10 Best biography books like Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream by Mitch Albom

Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream

By: Mitch Albom

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose…

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Cover of The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons

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

By: Bill Simmons

4.20

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to wri… read more

Similar categories in Bill Simmons's The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy book and Mitch Albom's Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
"But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

"If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up."

-Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Cover of Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

2. Michael Jordan: The Life

By: Roland Lazenby

4.31

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of a legendary athleteThe Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Drive: The Story of My Life by Larry Bird, Bob Ryan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson

3. Drive: The Story of My Life

By: Larry Bird , Bob Ryan , Earvin "Magic" Johnson

2.57

Format: 210 pages,

"Of all the people I play against, the only one I truly fear is Larry Bird."--Magic Johnson, from t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel

4. Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

By: Mark Kriegel

4.40

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

"Pistol" is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of… read more

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

5. 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

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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream

By: Mitch Albom

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream book and Mitch Albom's Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream

  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams by Darcy Frey

7. The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams

By: Darcy Frey

3.61

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than tha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball

8. Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity

By: Chris Fabry , None , None

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team--and fa… read more

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9. I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

By: Michael Oher

2.00

Format: None pages,

The football star made famous in the hit film The Blind Sidereflects on how far he has come from th… read more

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10. The Jordan Rules

By: None , None

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

A SUPER TEAM...A SUPERSTAR...A SUPER EGO The most gifted athlete ever to play the game, Michael Jor… read more

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11. 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

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  • history
  • sports
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"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

12. Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

By: Shea Serrano , Reggie Miller , Arturo Torres

3.11

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

#1 New York Timesbestseller Who is the greatest dunker of all time? Which version of the Michael Jo… read more

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13. Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

By: David Halberstam

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

From The Breaks of the Gameto Summer of '49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a grea… read more

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14. Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s

By: Jeff Pearlman

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

TheNew York Timesbestselling author of Sweetnessdelivers the first all-encompassing account of the … read more

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15. Heat

By: Mike Lupica

4.37

Format: 383 pages,

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16. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant

By: Roland Lazenby

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Finalist for the Cross British Sports Biography of the Year Award in the UK"With surgical precision… read more

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17. Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

By: Jack McCallum

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

They were the Beatles of basketball, the MercurySeven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports … read more

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18. The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul

By: Phil Jackson , Michael Arkush

4.00

Format: None pages,

For the countless basketball fans who were spellbound by the Los Angeles Lakers' 2003-2004 high-wir… read more

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19. When the Game Was Ours

By: Larry Bird

4.23

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physic… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • basketball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP by Mirin Fader

20. Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP

By: Mirin Fader

4.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story of one of the most transcendent players in NBA history–from his early life livin… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • basketball
Cover of The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty by Ethan Sherwood Strauss

21. The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty

By: Ethan Sherwood Strauss

3.73

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

How money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty--and then took it apart The Golden State War… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • basketball

7 best-selling history books like Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream by Mitch Albom

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Bill Simmons

4.20

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Roland Lazenby

4.31

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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

Mark Kriegel

4.40

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H.G. Bissinger

3.33

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Bill Simmons

4.20

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3.76

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Jim Bouton

4.05

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4.22

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