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Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books - Page 2

After all, when done right, sportswriting transcends bats and balls to display all the traits of great literature: incision, wit, force and vision, suffused with style and substance. Herewith the editors of SI's favorite sports books, compiled with love and reason, out of intense and sometimes unruly discussions.
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The Unforgettable Season (GORDON H. FLEMING)
The Unforgettable Season
41
GORDON H. FLEMING
The Celebrant (ERIC ROLFE GREENBERG)
The Celebrant
42
ERIC ROLFE GREENBERG
Big Red of Meadow Stable (WILLIAM NACK)
Big Red of Meadow Stable
43
WILLIAM NACK
The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
44
End Zone (DON DELILLO)
End Zone
45
DON DELILLO
Foul! the Connie Hawkins Story (DAVID WOLF)
Foul! the Connie Hawkins Story
46
DAVID WOLF
Shoeless Joe
Shoeless Joe
47
Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer)
Into Thin Air
48
Jon Krakauer
Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
49
Baseball's Great Experiment (JULES TYGIEL)
Baseball's Great Experiment
50
JULES TYGIEL
Laughing in the Hills (BILL BARICH)
Laughing in the Hills
51
BILL BARICH
Dollar Sign on the Muscle (KEVIN KERRANE)
Dollar Sign on the Muscle
52
KEVIN KERRANE
The Bronx Zoo (SPARKY LYLE AND PETER GOLENBOCK)
The Bronx Zoo
53
SPARKY LYLE AND PETER GOLENBOCK
The Professional W.C. Heinz
The Professional W.C. Heinz
54
The Baseball Encyclopedia (MACMILLAN)
The Baseball Encyclopedia
55
MACMILLAN
A Savage Business (RICHARD HOFFER)
A Savage Business
56
RICHARD HOFFER
The Glory of Their Times (LAWRENCE RITTER)
The Glory of Their Times
57
LAWRENCE RITTER
The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball (EDITED BY JOHN THORN)
The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball
58
EDITED BY JOHN THORN
Among the Thugs
Among the Thugs
59
The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball (John Helyar)
The Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball
60
John Helyar
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc.
61
Days of Grace (ARTHUR ASHE WITH ARNOLD RAMPERSAD)
Days of Grace
62
ARTHUR ASHE WITH ARNOLD RAMPERSAD
Out of Their League (DAVE MEGGYESY)
Out of Their League
63
DAVE MEGGYESY
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf (JOHN UPDIKE)
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf
64
JOHN UPDIKE
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle (MADELEINE BLAIS)
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
65
MADELEINE BLAIS
They Call Me Coach (JOHN WOODEN WITH JACK TOBIN)
They Call Me Coach
66
JOHN WOODEN WITH JACK TOBIN
Cosell (HOWARD COSELL)
Cosell
67
HOWARD COSELL
Down the Fairway (BOBBY JONES AND O.B. KEELER)
Down the Fairway
68
BOBBY JONES AND O.B. KEELER
Big Game, Small World (ALEXANDER WOLFF)
Big Game, Small World
69
ALEXANDER WOLFF
The Last Shot (DARCY FREY)
The Last Shot
70
DARCY FREY
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DOUGLAS KENT HALL)
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder
71
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND DOUGLAS KENT HALL
Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees (REX LARDNER)
Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees
72
REX LARDNER
The Fight (Norman Mailer)
The Fight
73
Norman Mailer
Only the Ball Was White (ROBERT PETERSON)
Only the Ball Was White
74
ROBERT PETERSON
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book (HARVEY PENICK WITH BUD SHRAKE)
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book
75
HARVEY PENICK WITH BUD SHRAKE
Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George? (JOE JARES)
Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George?
76
JOE JARES
Annapurna
Annapurna
77
The Great American Novel (Philip Roth)
The Great American Novel
78
Philip Roth
Soccer in Sun and Shadow (EDUARDO GALEANO)
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
79
EDUARDO GALEANO
The Story of American Golf (HERBERT WARREN WIND)
The Story of American Golf
80
HERBERT WARREN WIND
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