26 Best nonfiction books like The Book of James: The Power, Politics, and Passion of LeBron by Valerie Babb

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The Book of James: The Power, Politics, and Passion of LeBron

By: Valerie Babb

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James   LeBron James is …

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1. Return of the King: LeBron James, The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History

By: Brian Windhorst , None

4.00

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Now a New York Times bestseller! The inside story of LeBron James's return and ultimate triumph in… read more

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2. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

By: C.W. Goodyear

4.30

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more

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3. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

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4. Directed by James Burrows: Five Decades of Stories from the Legendary Director of Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and More

By: James Burrows

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Being directed by the Jimmy Burrows, while on Friends, was like hitting the jackpot. I'm delighte… read more

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5. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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6. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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7. Conflict of Duty (Sam Johnstone #6)

By: James Chandler

4.35

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

The pursuit of the truth might cost one Wyoming lawyer everything… In the wake of a trial loss and … read more

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8. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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9. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

By: Sarah McCammon

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more

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10. Thicker than Water: A Memoir

By: Kerry Washington

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more

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11. 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

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"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

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12. All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience

By: Jay Wellons

4.44

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“The surgical interventions in these pages are dizzying, but the fact that Jay Wellons can write as… read more

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13. The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two

By: Steve Drummond

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set h… read more

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14. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

By: Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The host of MSNBC’s  The ReidOut  and  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Man Who Sold Amer… read more

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15. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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16. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

By: Kenan Thompson

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When I Was Your Age  is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more

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Cover of One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy by Dominic Erdozain

17. One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

By: Dominic Erdozain

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This takedown of American gun culture argues that the nation’s founders did not intend the Second A… read more

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18. The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are

By: Tariq Trotter

4.20

Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition

“Tariq Trotter . . . could be hip-hop’s Dostoyevsky. Like the Russian novelist, Mr. Trotter has ref… read more

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19. The Truthful Witness (Sam Johnstone, #5)

By: James Chandler

4.50

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The line between truth and deception is as thin as a razor’s edge… Determined to enjoy the pace … read more

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20. Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment

By: Allen C. Guelzo

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An intimate study of Abraham Lincoln’s powerful vision of democracy, which guided him through the C… read more

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21. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

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22. Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI

By: Madhumita Murgia

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, reveal… read more

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23. Decent People

By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow

3.59

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more

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24. Generation Anxiety: A Millennial and Gen Z Guide to Staying Afloat in an Uncertain World

By: Lauren Cook

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From licensed clinical psychologist and TikTok therapist Dr. Lauren Cook, Generation Anxiety is a p… read more

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25. Life in Two Worlds: A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back

By: Ted Nolan

4.28

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 BESTSELLER In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he would… read more

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26. When the World Tips Over

By: Jandy Nelson

4.18

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An explosive new novel brimming with love, secrets, and enchantment The Fall siblings live in h… read more

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"He liked trees more than people."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Why won’t you ever tell me about your parents?"

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Sometimes platonic loves are the most profound."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

"Desiderium, n. an ardent desire for something lost."

-Jandy Nelson, When the World Tips Over

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27. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps

By: Jon Favreau

4.17

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From your friends at Pod Save America  and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more

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28. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

By: Gretchen Whitmer

4.34

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more

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Cover of Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Brown Jackson

29. Lovely One: A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more

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30. The Book of James: The Power, Politics, and Passion of LeBron

By: Valerie Babb

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James   LeBron James is … read more

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31. 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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7 must-read race books like Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

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