476 books
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Basketball Books
Showing 1-50 of 3,172
The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
by (shelved 307 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 532,305 ratings — published 2023
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 200 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 38,465 ratings — published 2009
The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 178 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 71,174 ratings — published 2014
When the Game Was Ours (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 150 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,184 ratings — published 2009
The Breaks of the Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 13,527 ratings — published 1981
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,197 ratings — published 2012
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 123 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.16 — 81,267 ratings — published 2018
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 19,348 ratings — published 1992
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Audio CD)
by (shelved 104 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,641 ratings — published 2013
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,848 ratings — published 1990
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,545 ratings — published 1986
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,875 ratings — published 1989
Michael Jordan: The Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.31 — 8,692 ratings — published 2014
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 88 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,845 ratings — published 2014
Night Shift (Daydreamers, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.51 — 81,730 ratings — published 2023
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,039 ratings — published 2007
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,726 ratings — published 2020
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,935 ratings — published 2022
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by (shelved 76 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,649 ratings — published 2017
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,499 ratings — published 2006
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 18,876 ratings — published
Hook Shot (Hoops, #3)
by (shelved 63 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,013 ratings — published 2019
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,858 ratings — published 2005
Basketball: A Love Story (Audio CD)
by (shelved 62 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,587 ratings — published 2018
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,851 ratings — published 2016
Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,657 ratings — published 1995
The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,587 ratings — published 2002
The Assist (Smart Jocks, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,651 ratings — published 2018
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 17,127 ratings — published 2022
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,532 ratings — published 2024
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,517 ratings — published 2009
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams – A Poignant Biography of Young Athletes, Inner-City Basketball, and the Fight to Escape Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,066 ratings — published 1994
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.61 — 7,404 ratings — published 2023
Dragon Hoops (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.32 — 9,448 ratings — published 2020
Block Shot (Hoops, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,647 ratings — published 2018
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,102 ratings — published 2005
The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Sports Illustrated)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,881 ratings — published 2009
Drive: The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,851 ratings — published 1989
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,127 ratings — published 2009
All I Need (The Knights, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.95 — 16,156 ratings — published
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,710 ratings — published 2019
The Fadeaway (Smart Jocks, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,780 ratings — published 2019
Heaven Is a Playground (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,575 ratings — published 1976
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.05 — 287,467 ratings — published 2007
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,528 ratings — published 2007
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,725 ratings — published 1993
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,125 ratings — published 2021
The Sixth Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,721 ratings — published 2019
Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,316 ratings — published 2018
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,968 ratings — published 2004
“It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside. Once you do that, hitting your goals will be like hitting 3s for Steph Curry.”
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“We'd taken up our positions on the benches between the school hall and a newly-installed outdoor basketball court. Being hip-hoppers, we were obliged to be obsessed with basketball. None of us had a ball.”
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