7 must-read basketball books like Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals by Mark Mehler

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Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals

By: Mark Mehler

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as “March Madness” has emerged as a m…

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1. The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds

By: Joe Posnanski

4.12

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Baseball 100 “Posnanski offers an eloquent reminder that the great … read more

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2. The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record

By: John Eisenberg

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story of baseball's most legendary "Iron Men," Cal Ripken Jr. and Lou Gehrig, who e… read more

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3. 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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4. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

By: Buzz Bissinger

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more

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5. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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

By: Rich Cohen

3.90

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and … read more

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8. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

By: Jon Meacham

4.46

Format: 676 pages, Hardcover

The life and moral evolution of Abraham Lincoln, exploring why and how Lincoln confronted secession… read more

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9. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.84

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's… read more

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"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

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10. 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

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11. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

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12. Barkley: A Biography

By: Timothy Bella

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

* A Good Morning America Buzz Book* *A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2022* The definitive biogra… read more

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13. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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14. Glory Days: The Summer of 1984 and the 90 Days That Changed Sports and Culture Forever

By: L. Jon Wertheim

4.10

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking guided tour of one extraordinary summer, when some of the most pivotal and freakishly … read more

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Cover of The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

15. The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

By: Dana O'Neil

4.29

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, compulsively readable story of the greatest era of the most iconic league in colleg… read more

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16. Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson

By: Roland Lazenby

4.16

Format: 818 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected… read more

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17. The Football 100 (Sports)

By: Mike Sando

3.95

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

From The Athletic, powerhouse of sports reporting, comes the definitive story of the greatest footb… read more

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18. 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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19. Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals

By: Mark Mehler

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as “March Madness” has emerged as a m… read more

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The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds

Joe Posnanski

4.12

The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record

John Eisenberg

4.33

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

Jason Turbow

3.00

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Jared Cohen

4.27

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Jonathan Eig

4.67

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