Baseball's Best Books

Some fiction, some non, but all favorite books about America's favorite past time.
Updated September 19, 2022
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Shoeless Joe
W. P. Kinsella
Paper Book
The inspiration for the beloved film Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella is the story about the beauty and history of baseball, and the power and endurance of a dream. "A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature."--Sports Illustrated "If you...
You know Me Al: A Busher's Letters
Ring Lardner
Audiobook
The Brothers K
David James Duncan
Audiobook
Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris
Audiobook
A new dramatization of one of the greatest baseball stories of all time. A poignant, touching, and often comic tale of a baseball team's friendship and loyalty to a dying teammate. Adapted from the novel by Mark Harris.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Ed Begley Jr., John...
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
CD
Michael Lewis, with his usual narrative flair, examines the fallacy behind the major league baseball refrain that the team with the biggest wallet is supposed to win. Over the past four years the Oakland Athletics, a major league team with a minor league payroll, have had one of the best records in...
The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
Audiobook
A disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love, life, and baseball. "Wonderful ... a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting." --The New York Times "First...
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Kadir Nelson
Paper Book
In this New York Times bestselling classic, Caldecott Medal-winning artist Kadir Nelson tells the incredible story of baseball's unsung heroes--with stunning, larger-than-life paintings and lively, accessible prose. Features nearly fifty iconic oil paintings, and...
Queen of the Negro Leagues : Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
James Overmyer
Audiobook
The Only Way Is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the Game
Andrew Forbes
Ebook
How Baseball Happened: Outrageous Lies Exposed! The True Story Revealed
Thomas W. Gilbert
Ebook
The untold story of baseball's nineteenth-century origins: "a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat" (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright...

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