22 must-read nonfiction books like Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime by Mark Frost

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Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime

By: Mark Frost

4.07

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating…

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1. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

By: Bill James

4.29

Format: 1012 pages, Paperback

When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immedia… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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2. Ball Four

By: Jim Bouton

4.05

Format: 465 pages, Paperback

Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
"It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"The older they get, the better they get when they were younger"

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

"I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while."

-Jim Bouton, Ball Four

Cover of The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 by Stephen E. Ambrose

3. The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

The Barnes & Noble ReviewMaster WWII military historian Stephen Ambrose, bestselling author of such… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

'This was much more than a bunch of guys out on an exploring and collecting expedition. This was a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Anyone who has ever canoed on the upper Missouri River knows what a welcome sight a grove of cottonoods can be. They provide shade, shelter, and fuel. For Indian ponies, they provide food. For the Co…"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Cover of Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen        King, Stewart O'Nan

5. Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

By: Stephen King , Stewart O'Nan

3.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Early in 2004, two writers and Red Sox fans, Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King, decided to chronicle t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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6. The Lords of Discipline

By: Pat Conroy

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

A novel you will never forget... This powerful and breathtaking novel is the story of four cadets w… read more

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7. The Pitch That Killed

By: Mike Sowell

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
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8. Deliverance

By: James Dickey

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. In t… read more

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Cover of Men in Green (A Golf Bestseller) by Michael Bamberger

9. Men in Green (A Golf Bestseller)

By: Michael Bamberger

4.03

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

The instant New York Times bestseller from acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger—a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • history
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10. Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime

By: Mark Frost

4.07

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
  • sports
Cover of Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season by Jonathan Eig

11. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

By: Jonathan Eig

3.70

Format: 336 pages,

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson ste… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

12. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

By: Mark Fainaru-Wada , Lance Williams

3.42

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions by Rachel Held Evans

13. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

By: Rachel Held Evans

3.98

Format: None pages,

Eighty years after the Scopes Monkey Trial made a spectacle of Christian fundamentalism and brought… read more

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  • nonfiction

14. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty

By: William Hogeland

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A gripping and provocative tale of violence, alcohol, and taxes, The Whiskey Rebellionpits Presiden… read more

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15. Play Dead (Andy Carpenter #6)

By: David Rosenfelt

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Andy Carpenter rescues a golden retriever from being put down and finds that the dog was supposed t… read more

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16. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It

By: Lawrence S. Ritter

5.00

Format: 299 pages,

From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more

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17. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy

By: Jane Leavy

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more

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18. Tales from Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major

By: John Feinstein

3.85

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the career… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

19. The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth

By: Leigh Montville

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Hardcover

He was the Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. The Wizard of Whack. The Bambino. And simply, to hi… read more

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20. Summer of '49

By: David Halberstam

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more

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Cover of A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik

21. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

22. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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23. 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
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

24. 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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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports
Cover of What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

25. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

26. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues by Lonnie Wheeler

27. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues

By: Lonnie Wheeler

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more

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

28. 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

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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29. Dark Ride

By: Lou Berney

3.81

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardl… read more

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"This is not the plot twist that my life required. I wish I’d never noticed those kids on the bench. I wish I’d never walked over. I wish, most of all, that I existed in a version of the multiverse wh…"

-Lou Berney, Dark Ride

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30. A Damn Near Perfect Game: Reclaiming America's Pastime

By: Joe Kelly

3.72

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Baseball's most outspoken fireballer brings the high heat in a book that calls out the hacks, cheat… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and, "the Worst Baseball Team in History"—The 1973–1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire

31. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and, "the Worst Baseball Team in History"—The 1973–1975 Texas Rangers

By: Mike Shropshire

3.86

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

“A funny, revealing,  Ball Four –like romp through mid-seventies baseball” from the longtime sports… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • baseball
  • history
  • sports

16 Top history books like Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime by Mark Frost

Transform Your Habits

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

Bill James

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Ball Four

Jim Bouton

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45

Stephen E. Ambrose

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

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

Ed Zwick

4.03

Transform Your Habits

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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