23 best-selling nonfiction books like The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt

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The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

By: George Howe Colt

4.27

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

*A Newsweek and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling author of The Big House…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

By: Steve Turner

4.26

Format: 464 pages, ebook

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders by Connie Bruck

2. The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders

By: Connie Bruck

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer by Tom Callahan

3. Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer

By: Tom Callahan

3.64

Format: None pages,

At last, a major biography of one of golf's greatest legends. Arnold Palmer changed golf--and sport… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

4. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
  • football
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5. Dragon Teeth

By: Michael Crichton

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more

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6. Shadow Divers

By: Robert Kurson

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which t… read more

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7. Crossing to Safety

By: Wallace Stegner

3.83

Format: 35 pages,

Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in "The Wa… read more

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8. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

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9. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

By: Steven H. Strogatz

4.30

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more

Similar categories in Steven H. Strogatz's Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"

-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"

-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

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10. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

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11. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool

By: James Kaplan

4.35

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more

Similar categories in James Kaplan's 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Mouthful of Birds

By: Samanta Schweblin

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. Unearth… read more

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13. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

By: David Maraniss

4.02

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new biography of America’s greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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14. 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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  • american history
  • sports
  • history
  • nonfiction
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15. Post Office

By: Charles Bukowski

3.94

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

"It began as a mistake." By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life … read more

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"It began as a mistake."

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"من يراهن كثيراً يخسر حصانه ص 154"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"المحترف يذهب إلى السباقات بمفرده ص 81"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

"لا تحب المرأة أن تكون في المرتبة الثانية ص 161"

-Charles Bukowski, Post Office

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16. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

Similar categories in David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

Similar categories in Nick de Semlyen's The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner

18. The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020

By: Rachel Kushner

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture Rachel Kushner has… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
Cover of Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker

19. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!

By: David Zucker

4.17

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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20. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever

By: Matt Singer

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

21. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

Similar categories in Brian Gewirtz's There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

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

22. 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

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  • politics
  • sports
  • history
  • nonfiction
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23. Watergate: A New History

By: Garrett M. Graff

4.49

Format: 832 pages, Hardcover

From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full … read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East by Uri Kaufman

24. Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

By: Uri Kaufman

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Pacy and enthralling." ― Financial Times "Tells the story brilliantly." ―Senator Joseph I. Lieber… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

Similar categories in Daniel de Visé's The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

By: Jim Ross

4.30

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

From legendary wrestling announcer Jim Ross comes a candid, colorful memoir about the inner working… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"Cutting to the chase, I don't see Sting in WWE any time soon and especially not in the ring vs. the Undertaker in the Georgia Dome. I do think that Sting would be well served to explore potential mar…"

-Jim Ross, Under the Black Hat: My Life in the WWE and Beyond

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27. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Robinson's The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
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28. Familiaris

By: David Wroblewski

4.21

Format: 979 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling modern classic The Story of Edgar Sawtel… read more

Similar categories in David Wroblewski's Familiaris book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

"Suppose you could do one impossible thing."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

"You can never watch too many pups climb through the straw for the first time, but there are just so many dogs you can bear watch to die."

-David Wroblewski, Familiaris

Cover of Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter

29. Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy

By: Brian Stelter

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The  New York Times  bestselling author of  HOAX,  “[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential… read more

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  • politics
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street by Rick Antonson

30. Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street

By: Rick Antonson

3.74

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a t… read more

Similar categories in Rick Antonson's Route 66 Still Kicks: Driving America's Main Street book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt

31. The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

By: George Howe Colt

4.27

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

*A Newsweek and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling author of The Big House… read more

Similar categories in George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 book and George Howe Colt's The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports

19 Top history books like The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968 by George Howe Colt

Transform Your Habits

Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

Steve Turner

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders

Connie Bruck

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven H. Strogatz

4.30

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16 Best audiobook books like The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 by Rachel Kushner

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The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

Olivia Laing

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Naomi Klein

4.22

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