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Books like The Boys in the Boat

Loved The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from sport, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    Open

    Andre Agassi · 2009 · Sport

    A tennis champion's startlingly honest memoir, including how much he hated the game; one of the best sports books ever written.

  2. 2

    The Sports Gene

    David Epstein · 2013 · Sport

    Nature versus training in elite performance; a thoughtful, myth-busting look at talent.

  3. 3

    Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

    Chris Grabenstein · 2013 · Sport

    "A worthy successor to the original madman puzzle-master himself, Willy Wonka." --Booklist, Starred WHEN KYLE LEARNS THAT THE WORLD'S MOST famous game maker has designed the town's new library and is

  4. 4

    Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

    Megan McDonald · 2011 · Sport

    Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun. Ju

  5. 5

    Live Wire

    Harlan Coben · 2011 · Sport

    Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth? Harlan Coben published his first Myron Bolitar thriller, Deal Breaker, in 1995, introducing a hero that would captivate millions. Over the years we have wat

  6. 6

    Shelter

    Harlan Coben · 2011 · Sport

    After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new ne

  7. 7

    Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown

    Megan McDonald · 2011 · Sport

    After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.

  8. 8

    Born to Run

    Christopher McDougall · 2009 · Sport

    Ultra-runners, a hidden tribe and the case that humans are built to run; infectious and fun.

  9. 9

    Long Lost

    Harlan Coben · 2009 · Sport

    A blistering 'Myron Bolitar' thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ''Hold Tight.'' Harlan Coben's millions of fans waited three long years for a new Myron Bolitar novel taking Cobe

  10. 10

    Soccernomics

    Simon Kuper · 2009 · Sport

    Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game of soccer works, "Soccernomics" reveals the often surprisingly co

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