

Wayne Coffey , R.A. Dickey

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Not a Game: The Incredible Rise and Unthinkable Fall of Allen Iverson

Kent Babb

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Charles Leerhsen

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923

Robert Weintraub

4.18

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19 best-selling history books like They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers by Jason Turbow

Transform Your Habits

Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball

Jeff Katz

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness

Buster Olney

3.98

Transform Your Habits

When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks

Harvey Araton

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Daniel Okrent , Wilfrid Sheed

3.84

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