The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
By: Bruce Markusen
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The 1971 Pirates of Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski, Dock Ellis, and Steve Blass …
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1. The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Tales from the Diamond
By: Jeff Silverman
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Thirty great essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime. Who's on first? / Abbott & C… read more
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- baseball
- nonfiction
- sports
2. The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
By: Rich Cohen
3.44
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
A captivating blend of reportage and memoir exploring the history of the Chicago Cubs When Rich Coh… read more
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- baseball
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
3. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers
By: Mike Shropshire
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more
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- nonfiction
- baseball
- history
- sports
4. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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- audiobook
5. The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul
By: Chad Millman , Shawn Coyne
4.17
Format: None pages,
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- history
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- nonfiction
6. Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever
By: Kevin Cook
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
The story of six ordinary ballplayers whose paths crossed in the 1947 World Series--and the ways th… read more
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7. The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan Universe, #4)
By: Tom Clancy
4.16
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so… read more
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8. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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9. Me
By: Elton John
4.33
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It was insanity, but it sounded romantic."-Elton John, Me
"You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate."-Elton John, Me
10. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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11. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- history
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
12. 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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- history
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- sports
- audiobook
13. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever
By: John Rosengren
4.12
Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition
"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more
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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
- baseball
14. 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
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
15. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
By: Robert Macfarlane
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
16. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
By: Daniel Stashower
3.50
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
17. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
18. 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
- audiobook
19. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball
By: Luke Epplin
4.48
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more
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- race
- history
- nonfiction
- sports
- audiobook
20. Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Frontier Lawmen)
By: Tom Clavin
4.03
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the N… read more
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- history
- audiobook
21. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series
By: Tyler Kepner
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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- audiobook
22. 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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- history
- audiobook
23. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
By: Erin Carlson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more
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- nonfiction
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- audiobook
24. American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal
By: Neil King Jr.
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C. to New York City—an unfor… read more
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25. 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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- history
- sports
- nonfiction
- baseball
26. The Deadline
By: Jill Lepore
4.30
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
TIME • 10 Best Books of August 2023 A book to be read and kept for posterity, The Deadline is th… read more
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27. Daybreak at Chavez Ravine: Fernandomania and the Remaking of the Los Angeles Dodgers
By: Erik Sherman
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Fernando Valenzuela was only twenty years old when Tom Lasorda chose him as the Dodgers’ opening-da… read more
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28. 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
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29. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
By: Evan Friss
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more
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30. The Team That Changed Baseball: Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates
By: Bruce Markusen
3.82
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The 1971 Pirates of Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Bill Mazeroski, Dock Ellis, and Steve Blass … read more
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31. MOVE: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
By: Curtis Bryant
3.81
Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio
*Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins In the 1970s, a man who called himself John Africa founded a controv… read more
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