8 must-read sports books like Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing by Carlos Acevedo

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Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing

By: Carlos Acevedo

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"I just read Carlos Acevedo on Davey Moore in Boxing News and I think he may well be the best boxin…

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1. Promised Land (Spenser, #4)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Boston PI gets tangled in Cape Cod’s criminal underworld in this Edgar Award–winning mystery fr… read more

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2. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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3. The Old Man

By: Thomas Perry

3.68

Format: 346 pages,

Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move "almost faster than a speeding b… read more

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4. A Ringside Affair: Boxing's Last Golden Age

By: None

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

For three decades--throughout boxing's most engrossing era--James Lawton was ringside, covering eve… read more

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5. Valediction (Spenser, #11)

By: Robert B. Parker

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who does… read more

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6. The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring

By: Michael Arkush , Sugar Ray Leonard

4.05

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend faces his single greatest compet… read more

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7. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people h… read more

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8. My Darkest Prayer

By: S.A. Cosby

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more

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9. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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10. Scheme

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.99

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

A detective tracks a poetry-obsessed serial bomber—meter by deadly meter—in an explosively clever s… read more

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11. Real Sopranos : The DeCavalcante Mafia Crime Family : The Complete and Fascinating History of a New Jersey Criminal Organization That Inspired a Popular TV Hit

By: Mafia Library

3.68

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you fascinated by the hidden world of organized crime?Do you want to find out which family serv… read more

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12. Breaking Midnight: A True Story

By: Lynn Walker

4.41

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison … read more

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13. Blood on the Razor Wire: A Prison Memoir

By: Chad Marks

4.25

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

Twenty-four-year-old Chad Marks was sentenced to forty years in the Federal Prison System for a non… read more

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14. Granite City: The Life of a Bandit

By: Norman Spells

3.88

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Told with raw emotion, this is the true story of one man’s journey through the formative years of t… read more

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15. The Life and Times of Cocaine Charlie

By: Charles T. H. Woods

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An unrepentant true crime memoir about the life of a man who sold and used cocaine daily for thirty… read more

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16. My Life In Wrestling

By: Gary Hart

4.49

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

472-pages includes an indepth wrestler reference index The long-awaited autobiography of Gary Hart… read more

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17. Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho (Deluxe Limited Edition)

By: Christian Giudice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hect… read more

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18. Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali's Last Fight

By: Dave Hannigan

3.91

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a m… read more

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19. Slaughter in the Streets: When Boston Became Boxing's Murder Capital (Hamilcar Noir #3)

By: Don Stradley

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Named one of "The Classics of Boxing Literature" by CrimeReads “[A] gritty, true-crime narrative…wi… read more

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Cover of Elite Predators: From Jimmy Savile and Lord Mountbatten to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (War On Drugs Book 6) by Shaun Attwood

20. Elite Predators: From Jimmy Savile and Lord Mountbatten to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (War On Drugs Book 6)

By: Shaun Attwood

4.20

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1966, Lord Mountbatten granted Jimmy Saville access to the highest levels of the royal family. W… read more

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21. Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing

By: Tris Dixon

4.49

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

The secret history brain damage in boxing has never been fully told―until now. From the story behin… read more

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22. Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing

By: Carlos Acevedo

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"I just read Carlos Acevedo on Davey Moore in Boxing News and I think he may well be the best boxin… read more

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Cover of Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story by Candace Toft

23. Off The Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story

By: Candace Toft

4.28

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

In a life as tough as his battles in the ring, Ron Lyle had already served hard time for second-deg… read more

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Cover of Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing by Sean  Nam

24. Murder on Federal Street: Tyrone Everett, the Black Mafia, Fixed Fights, and the Last Golden Age of Philadelphia Boxing

By: Sean Nam

4.27

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Journalist Nam delivers a knockout debut that shines a light on the underbelly of the boxing indust… read more

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25. A Fistful of Murder: The Life and Crimes of Carlos Monzon (Hamilcar Noir True Crime Series)

By: Don Stradley

4.16

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Carlos Monzon was one of Argentina's most celebrated figures. A renowned boxing champion and movie … read more

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Cover of Shot at a Brothel: The Spectacular Demise of Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena (Hamilcar Noir True Crime Series) by Patrick Connor

26. Shot at a Brothel: The Spectacular Demise of Oscar “Ringo” Bonavena (Hamilcar Noir True Crime Series)

By: Patrick Connor

3.50

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Oscar Bonavena remains a god in Argentina. Fighting as a heavyweight during the 1970s, the division… read more

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27. President of Pandemonium: The Mad World Of Ike Ibeabuchi (Hamilcar Noir True Crime Series)

By: Luke G. Williams

4.14

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Ike “The President” Ibeabuchi had the boxing world at his feet in 1997 after vanquishing David Tua … read more

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28. Guns N' Roses: The Life and Times of a Rock N' Roll Band

By: Paul Elliott

4.12

Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition

Written by a band insider, this is the most comprehensive, fully illustrated, up-to-date unofficial… read more

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29. THE FIFTH KING: The Rise and Fall of Wilfred Benitez

By: Ben Doughty

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

The first ever comprehensive guide to the career and extraordinary backstory of boxing's youngest e… read more

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30. Welcome to the Big Time

By: Earnie Shavers

4.30

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

Hands Like a HowitzerThe "Black Destroyer" Earnie Shavers pulls no punches in sharing his eventful … read more

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31. Inside the NBA Bubble: A Championship Season under Quarantine

By: Jared Dudley

3.85

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

A single-sitting, page-turning, behind-the-scenes account of the NBA lockdown at Disney World by Ja… read more

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4.30

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