--- {"type":"list","title":"Top books about Sport","listId":2661,"canonicalUrl":"https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport","visibleItemTotal":24,"creator":{"id":"scottc","name":"Scott Clement","url":"https://listium.com/@scottc"},"stats":{"views":886,"likes":3,"followers":0},"category":"books & literature / sports books","publishedAt":"2016-04-12T01:30:59.623Z","updatedAt":"2016-04-12T01:30:59.623Z","fields":[{"id":0,"name":"Item","type":"PrimaryText"},{"id":1,"name":"Author","type":"Text","format":"short"},{"id":2,"name":"Owned","type":"Symbols","format":"checkbox"},{"id":3,"name":"Find on Amazon","type":"Calculated","format":"shop_link"},{"id":4,"name":"Image","type":"Image"}]} --- # Top books about Sport By [Scott Clement (@scottc)](https://listium.com/@scottc) 886 views · 3 likes · 0 followers Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016 Category: books & literature / sports books For every 10 hours of time on the field, you should spend an hour reading ## Items ### 1. [Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/0/friday-night-lights-a-town-a-team-and-a-dream) Item ID: `0` - Author: HG Bissinger - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Friday+Night+Lights+A+Town+a+Team+and+a+Dream&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rsy3nq41mzbj4qsxfv4y.jpg) ### 2. [Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/1/moneyball-the-art-of-winning-an-unfair-game) Item ID: `1` - Author: Michael Lewis - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Moneyball+The+Art+of+Winning+an+Unfair+Game&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/sbhpeqnlgeppv4uqsohu.jpg) ### 3. [The Blind Side](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/2/the-blind-side) Item ID: `2` - Author: Michael Lewis - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Blind+Side&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rmyltv6f8ohtigl44mqv.jpg) ### 4. [Little Girls in Pretty Boxes](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/3/little-girls-in-pretty-boxes) Item ID: `3` - Author: Joan Ryan - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Little+Girls+in+Pretty+Boxes&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/bblterfxry2okwi993zo.jpg) ### 5. [Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women in Basketball](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/4/shattering-the-glass-the-remarkable-history-of-women-in-basketball) Item ID: `4` - Author: Pamela Grundy & Susan Shackleford - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Shattering+the+Glass+The+Remarkable+History+of+Women+in+Basketball&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/fjzo0pdhvxatyrpdkj60.jpg) ### 6. [The Boys of Summer](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/5/the-boys-of-summer) Item ID: `5` - Author: Roger Kahn - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Boys+of+Summer&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/pxkigyxh50raazszsmt7.jpg) ### 7. [Paper Lion](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/6/paper-lion) Item ID: `6` - Author: George Plimpton - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Paper+Lion&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ewgbt0lxw9yg9njwo3jg.jpg) ### 8. [Dream Team](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/7/dream-team) Item ID: `7` - Author: Jack McCallum - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Dream+Team&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/zd2ujrgwpd1gshibso5k.jpg) ### 9. [League of Denial](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/8/league-of-denial) Item ID: `8` - Author: Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=League+of+Denial&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vivygscoc8ane5azmkx7.jpg) ### 10. [Among the Thugs](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/9/among-the-thugs) Item ID: `9` - Author: Bill Buford - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Among+the+Thugs&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/hr8kzg5gqfyaf67micnk.jpg) ### 11. [The Art of Feilding](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/10/the-art-of-feilding) Item ID: `10` - Author: Chad Harbach - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Art+of+Feilding&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/qmble2kequ04nxwoykzs.jpg) ### 12. [Seabiscuit](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/11/seabiscuit) Item ID: `11` - Author: Laura Hillenbrand - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Seabiscuit&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/zfhk5vwezxza0ubmcmwp.jpg) ### 13. [Muhammas Ali: His Life and Times](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/12/muhammas-ali-his-life-and-times) Item ID: `12` - Author: Thomas Hauser - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Muhammas+Ali+His+Life+and+Times&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/wbp50lvvwz3mwrj2pulq.jpg) ### 14. [My Father and Other Working-Class Football Heroes](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/13/my-father-and-other-working-class-football-heroes) Item ID: `13` - Author: Gary Imlach - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=My+Father+and+Other+Working+Class+Football+Heroes&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/m2429kh008tlw3s3fzev.jpg) ### 15. [Road Swing](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/14/road-swing) Item ID: `14` - Author: Steve Rushin - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Road+Swing&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/sx91kzmckblgjxq2xx6x.jpg) ### 16. [Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/15/welcome-to-paradise-now-go-to-hell) Item ID: `15` - Author: Chas Smith - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Welcome+to+Paradise+Now+Go+to+Hell&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/eqxprdeo4g4ntqcevump.jpg) ### 17. [A Necessary Spectacle](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/16/a-necessary-spectacle) Item ID: `16` - Author: Selena Roberts - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=A+Necessary+Spectacle&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rr6rcom0evnvk3gpq1h3.jpg) ### 18. [Into Thin Air](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/17/into-thin-air) Item ID: `17` - Author: Jon Krakauer - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Into+Thin+Air&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/tybdgxpy5gwf5wrv57zv.jpg) ### 19. [The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/18/the-last-boy-mickey-mantle-and-the-end-of-americas-childhood) Item ID: `18` - Author: Jane Leavy - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=The+Last+Boy+Mickey+Mantle+and+the+End+of+America+s+Childhood&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/yu4l8pxhgrhnhzajttsa.jpg) ### 20. [Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/19/provided-you-dont-kiss-me-20-years-with-brian-clough) Item ID: `19` - Author: Duncan Hamilton - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Provided+You+Don+t+Kiss+Me+20+Years+with+Brian+Clough&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dpbx7moyx7zt6rlpgr4g.jpg) ### 21. [Endless Winter: The Inside Story of the Rugby Revloution](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/20/endless-winter-the-inside-story-of-the-rugby-revloution) Item ID: `20` - Author: Stephen Jones - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Endless+Winter+The+Inside+Story+of+the+Rugby+Revloution&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/tmwuykul2amxo7qgjpti.jpg) ### 22. [Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/21/fever-pitch-a-fans-life) Item ID: `21` - Author: Nick Hornby - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Fever+Pitch+A+Fan+s+Life&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rv5u8wsetvtg7sfevtrj.jpg) ### 23. [A Rough Ride: An Insight into Pro Cycling](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/22/a-rough-ride-an-insight-into-pro-cycling) Item ID: `22` - Author: PAUL Kimmage - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=A+Rough+Ride+An+Insight+into+Pro+Cycling&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vsfmowd4e8o2knfmpsvl.jpg) ### 24. [Dar Trade: Lost in Boxing](https://listium.com/@scottc/2661/top-books-about-sport/23/dar-trade-lost-in-boxing) Item ID: `23` - Author: Don McRaw - Owned: false - Find on Amazon: [Shop](https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Dar+Trade+Lost+in+Boxing&tag=listium03-20) - Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/a9kf7eioqjioa4yoqyee.jpg)