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Tennis Books
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Open (Hardcover)
by (shelved 253 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.32 — 152,400 ratings — published 2009
Carrie Soto Is Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.20 — 756,368 ratings — published 2022
The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.18 — 30,602 ratings — published 1974
Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis - Lessons from a Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,615 ratings — published 1993
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,182 ratings — published 2014
The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,400 ratings — published 2021
Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,687 ratings — published 2009
A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.66 — 2,248 ratings — published 2008
You Cannot Be Serious (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,373 ratings — published 2002
Levels of the Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.25 — 3,182 ratings — published 1969
Apples Never Fall (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.75 — 454,685 ratings — published 2021
Unstoppable: My Life So Far (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,997 ratings — published 2017
All In: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.32 — 5,632 ratings — published 2021
The Racket (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,826 ratings — published
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.25 — 104,288 ratings — published 1996
Essential Tennis (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.39 — 585 ratings — published
The Outsider: A Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 31 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.58 — 1,669 ratings — published 2010
Serve to Win: The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,537 ratings — published 2013
A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.03 — 568 ratings — published 2009
But Seriously: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.59 — 1,421 ratings — published 2016
The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.04 — 387 ratings — published 2005
The Tennis Partner (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.03 — 17,353 ratings — published 1998
Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,130 ratings — published 2007
Thirty Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,724 ratings — published 2026
High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and the Untold Story of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.90 — 463 ratings — published 2011
Late to the Ball: A Journey into Tennis and Aging (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.74 — 540 ratings — published
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.22 — 766 ratings — published
Days of Grace: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,276 ratings — published 1993
Unbreakable (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,630 ratings — published 2017
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.14 — 665 ratings — published
Venus Envy: A Sensational Season Inside the Women's Tennis Tour (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.82 — 218 ratings — published 2001
Hard Courts: Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.01 — 355 ratings — published 1991
Clean Point (Game, Set, and Match, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.74 — 4,613 ratings — published 2024
The Open Era (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,025 ratings — published 2026
Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.89 — 763 ratings — published 2009
A Handful of Summers (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.03 — 237 ratings — published 1978
Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.44 — 282 ratings — published 2010
Federer and Me: A Story of Obsession (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.41 — 374 ratings — published
Drop Shot (Myron Bolitar, #2)
by (shelved 17 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.99 — 50,330 ratings — published 1996
Double Fault (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.24 — 2,781 ratings — published 1997
The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.80 — 400 ratings — published 2018
Arthur Ashe: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.16 — 452 ratings — published
My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,903 ratings — published 2022
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.26 — 754 ratings — published 2018
Il tennis come esperienza religiosa (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,962 ratings — published 2006
Game, Set, Match (Match Point, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,535 ratings — published 2013
The Singles Game (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.52 — 19,214 ratings — published 2016
Complete Conditioning for Tennis (Complete Conditioning for Sports)
by (shelved 14 times as tennis)
avg rating 4.12 — 97 ratings — published
Sudden Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as tennis)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,909 ratings — published 2013
“I didn't cry when they buried my father - I wouldn't let myself. I didn't cry when they buried my sister. On Thursday night, with my family asleep upstairs, my eyes filled as Agassi and Marcos Baghdatis played out the fifth set of their moving second-round match.”
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“LaMont, the truth is that the world is incredibly, incredibly, unbelievably old. You suffer with the stunted desire caused by one of its oldest lies. Do not believe the photographs. Fame is not the exit from any cage.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest













