8 Top memoir books like Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit by Gregory Howe

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Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

By: Gregory Howe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

At 34 years of age, Gregory Howe quit teaching to chase his childhood dream of becoming a world-ran…

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Cover of Open by J.R. Moehringer, Andre Agassi

1. Open

By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more

Similar categories in J.R. Moehringer's Open book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Control what you can control."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"The most animated talks we have are about…things"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

Cover of Rafa by John Carlin, Rafael Nadal

2. Rafa

By: John Carlin , Rafael Nadal

4.05

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

What makes a champion? What does it take to be the best in the world at your sport? Rafael Nadal ha… read more

Similar categories in John Carlin's Rafa book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I have no sense of humor about losing"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"Si falta pasión no se encuentra la victoria"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own"

-John Carlin, Rafa

"Se que cuando mi carrera acabe no seré un hombre feliz y quiero aprovecharla al máximo mientras dure."

-John Carlin, Rafa

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3. Munich

By: Robert Harris

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVEAND AN OFFICER AND A SPY. September 1938 Hitler … read more

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4. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

By: W. Timothy Gallwey , Zach Kleinman , Pete Carroll

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and… read more

Similar categories in W. Timothy Gallwey's The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction

5. Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master

By: Brad Gilbert , Steve Jamison

4.30

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

The tennis classic from Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert, now featuring a new in… read more

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6. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

By: Yeonmi Park , Maryanne Vollers

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually m… read more

Similar categories in Yeonmi Park's In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

7. Train Dreams

By: Denis Johnson

3.67

Format: 272 pages,

Denis Johnson's Train Dreamsis an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fiction… read more

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8. String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis

By: David Foster Wallace , John Jeremiah Sullivan

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best … read more

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9. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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10. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

By: Nick Bilton

4.40

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedro… read more

Similar categories in Nick Bilton's American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • nonfiction
"It was time to bring in the people with the calculators."

-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

"This is one of those rare government buildings in which someone who uses a calculator for a living can wield more power than a person who carries a gun."

-Nick Bilton, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

11. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

By: Jake Adelstein

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more

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12. Unstoppable: My Life So Far

By: Maria Sharapova , None

3.86

Format: 536 pages,

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13. A Heart That Works

By: Rob Delaney

4.62

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

New York Times  Bestseller *  The New Yorker   Best Books of 2022 *  Entertainment Weekly  Best Boo… read more

Similar categories in Rob Delaney's A Heart That Works book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I felt like I was being asked to find an individual lentil in a warehouse that a tornado had just torn through"

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

"Why don't you just leave open the possibility that others love you, whether you like it or not, and that the people who'd like you to stick around aren't, to a man, wrong."

-Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

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14. Lowdown Road

By: Scott Von Doviak

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Join a road trip across 1970s America as two cousins make the heist of their lives and must avoid t… read more

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15. The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

By: Christopher Clarey

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This  New York Times  bestselling biography tells the life story of the most iconic men's tennis pl… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Clarey's The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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16. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

Similar categories in Ash Barty's My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. Unbreakable

By: Ronnie O'Sullivan

3.90

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023 AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER… read more

Similar categories in Ronnie O'Sullivan's Unbreakable book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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18. Just Like You

By: Nick Hornby

3.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the… read more

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"Als je hem voor de Nacht Zonder Jazz zou hebben gevraagd waar hij gelukkig van werd, dan zou hij niet goed hebben begrepen hoe relevant die vraag was. Nu wist hij het antwoord: naar bed gaan met Lucy…"

-Nick Hornby, Just Like You

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19. One: My Autobiography

By: Peter Schmeichel

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Peter Schmeichel is an undisputed giant of the global game. He was a serial winner with Manchester… read more

Similar categories in Peter Schmeichel's One: My Autobiography book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I would say to any adult who stands on the sides yelling at players in a kids' game: grab hold of yourself. Remember the obvious. THESE ARE KIDS. These are little, vulnerable human beings with underd…"

-Peter Schmeichel, One: My Autobiography

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20. One Life

By: Megan Rapinoe

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Rapinoe's 'signature pose' from the 2019 FIFA Women's World… read more

Similar categories in Megan Rapinoe's One Life book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis

21. A History of America in Ten Strikes

By: Erik Loomis

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Recommended by The Nation, the New Republic, Current Affairs, Bustle, In These Times "Entertaini… read more

Similar categories in Erik Loomis's A History of America in Ten Strikes book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • nonfiction
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22. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

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"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

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23. A People's History of Tennis

By: David Berry

3.79

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons… read more

Similar categories in David Berry's A People's History of Tennis book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

24. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit by Gregory Howe

25. Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

By: Gregory Howe

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

At 34 years of age, Gregory Howe quit teaching to chase his childhood dream of becoming a world-ran… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit book and Gregory Howe's Chasing Points: A Season on the Pro Tennis Circuit

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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4.31

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4.05

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W. Timothy Gallwey , Zach Kleinman , Pete Carroll

3.42

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Nick Bilton

4.40

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Ann Patchett

3.99

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Sloane Crosley

3.91

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4.01

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