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Loved Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown by Megan McDonald? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from sport, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Open
A tennis champion's startlingly honest memoir, including how much he hated the game; one of the best sports books ever written.
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Live Wire
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
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Shelter
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
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The Sports Gene
Nature versus training in elite performance; a thoughtful, myth-busting look at talent.
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library
"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
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The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown’s robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the
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Born to Run
Ultra-runners, a hidden tribe and the case that humans are built to run; infectious and fun.
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Long Lost
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
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Soccernomics
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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Playing for Pizza
A former American football star joins the Parma Panthers to play football in a small town in Italy.