America's Favorite Pastime

Take yourself out to the ballpark with these novels and nonfiction books about baseball!

Updated April 30, 2024
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America's Favorite Pastime

Take yourself out to the ballpark with these novels and nonfiction books about baseball!

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The catch : a novel
Fairbrother, Alison
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * A young woman searches for the truth about her father--and the secrets of her family--in this "big-hearted debut that absolutely crackles with smarts" (Emma Straub). "A warm and funny debut novel . . . perceptive, wry, and witty."--The New...
Calico Joe
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From America's favorite storyteller comes a moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, hailed as "an enjoyable, heartwarming read that's not just for baseball fans" (USA Today). "Grisham knocks it out of the park."--...
The art of fielding : a novel
Harbach, Chad.
Paper Book
A disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed tale about love, life, and baseball, praised by the New York Times as "wonderful...a novel that is every bit as entertaining as it is affecting." 
Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair game
Lewis, Michael
Paper Book
"One of the best baseball--and management--books out.... Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."--Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy...

796.357 Lewis 2003

Wild pitch
Lupica, Mike.
Paper Book
This is what happens when a washed-up one-time pitching phenom and all-around jerk gets a second chance-and discovers that none of it is exactly what he expected it to be. Showtime Charlie Stoddard now occupies himself at card shows, one-night stands, and nearby watering holes. His ex-wife still...
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...
Why we love baseball : a history in 50 moments
Posnanski, Joe
Paper Book
THE BASEBALL 100 was about the top 100 baseball players. Joe Posnanski's next book is about the top 50 moments. Willie Mays's catch. Babe Ruth's called shot. Kirk Gibson's limping home run. BUT - each moment will be told from a unique perspective. That of a real fan who witnessed it, or the pitcher...
796.357 Posnanski 2023
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