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The Greatest Novels Written About Every Sport

Bellow you'll find twenty-five of the greatest sports novels ever written. There would be dozens more, were it not for the fact that the Great Badminton/Curling/Gaelic Football/Handball/Squash/Luge Novel has, seemingly, yet to be published.
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The Natural
The Natural
1
The Crossover (Kwame Alexander)
The Crossover
2
Kwame Alexander
Fat City (Leonard Gardner)
Fat City
3
Leonard Gardner
Netherland (Joseph O'Neill)
Netherland
4
Joseph O'Neill
Gold (Chris Cleave)
Gold
5
Chris Cleave
High Dive (Jonathan Lee)
High Dive
6
Jonathan Lee
We Ride Upon Sticks (Quan Barry)
We Ride Upon Sticks
7
Quan Barry
The Hopeful (Tracy O'Neill)
The Hopeful
8
Tracy O'Neill
End Zone (Don Delillo)
End Zone
9
Don Delillo
Golf in the Kingdom (MICHAEL MURPHY)
Golf in the Kingdom
10
MICHAEL MURPHY
You Will Know Me (Megan Abbott)
You Will Know Me
11
Megan Abbott
Indian Horse
Indian Horse
12
The Sport of Kings (C.E. Morgan)
The Sport of Kings
13
C.E. Morgan
Solo Faces
Solo Faces
14
Thrown (Kerry Howley)
Thrown
15
Kerry Howley
The Hustler (Walter Tevis)
The Hustler
16
Walter Tevis
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
17
Ghost (Jason Reynolds)
Ghost
18
Jason Reynolds
A Natural (Ross Raisin)
A Natural
19
Ross Raisin
Tapping the Source (Kem Nunn)
Tapping the Source
20
Kem Nunn
Bliss, Remembered (Frank Deford)
Bliss, Remembered
21
Frank Deford
The Mighty Walzer
The Mighty Walzer
22
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
23
David Foster Wallace
A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall (Will Chancellor)
A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall
24
Will Chancellor
Stephen Florida (Gabe Habash)
Stephen Florida
25
Gabe Habash
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