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Basketball Books
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The Right Move (Windy City, #2)
by (shelved 312 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 541,837 ratings — published 2023
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 201 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 38,502 ratings — published 2009
The Crossover (ebook)
by (shelved 178 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 71,313 ratings — published 2014
When the Game Was Ours (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 150 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 16,200 ratings — published 2009
The Breaks of the Game (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 150 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.22 — 13,545 ratings — published 1981
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 14,205 ratings — published 2012
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 123 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.16 — 81,709 ratings — published 2018
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 19,360 ratings — published 1992
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (Audio CD)
by (shelved 106 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.19 — 18,683 ratings — published 2013
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,863 ratings — published 1990
A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,562 ratings — published 1986
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.28 — 6,884 ratings — published 1989
Michael Jordan: The Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.31 — 8,709 ratings — published 2014
Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,866 ratings — published 2014
Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,043 ratings — published 2007
Night Shift (Daydreamers, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.51 — 82,039 ratings — published 2023
Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,745 ratings — published 2020
Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,989 ratings — published 2022
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated
by (shelved 78 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,660 ratings — published 2017
Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,502 ratings — published 2006
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 18,938 ratings — published
The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.10 — 8,861 ratings — published 2005
Basketball: A Love Story (Audio CD)
by (shelved 63 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,591 ratings — published 2018
Hook Shot (Hoops, #3)
by (shelved 63 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,171 ratings — published 2019
Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,851 ratings — published 2016
Sacred Hoops: SPIRITUAL LESSONS OF A HARDWOOD WARRIOR (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.03 — 5,670 ratings — published 1995
The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,589 ratings — published 2002
The Assist (Smart Jocks, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,676 ratings — published 2018
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,644 ratings — published 2024
Hating the Player (Campus Wallflowers #2)
by (shelved 55 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 17,208 ratings — published 2022
Play Their Hearts Out: A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,517 ratings — published 2009
The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams – A Poignant Biography of Young Athletes, Inner-City Basketball, and the Fight to Escape Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,068 ratings — published 1994
Game Changer (King of the Court, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.61 — 7,505 ratings — published 2023
Dragon Hoops (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.32 — 9,468 ratings — published 2020
Block Shot (Hoops, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.83 — 35,840 ratings — published 2018
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,109 ratings — published 2005
The Art of a Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA (Sports Illustrated)
by (shelved 50 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,881 ratings — published 2009
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,128 ratings — published 2009
Drive: The Story of My Life (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,855 ratings — published 1989
All I Need (The Knights, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.95 — 16,485 ratings — published
Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,731 ratings — published 1993
Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,714 ratings — published 2019
The Fadeaway (Smart Jocks, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.96 — 8,803 ratings — published 2019
Heaven Is a Playground (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,576 ratings — published 1976
Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as basketball)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,531 ratings — published 2007
Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,131 ratings — published 2021
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.05 — 287,725 ratings — published 2007
The Sixth Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,725 ratings — published 2019
Rebound (The Crossover, #0.5)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.30 — 14,335 ratings — published 2018
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as basketball)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,971 ratings — published 2004
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.”
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“You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it.
"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
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"I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?"
"It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love."
So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play.”
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