Sports History

Last updated: December 31, 2011

1. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand Published: March 26, 2002 Score: 17.19
2. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell Published: October 27, 2009 Score: 8.1
3. The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts Published: August 23, 2011 Score: 8.09
4. Friday Night Lights Mass Market TV Tie-in by H. G. Bissinger Published: August 21, 2006 Score: 7.32
5. When Pride Still Mattered: Lombardi by David Maraniss Published: September 7, 2010 Score: 5.21
6. Secretariat by William Nack Published: August 31, 2010 Score: 4.95
7. When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird, Jackie MacMullan and Earvin Johnson Published: November 4, 2009 Score: 4.84
8. The Proving Ground by G. Bruce Knecht Published: December 6, 2011 Score: 4.03
9. The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever by Mark Frost Published: November 6, 2007 Score: 3.14
10. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference by Warren St. John Published: December 1, 2009 Score: 1.61
11. Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry Published: April 12, 2011 Score: 1.54
12. Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman Published: August 18, 2009 Score: 1.45
13. A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein Published: November 1, 2011 Score: 1.19
14. Greatest Game Ever Played, The Movie Tie-In Edition by Mark Frost Published: August 31, 2005 Score: 1.04
15. Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, & the Greatest Race Ever Run by Matt Fitzgerald Published: October 1, 2011 Score: 1
16. The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit by Michael Cannell Published: November 7, 2011 Score: 0.78
17. Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders by Peter Richmond Published: September 14, 2010 Score: 0.68
18. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics by Jonathan Wilson Published: August 4, 2009 Score: 0.63
19. Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent Published: August 19, 2008 Score: 0.58
20. When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks by Harvey Araton Published: October 18, 2011 Score: 0.51
21. That First Season: How Vince Lombardi Took the Worst Team in the NFL and Set It on the Path to Glory by John Eisenberg Published: September 21, 2010 Score: 0.48
22. Loose Balls by Terry Pluto Published: July 19, 2011 Score: 0.48
23. The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb Published: April 6, 2005 Score: 0.47
24. Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played by L. Jon Wertheim Published: June 1, 2010 Score: 0.36