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Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the MiramichiDavid Adams Richards199810 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographySports & Athletes+2
Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a ManThomas Page McBee20186 pts0 wins2 listsScribnerGender & SexualityLiterature & Writers+2
Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballKeith O'Brien20244 pts1 wins1 listsPantheonBiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate ImperialismNan C. Enstad20184 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryCivil Rights & Racial Justice+3
SScoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and ComplicityKen Armstrong, Nick Perry20114 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+1
VViolated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University Amid College Football’s Sexual Assault CrisisPaula Lavigne, Mark Schlabach20174 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSportsSports & Athletes
Playing the Moldovans at TennisTony Hawks20004 pts0 wins1 listsEbury PublishingTravel & PlaceSports & Athletes
The GameKen Dryden19834 pts0 wins1 listsWilliam CollinsSportsBlack History & Culture+3
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern SportsMichael Waters20254 pts0 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxGender & SexualityLgbtq History & Life+3
Tigerland, 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of HealingWil Haygood20184 pts0 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryEducation & Universities+3
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea GibsonSally H. Jacobs20232 pts0 wins1 listsSt. Martin's PressBiographyBlack History & Culture+3
Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on EarthJohn McManus20222 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted WilliamsBen Bradlee Jr.20142 pts0 wins1 listsBack Bay BooksBiographyWorld War Ii+3
Fatty BatterMichael Simkins20072 pts0 wins1 listsEbury PublishingMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+1
The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in OaklandAli Winston, Darwin BondGraham20242 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterTrue Crime & JusticeSports & Athletes+3
Personal Score: Sport, Culture, IdentityEllen van Neerven20232 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSportsLgbtq History & Life+3
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsDaniel James Brown20132 pts0 wins1 listsVikingSportsSports & Athletes+3
Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s SportJaime Schultz20140 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Illinois PressSportsGender & Feminism+3
1998Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the MiramichiDavid Adams RichardsMemoir & Autobiography1011UnknownNot yet sourced
2018Amateur: A True Story About What Makes a ManThomas Page McBeeGender & Sexuality602ScribnerSimon & Schuster
2024Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of BaseballKeith O'BrienBiography411PantheonPenguin Random House
2018Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate ImperialismNan C. EnstadHistory411University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago Press
2011SScoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and ComplicityKen Armstrong, Nick PerryTrue Crime & Justice411UnknownUniversity of Nebraska Press - Bison Original
2017VViolated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University Amid College Football’s Sexual Assault CrisisPaula Lavigne, Mark SchlabachSports411UnknownNot yet sourced
2000Playing the Moldovans at TennisTony HawksTravel & Place401Ebury PublishingPenguin Random House
1983The GameKen DrydenSports401William CollinsHarperCollins
2025The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern SportsMichael WatersGender & Sexuality402Farrar, Straus and GirouxMacmillan
2018Tigerland, 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of HealingWil HaygoodHistory402KnopfPenguin Random House
2023Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea GibsonSally H. JacobsBiography201St. Martin's PressMacmillan
2022Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on EarthJohn McManusPolitics & Government201UnknownNot yet sourced
2014The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted WilliamsBen Bradlee Jr.Biography201Back Bay BooksHachette Book Group
2007Fatty BatterMichael SimkinsMemoir & Autobiography201Ebury PublishingPenguin Random House
2024The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in OaklandAli Winston, Darwin BondGrahamTrue Crime & Justice201Simon & SchusterSimon & Schuster
2023Personal Score: Sport, Culture, IdentityEllen van NeervenSports201UnknownNot yet sourced
2013The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsDaniel James BrownSports201VikingPenguin Random House
2014Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s SportJaime SchultzSports001University of Illinois PressUniversity of Illinois Press

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