13 Top biography memoir books like KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest by Marcus Thompson

Cover of KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest by Marcus Thompson

KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest

By: Marcus Thompson

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Golden State Warriors insider and bestselling author Marcus Thompson delivers the definitive biogra…

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Cover of On Target (Gray Man #2) by Mark Greaney

1. On Target (Gray Man #2)

By: Mark Greaney

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Killing is Court Gentry's business. Now, his business is about to get personal in the second Gray M… read more

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Cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

2. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By: Richard Rothstein

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more

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  • nonfiction

3. The Art of Always Being Right

By: Arthur Schopenhauer

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

Which are the logical tricks that will let you slip through the net when faced with awkward questio… read more

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4. Return of the King: LeBron James, The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History

By: Brian Windhorst , None

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Now a New York Times bestseller! The inside story of LeBron James's return and ultimate triumph in… read more

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5. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant

By: Roland Lazenby

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the Cross British Sports Biography of the Year Award in the UK"With surgical precision… read more

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6. Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.19

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Timesbest-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering … read more

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Cover of Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam M. Grant

7. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

By: Adam M. Grant

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner

8. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

Cover of Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski by Ian O'Connor

9. Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski

By: Ian O'Connor

4.26

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coa… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Music Is History by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

10. Music Is History

By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

3.86

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep m… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

11. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

By: Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"

-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Cover of Psy Pana (Psy Pana, #1) by Marcin Świątkowski

12. Psy Pana (Psy Pana, #1)

By: Marcin Świątkowski

3.63

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Wielka historia, która ewoluuje na oczach czytelnika. Bohaterowie, których wszystko wydaje się dzie… read more

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Cover of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

13. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Cover of Filozofia dla zabieganych by Jonny Thomson

14. Filozofia dla zabieganych

By: Jonny Thomson

4.11

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Kiedy kaczka nie jest kaczką? Dlaczego lubimy oglądać horrory? Czy warto postawić na istnienie Bo… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Coming Home by Brittney Griner

15. Coming Home

By: Brittney Griner

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."

-Brittney Griner, Coming Home

Cover of What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban

16. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

By: Tim Urban

4.28

Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"

-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

17. 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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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson

18. Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

By: Marion Gibson

3.69

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"James looks like he's waiting to mug old ladies, which of course is one way of looking at a witch trial."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"Witch trials were not just misogynist festivals of torture and hatred; they also directly facilitated the building of empire."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

"As with later witch trials, like the ones in Salem, flexing normal court processes in response to a powerful authority can lead to mass injustice..."

-Marion Gibson, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials

Cover of The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality by Mike Sielski

19. The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

By: Mike Sielski

4.07

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

"A compelling origin story of a time that really wasn’t so long ago but through the lens of tragedy… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"Somebody says I can't do something, and I want to go out and do it on purpose and do it in an unbelievable way."

-Mike Sielski, The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

Cover of Barkley: A Biography by Timothy Bella

20. Barkley: A Biography

By: Timothy Bella

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

* A Good Morning America Buzz Book* *A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biogra… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of LeBron by Jeff Benedict

21. LeBron

By: Jeff Benedict

4.40

Format: None pages, Audiobook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “defi… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala

22. The Sixth Man

By: Andre Iguodala

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion G… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"A basketball player has to play for free for at least a year, a football player for three years before they are eligible to earn an income. But sports like tennis, baseball, golf, and even hockey all…"

-Andre Iguodala, The Sixth Man

Cover of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP by Mirin Fader

23. 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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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John             Thompson

24. I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

By: John Thompson

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited autobiography from Georgetown University's legendary coach, whose life on and off … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between by David Ritz

25. KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

By: David Ritz

4.10

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

NATIONAL BESTSELLER​ A unique, unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ah… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"Diversity always makes me happy."

-David Ritz, KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

"Perfection isn't possible. Aiming for perfection will make you crazy. I was crazy."

-David Ritz, KG: A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between

Cover of 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

26. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Steve Kerr: A Life by Scott Howard-Cooper

27. Steve Kerr: A Life

By: Scott Howard-Cooper

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"Thrilling." — Publishers Weekly (starred) | "Riveting." — Library Journal (starred) | "A fascinati… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors by Alex Wong

28. Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors

By: Alex Wong

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, th… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest by Marcus Thompson

29. KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest

By: Marcus Thompson

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Golden State Warriors insider and bestselling author Marcus Thompson delivers the definitive biogra… read more

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  • biography
  • basketball
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Roger Federer. Biografia by Rene Stauffer

30. Roger Federer. Biografia

By: Rene Stauffer

3.98

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

Caution! No English version! Polish release. read more

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  • sports
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

31. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • nonfiction

24 Best nonfiction books like KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest by Marcus Thompson

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4.05

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4.23

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4.08

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