Olympic Fever

We are cheering on Team USA as they compete in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics! Here are some titles to get you closer to the action, featuring some of the sports and athletes, past and present of the Winter Games.

Updated January 13, 2026
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The games : a global history of the Olympics
Goldblatt, David
Audiobook
Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic." In The Games Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the Games...
Olympics
Oxlade, Chris.
Paper Book
Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.
Cool runnings
Steel, Dawn.
DVD
A coach, shamed from bobsledding, returns to Calgary with a rag-tag group of Jamaicans to compete for the gold medal.
Beautiful on the outside : a memoir
Rippon, Adam
Paper Book
Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed America's Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir that the Washington Post calls "comedic gold." Your mom probably told you...
What are the Winter Olympics?
Herman, Gail
Paper Book
Grab your skis, ice skates, and snowboard and learn how the Winter Olympic Games became a worldwide phenomenal event watched by millions. Although fans the world over have been fascinated by the modern Summer Olympics since 1896, the Winter Olympics didn't officially begin until...
The making of a miracle : the untold story of the captain of the 1980 gold medal-winning US Olympic hockey team
Eruzione, Mike
Paper Book
On the fortieth anniversary of the historic "Miracle on Ice," Mike Eruzione--the captain of the 1980 U.S Men's Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the winning goal--recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal. It is the...

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