23 best-selling nonfiction books like Gator: My Life in Pinstripes by Ron Guidry

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Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

By: Ron Guidry

4.06

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storie…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Gator: My Life in Pinstripes by Ron Guidry , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

By: Louis Zamperini , David Rensin

4.27

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Champion. Survivor.Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 9… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"I was raised to face any challenge."

-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

"God knew my needs and took care accordingly."

-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

"To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind."

-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

"It was all in His hands now - as it had always been."

-Louis Zamperini, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

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

By: Peter Golenbock , Sparky Lyle

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This bestselling, highly-acclaimed account is a hilarious but scathing baseball tell-all. After bei… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp, #3) by Vince Flynn

3. Transfer of Power (Mitch Rapp, #3)

By: Vince Flynn

3.73

Format: None pages,

On a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officia… read more

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4. Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain

By: Marty Appel

4.04

Format: 9 pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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5. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

6. Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball

By: Tim Kurkjian

3.78

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

ESPN's Tim Kurkjian has spent over twenty-five years covering almost 3,000 Major League Baseball ga… read more

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7. The Yankee Years

By: Joe Torre , Tom Verducci

3.61

Format: 231 pages,

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8. The Black Book

By: James Patterson , David Ellis

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime? Being a cop runs in Billy Harne… read more

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9. Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius

By: Bill Pennington , Scott Waxman

3.45

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures… read more

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10. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Stewart's Making It So book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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11. Leslie F*cking Jones

By: Leslie Jones

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Dad"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"

-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones

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12. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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13. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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14. 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

Similar categories in Keith O'Brien's Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of 60 Songs That Explain the '90s by Rob Harvilla

15. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

By: Rob Harvilla

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."

-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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16. The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

By: Beth Merlin

3.86

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

When a young woman hits rock bottom, she embarks on a positively Dickensian adventure in a witty an… read more

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17. Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

By: Ralph Macchio

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, the… read more

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

18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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19. The Dynasty

By: Jeff Benedict

4.46

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Benedict's The Dynasty book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

20. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

Similar categories in Howard Bryant's Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life by Bill Madden

21. Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life

By: Bill Madden

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative, “must-read” (Keith Hernandez) biography of Hall of Fame pitching legend Tom Seave… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever by Jack Curry

22. The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever

By: Jack Curry

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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23. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
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24. Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx

By: Roy White

4.32

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man from Compton rises to the highest levels of baseball greatness.Roy White played on the … read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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25. Triple Sec

By: T.J. Alexander

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom… read more

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26. 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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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando by William J. Mann

27. The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando

By: William J. Mann

4.09

Format: 736 pages, ebook

Entertainment Weekly's BIG FALL BOOKS PREVIEW Selection Best Book of 2019 -- Publisher's Weekly B… read more

Similar categories in William J. Mann's The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player by Pete Rose

28. Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player

By: Pete Rose

3.83

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The inside story of how Pete Rose became one of the greatest and most controversial players in the … read more

Similar categories in Pete Rose's Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player book and Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America by Michael MacCambridge

29. 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 Ron Guidry's Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gator: My Life in Pinstripes by Ron  Guidry

30. Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

By: Ron Guidry

4.06

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • biography
  • sports
Cover of Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars by Joe Milliken

31. Let's Go!: Benjamin Orr and The Cars

By: Joe Milliken

4.17

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

“When Ben got out of the hospital he said, ‘When I fall down and can’t pick myself up we’ll know it… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography

21 must-read biography books like Gator: My Life in Pinstripes by Ron Guidry

Transform Your Habits

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

Louis Zamperini , David Rensin

4.27

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

Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain

Marty Appel

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

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Transform Your Habits

Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance

Tom Brady

3.44

Transform Your Habits

LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Transform Your Habits

When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

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