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Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and 10 feet (3.048 m) high mounted to a backboard at each end.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Basketball"

Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #16)
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
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Shot Taker (King of the Court, #2)
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Rez Ball
Beautiful Broken Love
Technical (St. Louis Cyclones #2)
Play Maker (King of the Court, #3)
Coming Home
Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Game Day (King of the Court, #4)
On Merit Alone
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty
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Basketball Books

The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy
The Crossover
When the Game Was Ours
The Breaks of the Game
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
Michael Jordan: The Life
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
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Lists

Tanker 10 by Jonathan CurelopGold Medal Threat by Michael BalkindDare to Kiss by S.B. AlexanderBaseball Legends by Mike EngelhardThe Perfect Blindside by Leslea Wahl
Sports books for young adults
50 books — 69 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThinking Racehorse by Jimmy TudeskiThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinPlaying for Pizza by John GrishamBalls by Jimmy Tudeski
Sports Themed Adult Fiction
182 books — 88 voters

Biggest Player by Sara NeyMatthew by Alisa JeanBend the Pucking Rules by Rachel LeighPenn by Sawyer BennettPucking Strong by Emily Rath
July 2025 Sports Romance Release
23 books — 11 voters
The King's Men by Nora SakavicThe Understatement of the Year by Sarina BowenFight by Kelly WyreCrashing the Net by Samantha WaylandPunch-Drunk Love by Nico Jaye
M/M Athletes|Coaches Books 2014
25 books — 9 voters

Only For Tonight by Natasha MadisonEnd Game by Adriana LockePitcher Perfect by Tessa BaileyFake Skating by Lynn PainterSweet Temptation by Bella Matthews
September 2025 Sports Romance Release
26 books — 30 voters
Heated Rivalry by Rachel ReidTrick Play by Eden FinleyFake Out by Eden FinleyThe Blueprint by S.E. HarmonGame Changer by Rachel Reid
M/M Athletes|Coaches Books 2018
24 books — 20 voters


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“ the moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win. ”
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“ Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. ”
― John Wooden
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