Has Sports In It

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Updated April 21, 2025
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The cactus league
Nemens, Emily
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Lit Hub. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "In The Cactus League [Emily Nemens] provides her readers with what amounts to a miniature, self-enclosed world that is...
Carrie Soto is back : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam" (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Desperation reef
Parker, T. Jefferson
Paper Book
In this high-stakes thriller by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author T. Jefferson Parker, ("A marvel...hits the high-water mark for crime fiction every time out." --Gregg Hurwitz), a big wave surfer and her sons compete in the same contest...
Puck & prejudice : a novel
Riley, Lia
Paper Book
From the author of Mister Hockey comes a sizzling marriage of convenience romance between a pro hockey player who accidentally travels back in time to Regency Era England and the brazen contemporary of Jane Austen he just can't help but fall for...  It is a...
Rez ball
Graves, Byron
Paper Book
This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be. These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation...
Sidecountry : tales of death and life from the back roads of sports
Branch, John (Sports reporter)
Paper Book
New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first time, featuring 20 of his favorites from the...
Spiral
Khabra, Bal
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER He's on edge while she's en pointe in this fake-dating sports romance from the author of the smash hit Collide. Elias Westbrook, a newly drafted hockey player for the Toronto Thunder, is facing...
Think twice
Coben, Harlan
Paper Book
A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.   Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball...

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