15 best-selling biography books like The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam

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The Education of a Coach

By: David Halberstam

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Be…

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Cover of About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior by Ward Just, David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman

1. About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior

By: Ward Just , David H. Hackworth , Julie Sherman

4.36

Format: 875 pages, Hardcover

Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this na… read more

Similar categories in Ward Just's About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • leadership
Cover of King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick

2. King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

By: David Remnick

4.27

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

There were mythic sports figures before him--Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio--but … read more

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  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court by John Wooden, Steve Jamison

3. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

By: John Wooden , Steve Jamison

4.46

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden Evoking da… read more

Similar categories in John Wooden's Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • leadership
"There is nothing stronger than gentleness."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Discipline yourself and others won't need to."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"The smallest good dead is better than the best intention"

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Cover of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy

4. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

By: Jane Leavy

4.15

Format: None pages,

The acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax returns with the biography of on… read more

Similar categories in Jane Leavy's The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • biography memoir
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam

5. The Education of a Coach

By: David Halberstam

3.93

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Be… read more

Similar categories in David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Parcells: A Football Life by Bill Parcells, Nunyo Demasio

6. Parcells: A Football Life

By: Bill Parcells , Nunyo Demasio

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

After his pivotal 2013 induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, iconoclastic and Super Bowl-wi… read more

Similar categories in Bill Parcells's Parcells: A Football Life book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick

7. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author ofIn the Heart of the Seaand Mayflower, brings his prod… read more

Similar categories in Nathaniel Philbrick's Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • nonfiction
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

8. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

Similar categories in H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else by Jon Gordon

9. Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else

By: Jon Gordon

3.86

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Training Campis an inspirational story filled with invaluable lessons and insights on bringing out … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

10. War Room

By: Michael Holley

3.59

Format: 83 pages,

Sports commentator and bestselling author Michael Holley will follow three NFL teams from training … read more

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11. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.57

Format: None pages,

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12. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

Similar categories in Michael Lewis's Moneyball book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

13. Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

By: Antonio J. Méndez , Matt Baglio

4.30

Format: 543 pages,

The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran On November 4, 1979, Iranian… read more

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14. I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story

By: Hank Aaron

3.19

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Henry Aaron left his mark on the world by breaking Babe Ruth's record for home runs. But the world … read more

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15. Summer Ball

By: Mike Lupica

3.48

Format: None pages,

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16. Travel Team

By: Mike Lupica

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Paperback

The #1 Bestseller! Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court -- … read more

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17. When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi

By: David Maraniss

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

In this groundbreaking biography, David Maraniss captures all of football great Vince Lombardi: the… read more

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18. Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football

By: Michael Holley

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relat… read more

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19. 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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20. Wait Till Next Year

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.07

Format: None pages,

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21. Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero

By: Mike Freeman

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet … read more

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22. Namath: a Biography

By: Mark Kriegel

3.06

Format: 405 pages,

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23. Relentless: A Memoir

By: None

4.00

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Bill Belichick: "Julian is the epitome of competitiveness, toughness, and the great things that are… read more

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Cover of LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf by Alan Shipnuck

24. LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

By: Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Alan Shipnuck, the New York Times bestselling author of Phil, returns with a major new work of insi… read more

Similar categories in Alan Shipnuck's LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House by Jared Cohen

25. Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

By: Jared Cohen

4.27

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most pow… read more

Similar categories in Jared Cohen's Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

26. 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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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

27. 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 David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict

28. The Dynasty

By: Jeff Benedict

4.46

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Benedict's The Dynasty book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness by Seth Wickersham

29. It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Seth Wickersham

4.34

Format: 544 pages, ebook

Over two unbelievable decades, the New England Patriots were not only the NFL’s most dominant team,… read more

Similar categories in Seth Wickersham's It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time by Ian O'Connor

30. Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time

By: Ian O'Connor

4.09

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A  NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER The definitive biography of the NFL’s most enigmatic, controversial,… read more

Similar categories in Ian O'Connor's Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time book and David Halberstam's The Education of a Coach

  • audiobook
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL by Michael  Lombardi

31. Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL

By: Michael Lombardi

4.12

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes foo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership

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David Halberstam

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

Transform Your Habits

LIV and Let Die: The Inside Story of the War Between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Alan Shipnuck

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House

Jared Cohen

4.27

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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.20

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Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales

3.76

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Jim Bouton

4.05

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Laura Hillenbrand

4.22

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