13 Top sports books like Pipeline to the Pros by Ben Kaplan

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Pipeline to the Pros

By: Ben Kaplan

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. …

If you liked the sports plot in Pipeline to the Pros by Ben Kaplan , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of The Closer: My Story by Wayne Coffey, Mariano Rivera, Michael  Kay

1. The Closer: My Story

By: Wayne Coffey , Mariano Rivera , Michael Kay

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Audio CD

The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseb… read more

Similar categories in Wayne Coffey's The Closer: My Story book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty

2. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Audio CD

During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more

Similar categories in Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball

3. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

By: Steve Jamison , Bill Walsh , None

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

"Even when you have an organization brimming with talent, victory is not always under your control.… read more

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4. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

By: John Feinstein

4.08

Format: 288 pages,

"A Season on the Brink" chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the In… read more

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5. 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 Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

6. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

Similar categories in Hanif Abdurraqib's There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

Similar categories in Adam Higginbotham's Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose. by Tim Tebow

8. This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.

By: Tim Tebow

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

ECPA BESTSELLER - The New York Times best-selling sports star and media icon motivates readers to s… read more

Similar categories in Tim Tebow's This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose. book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
"Do you approach each day with confidence, knowing that someone's life can be eternally changed because of what you shared with or did for the person?"

-Tim Tebow, This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.

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9. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman

10. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me

By: Rex Chapman

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more

Similar categories in Rex Chapman's It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
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11. Joyful Recollections of Trauma

By: Paul Scheer

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and humorous memoir-in-essays on coming… read more

Similar categories in Paul Scheer's Joyful Recollections of Trauma book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction
"I didn’t need a girlfriend when I had Blockbuster."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

"But not acknowledging my trauma took away my triumph. I survived, and I wanted to make surviving the abuse part of my story. I want to wear my former shame with pride."

-Paul Scheer, Joyful Recollections of Trauma

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12. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

By: Emily Nussbaum

4.02

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more

Similar categories in Emily Nussbaum's Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction
Cover of Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors by Alex Wong

13. Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors

By: Alex Wong

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, th… read more

Similar categories in Alex Wong's Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA by Kirk Goldsberry

14. Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA

By: Kirk Goldsberry

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of  Sprawlball , Kirk Goldsberry returns with a visual feast of a book—equal… read more

Similar categories in Kirk Goldsberry's Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm by DeMar DeRozan

15. Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm

By: DeMar DeRozan

4.60

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most outspoken and respected NBA athletes comes a groundbreaking and remarkable mem… read more

Similar categories in DeMar DeRozan's Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics by Elle Reeve

16. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

Similar categories in Elle Reeve's Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

17. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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18. Pipeline to the Pros

By: Ben Kaplan

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. … read more

Similar categories in Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball
Cover of Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments by Joe Posnanski

19. 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

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

20. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns … read more

Similar categories in Malcolm Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson

21. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

By: Wright Thompson

4.51

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from aroun… read more

Similar categories in Wright Thompson's The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi book and Ben Kaplan's Pipeline to the Pros

  • nonfiction

19 Top nonfiction books like Pipeline to the Pros by Ben Kaplan

Transform Your Habits

The Closer: My Story

Wayne Coffey , Mariano Rivera , Michael Kay

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

Transform Your Habits

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

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Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick

4.03

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

Rich Cohen

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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