11 Top sports books like Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961 by Jim Brosnan

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Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961

By: Jim Brosnan

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a …

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1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Star Trek: The Original Series Unnumbered; Movie Novelization #4)

By: Vonda N. McIntyre

3.96

Format: 274 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Admiral James T. Kirk is charged by the Klingon Empire for the comandeering of a Klingon starship. … read more

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2. A False Spring

By: Pat Jordan

0.00

Format: 798 pages, Paperback

In A False Spring, Pat Jordan traces the falling star of his once-promising pitching career, illumi… read more

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  • baseball
  • memoir
  • sports
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3. The Natural

By: Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker

4.12

Format: None pages,

The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin B… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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4. 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

5. Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s

By: Jason Turbow

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straig… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports

6. Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

By: Tom Holland

4.11

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for … read more

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7. 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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  • baseball
  • sports
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8. 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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  • baseball
  • sports
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9. 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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  • baseball
  • sports
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10. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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  • memoir
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11. 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

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12. 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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  • baseball
  • sports
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13. The Shattering: America in the 1960s

By: Kevin Boyle

4.10

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

On July 4, 1961, the rising middle-class families of a Chicago neighborhood gathered before their f… read more

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14. 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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  • baseball
  • sports
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15. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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16. The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

By: Joe Posnanski

3.83

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Joe Posnanski enters the colorful world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans to explore… read more

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  • memoir
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17. Roberto Alomar: The Complicated Life and Legacy of a Baseball Hall of Famer

By: David Ostrowsky

4.19

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A captivating look into the remarkable career and controversial life of a baseball Hall of Famer. R… read more

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  • baseball
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18. Larry Doby in Black and White: The Story of a Baseball Pioneer

By: Jerry Izenberg

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When people think of baseball trailblazers, their minds immediately go to Jackie Robinson. He was t… read more

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  • baseball
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19. Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961

By: Jim Brosnan

4.10

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

“Brosnan obviously knows his baseball, writes about it wittily, informally and with irony. He is a … read more

Similar categories in Jim Brosnan's Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961 book and Jim Brosnan's Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961

  • baseball
  • memoir
  • sports
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20. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author… read more

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  • sports
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21. Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench

By: Mike Keenan

3.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The must-read autobiography of one of the NHL's most controversial and successful coaches, winner o… read more

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11 Top baseball books like Pennant Race: The Classic Game-by-Game Account of a Championship Season, 1961 by Jim Brosnan

Transform Your Habits

A False Spring

Pat Jordan

0.00

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The Natural

Bernard Malamud , Kevin Baker

4.12

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s

Jason Turbow

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

Joe Posnanski

4.56

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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

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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

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Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Daniel Okrent , Wilfrid Sheed

3.84

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