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Somewhere Towards the EndDiana Athill200814 pts2 wins2 listsUnknown imprintMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+1
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and AscensionHanif Abdurraqib202414 pts1 wins3 listsPenguin BooksSportsSports Biography
Gay Bar: Why We Went OutJeremy Atherton Lin202110 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Stakes Is High: Life After the American DreamMychal Denzel Smith202010 pts1 wins1 listsBold Type BooksSociety & CultureSports Biography
How We Fight for Our Lives: A MemoirSaeed Jones201910 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Barbarian Days: A Surfing LifeWilliam Finnegan201510 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin PressMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Swimming StudiesLeanne Shapton201210 pts1 wins1 listsPenguin BooksMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Seabiscuit: An American LegendLaura Hillenbrand20018 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseSportsSports Biography
Ali: A LifeJonathan Eig20188 pts0 wins3 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) BodyRoxane Gay20176 pts0 wins2 listsHarperCollinsMemoir & AutobiographySports Biography+2
Unshrinking: How to Face FatphobiaKate Manne20244 pts0 wins1 listsCrownGender & SexualityFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He CreatedJane Leavy20184 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographySports Biography
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True StoryTimothy Tyson20054 pts0 wins1 listsThree Rivers PressRace & EthnicityMemoir & Personal History+1
In These Girls, Hope Is a MuscleMadeleine Blais19954 pts0 wins1 listsGrove AtlanticSportsSports Biography
The Pritikin Program for Diet and ExerciseNathan Pritikin with Patrick M. McGrady19794 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintMedicine & Public HealthMedicine, Health & the Body+2
Muscle and BloodRachel Scott19744 pts0 wins1 listsDuttonMedicine & Public HealthMemoir & Personal History+1
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American HeroDavid Remnick19984 pts0 wins1 listsPicadorBiographySports Biography
Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim ThorpeDavid Maraniss20224 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban SportsS.L. Price20004 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity Press of FloridaSportsSports Biography
| 2008 | Somewhere Towards the End | Diana Athill | Memoir & Autobiography | 14 | 2 | 2 | Unknown | Windsor |
| 2024 | There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension | Hanif Abdurraqib | Sports | 14 | 1 | 3 | Penguin Books | Penguin Random House |
| 2021 | Gay Bar: Why We Went Out | Jeremy Atherton Lin | Memoir & Autobiography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Little, Brown | Hachette Book Group |
| 2020 | Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream | Mychal Denzel Smith | Society & Culture | 10 | 1 | 1 | Bold Type Books | Hachette Book Group |
| 2019 | How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir | Saeed Jones | Memoir & Autobiography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Simon & Schuster | Simon & Schuster |
| 2015 | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life | William Finnegan | Memoir & Autobiography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Penguin Press | Penguin Random House |
| 2012 | Swimming Studies | Leanne Shapton | Memoir & Autobiography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Penguin Books | Penguin Random House |
| 2001 | Seabiscuit: An American Legend | Laura Hillenbrand | Sports | 8 | 0 | 2 | Random House | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | Ali: A Life | Jonathan Eig | Biography | 8 | 0 | 3 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 2017 | Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Roxane Gay | Memoir & Autobiography | 6 | 0 | 2 | HarperCollins | HarperCollins |
| 2024 | Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne | Gender & Sexuality | 4 | 0 | 1 | Crown | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created | Jane Leavy | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 2005 | Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story | Timothy Tyson | Race & Ethnicity | 4 | 0 | 1 | Three Rivers Press | Penguin Random House |
| 1995 | In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle | Madeleine Blais | Sports | 4 | 0 | 1 | Grove Atlantic | Grove Atlantic |
| 1979 | The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise | Nathan Pritikin with Patrick M. McGrady | Medicine & Public Health | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1974 | Muscle and Blood | Rachel Scott | Medicine & Public Health | 4 | 0 | 1 | Dutton | Penguin Random House |
| 1998 | King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero | David Remnick | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Picador | Macmillan |
| 2022 | Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe | David Maraniss | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 2000 | Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban Sports | S.L. Price | Sports | 4 | 0 | 1 | University Press of Florida | University Press of Florida |
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