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Olympics Books
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 157 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.39 — 363,434 ratings — published 2013
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,001,161 ratings — published 2010
The Favorites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.05 — 223,450 ratings — published 2025
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,558 ratings — published 2008
Gold (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.71 — 16,868 ratings — published 2012
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,818 ratings — published 2024
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,169 ratings — published 2005
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,833 ratings — published 2007
The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.74 — 327 ratings — published 2016
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.44 — 15,316 ratings — published 2015
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,734 ratings — published 2022
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.21 — 477 ratings — published 2021
Settling the Score (The Summer Games, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.94 — 11,796 ratings — published 2016
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.88 — 9,707 ratings — published 2020
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.57 — 572 ratings — published
Olympig! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.63 — 448 ratings — published 2012
One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God" (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,189 ratings — published 2000
Kiss and Cry (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.10 — 3,564 ratings — published 2022
Tacky and the Winter Games (Tacky the Penguin)
by (shelved 10 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.83 — 585 ratings — published 2005
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.19 — 228 ratings — published 2012
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House, #16)
by (shelved 10 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.96 — 12,094 ratings — published 1998
Head Over Heels (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.58 — 22,390 ratings — published 2020
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.14 — 6,598 ratings — published 2016
Out of Bounds (The Summer Games, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.74 — 7,355 ratings — published 2016
Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.61 — 148 ratings — published 2012
Synchronicity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,723 ratings — published 2013
Olympics! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.87 — 47 ratings — published 1996
Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.73 — 95 ratings — published 2009
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.03 — 406 ratings — published 2018
Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,399 ratings — published 2018
Stroked (Stroked, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,143 ratings — published 2016
The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.75 — 2,399 ratings — published 2015
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 8 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,100 ratings — published 2012
Let the Games Begin (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.69 — 2,329 ratings — published 2024
One Jump at a Time: My Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,162 ratings — published 2022
Cold War (Cold War #1-2)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,137 ratings — published 2018
Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,786 ratings — published 2017
Relay (Changing Lanes, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,099 ratings — published 2018
Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women's Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.12 — 165 ratings — published
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,282 ratings — published 2017
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics (The Sports Beat, #6)
by (shelved 7 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,493 ratings — published 2012
G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet (Sports Alphabet)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.67 — 100 ratings — published 2011
Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,958 ratings — published 2024
She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.26 — 372 ratings — published
Break the Fall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,149 ratings — published 2020
Beautiful on the Outside (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,122 ratings — published 2019
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream (Audiobook)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,211 ratings — published 2018
The Next Competitor (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,294 ratings — published 2010
The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score—from Nadia to Now (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.81 — 844 ratings — published 2016
Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as olympics)
avg rating 3.54 — 7,858 ratings — published 2015
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