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Vendor: Kelly Hartigan
Fake Out
MaddoxThe reason I rarely go home is three simple words: I'm a liar.When the pressure to marry my childhood sweetheart became too much, I told her I was gay and then fled to New York like my ass was on fire.Now, five years later...- $14.99
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As the Son of a Dog Man ... I Smell Blood: Norman Kemmer and his life with the American Pit Bull Terrier
As the Son of a Dog Man ... I Smell Blood is a true to life historical fiction account of what it was like when the sport was very different than it is either perceived or illegally practiced today. There was a time when...- $199.95
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Vendor: Jill Shalvis
Double Play
From the author of Slow Heat, The Trouble with Paradise, and the Lucky Harbor novels... Pace Martin is the ace pitcher for the Pacific Heat. He's got the arm, the experience and the wins. He's also got the pain, the pressure, and the possible...- $7.99
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Vendor: James Patterson
Miracle on the 17th Green
Travis McKinley's life has drifted sideways. His job, his marriage, even his children all feel disconnected and distant. Has he really accomplished nothing of consequence in his life? One Christmas Day, Travis plays a round of golf and finds himself for the first time...- $35.00
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Vendor: Dick Francis
Silks
A lawyer and amateur jockey is torn between doing what's right and what will keep him alive in this New York Times bestselling thriller from Dick and Felix Francis. Geoffrey Mason wasn't terribly disappointed when his client Julian Trent was found guilty. Despite being...- $9.99
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Vendor: John Grisham
Playing for Pizza
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL, third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns, and shunned by every other team, Rick insists that his...- $25.00
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Vendor: Philip Roth
The Great American Novel
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral--a richly imagined novel featuring America's only homeless big-league baseball team in history delivers "shameless comic extravagance.... Roth gleefully exploits our readiness to let baseball stand for America itself" (The New York Times). Gil Gamesh, the only...- $16.95
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Waiting for Teddy Williams
In "one of the funniest and most heartfelt baseball stories in recent memory" (Publishers Weekly), Howard Frank Mosher returns to Kingdom Common, Vermont, to spin a touching coming-of-age tale in an America that has almost disappeared. From this remote village, noted for its fervent...- $17.95
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The Danger
In a pulse-pounding tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat, renowned author Dick Francis delves into the dangerous world of horse racing in The Danger. A string of kidnappings that threatens to unravel the entire industry, and as seasoned detective...- $7.99
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Break in
Steeplechase jockey Christmas Kit Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud.Author: Dick FrancisISBN-10: 0425199932ISBN-13:...- $7.99
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Norvel: An American Hero
NORVEL: An American Hero tells the incredible story of Norvel Lee, a man whose unwavering determination and courage allowed him to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. Born in a time of racial discrimination. Norvel faced numerous challenges early in life. However, he refused to...- $19.99
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Under Orders
Sid knows the perils of racing all too well, but in his day jockeys didn't usually cross the finish line with three .38 rounds in the chest-which is how he found Huw Walker, the winner of a coveted race only a few hours earlier....- $9.99
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Vendor: Chris Bachelder
The Throwback Special
Here is the absorbing story of twenty-two men who gather every fall to painstakingly reenact what ESPN called "the most shocking play in NFL history" and the Washington Redskins dubbed the "Throwback Special" the November 1985 play in which the Redskins' Joe Theismann had...- $19.95
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The Sport of Kings
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction - A Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction - A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction - A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -...- $21.00
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Vendor: Kesia Alexander
The Magic of Basketball
One dribble, two dribbles, three dribbles, four. One step, two steps, in the basket, score When Kayla is first introduced to the game of basketball, she quickly learns that there is more to the sport than learning how to play. Kayla discovers that basketball...- $12.99
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The Rider
The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport. Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative,...- $16.00
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Vendor: James Patterson
Miracle on the 17th Green
Just when we need some magic in our lives, bestselling author James Patterson brings us a stirring tale of life, love, and the power of Christmas miracles. Travis McKinley's life has drifted sideways. His job, his marriage, even his children all feel disconnected and...- $15.99
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Vendor: Pete Hall
Chasing the Show
Former award-winning school principal Pete Hall's debut novel follows the ups and downs of 18-year-old Anthony Sumner's quest of becoming a professional athlete. He's driven, talented, confident...and faces a future full of unknowns. "One hundred forty-six "Anthony Sumner bursts into Mrs. Andrews' government classroom,...- $19.95
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
Bearing W.P. Kinsella's trademark combination of "sweet-natured prose and a richly imagined world" (Philadelphia Inquirer), The Iowa Baseball Confederacy tells the story of Gideon Clark, a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world that the indomitable Chicago Cubs traveled...- $19.99
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Vendor: James Thibodeau
Broken Bat Single
Broken Bat SingleBy: James ThibodeauThis daily journal tells the story of Dave Nichols, a veteran minor league catcher who finally earns a job in the major leagues when he makes the 1993 National League expansion team in Colorado at an age when most playing...- $22.00
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Vendor: Mark D'Ambrogi
More Than One Goal
What do we seek as we grow older? Is it love, is it peace, is it understanding? We ask questions of ourselves and others, and sometimes the answers come from the most unexpected sources. A teenage Mark spends his days like many other teenage...- $19.99
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If I Never Get Back
Time travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the birth of America's favorite pastime (The Washington Times) Contemporary reporter Sam Fowler is stuck in a dull job and a failing marriage when he is suddenly transported back to...- $19.95
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Vendor: Dick Francis
Reflex
A jockey unravels nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail, and murder in this mystery from grand master of crime fiction Dick Francis. Longtime jockey Philip Nore is no hero. But when he begins to suspect that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder, he...- $8.99
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Vendor: Joe Siple
Charlie Fightmaster and the Search for Perfect Harmony
From USA Today bestselling author Joe Siple (The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride) comes another of his distinctly authentic tales of redemption and love.When Charlie Fightmaster gets the call-up to the Major Leagues, all of his dreams are about to come true. But...- $26.95
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Vendor: Robin Dawson
Last Hurrah
The 21st century has not been kind to thoroughbred horse racing. The once-mighty Sport of Kings has struggled to hold on to its fan base and betting revenue source in the face of competition from casinos, lotteries, and online gaming. Indeed, today the annual...- $22.99
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Vendor: Todd Mills
God's Gift: A Story of Faith, Family, and Football
High school football in New Crofton is full of young bright stars with big dreams of winning a state championship and receiving a scholarship from their favorite college football program. None of these stars shine brighter than Vickroy's do-it-all athlete, Jimmy Lawson. After earning...- $23.95
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Vendor: Brian Burk
Running To Leadville: Life, Love, Loss and a 100 Mile Ultra Marathon Through The Colorado Rockies
Running to Leadville is a story about a runner who finds himself and his love of running, only to lose nearly everything. The story captures the connection between life, love, loss and the battles within your soul. The central character, who perhaps as a...- $13.99
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Vendor: Mark Harris
The Southpaw
The Southpaw is a story about coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond. Lefthander Henry Wiggen, six feet three, a hundred ninety-five pounds, and the greatest pitcher going, grows to manhood in a right-handed world. From his small-town beginnings to...- $21.95
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Vendor: Robert B. Parker
Double Play: A Thriller
"Parker pretty much defies category altogether in this deeply felt and intimately told memory tale, which takes place during the historic baseball season of 1947...Fusing this chapter of sports history with a hard-boiled gangster plot and haunting recollections of his own Boston boyhood, Parker...- $7.99
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Vendor: Bill Meissner
Spirits in the Grass
When Bill Meissner's collection of short stories Hitting into the Wind was published in 1994, it was called "a quiet masterpiece of baseball writing" by the Greensboro, North Carolina, News and Record. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said, "Bill Meissner captures baseball with all its crystalline...- $30.00
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Vendor: Jeff Scott Kass
Center-Mid
Allison is a high school senior who plays center-mid for the defending state champion Womack Warriors. As her team's co-captain, she's in the middle of everything, all the action on the field and all the drama off it. When the unity of her team...- $15.00
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Vendor: David Heddendorf
The Wrestler
One day during his high school gym class, Matt Lindley must wrestle a new student named Ben Cameron. Matt holds his own in the hard-fought bout, then learns that Cameron is a star on the school wrestling team. Over a year later, during college,...- $16.00
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Vendor: Adam Fletcher Griffiths
You'll Never Amount to Anything Roy!
You'll Never Amount to Anything, Roy! is the story of a very ordinary man who lives extraordinarily in his dying days. Roy may have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but that's not going to stop him from playing for his hometown soccer team. Honoring...- $24.95
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Vendor: Shawn Coyne
A Nasty Bit of Rough
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Forget all that Zen stuff--Here's the Golf Book the Golf World Really Needs...In David Feherty, we've found at last not only a true Renaissance man but also a writer with the guts to address the important themes of the 21st...- $17.95
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Vendor: Katherine Hill
A Short Move
"This is definitely a good book for football fans. But it's a great book for fans of men and boys, so many of them caught up in the dark world of dreams come true."--New York Times Book Review "A Short Move is an ode...- $16.95
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Vendor: Aura Xilonen
The Gringo Champion
The award-winning debut novel by young Mexican author Aura Xilonen, The Gringo Champion is a thrillingly inventive story about crossing borders that the Los Angeles Review of Books called one of the must-read books of 2017. Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that...- $17.00
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Vendor: Steven D. Price
The Greatest Horse Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Horse Tales
The most memorable horse tales ever written about great riders, great horses, and great equestrian adventures.Author: Steven D. PriceISBN-10: 1592280110ISBN-13: 9781592280117Publisher: Lyons PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2004Pages: 257Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.12h x 6.10w x 0.81dReview Citation(s): Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 41- $16.95
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Gold
The latest novel from Chris Cleave--the award-winning and international #1 bestselling author of Little Bee--is "a heartstring-tugger with an adrenaline-fueled plot" (People) that asks: how much are we willing to sacrifice for the people we love?IT'S THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A MOTHER'S LOVE ....- $17.00
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Vendor: Dan Jenkins
Semi-Tough
"Dan Jenkins is a comic genius." -- Don Imus Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, and Jill Clayburgh, and recently named number seven on Sports Illustrated's Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Semi-Tough is Dan Jenkins's masterpiece...- $21.99
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The Locker Room
Have you heard the rumor around campus about the locker room?If you haven't, let me enlighten you: Legend has it if you bring a girl into the sacred after-game domain of the baseball locker room, it will end with a walk down the aisle....- $16.24
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Vendor: Thomas McGuane
The Sporting Club
A hilarious novel about boyhood rivalries gone terribly wrong from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety-two in the Shade Two old friends strike up an old feud filled with dangerous games on the vast preserve of their hunting club in this rollicking...- $18.00
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Million Dollar Baby: Stories from the Corner
This hard-hitting collection of powerful and moving tales based on the experiences of the late, great fight manager and cut man Jerry Boyd, who wrote under the pen name F.X. Toole, is the basis for the Oscar-winning motion picture starring Hilary Swank and Morgan...- $19.99
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Payback
ALLIE HARRIS WANTS PAYBACK. Her cheating ex deserves to see her living her best life; a one-night-stand with a hot South African soccer player would be the perfect revenge. Right? Wrong. Allie is so, so wrong. ROAN DEWALT HAS ALL THE MOVES. On and...- $16.99
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The Bone Cage
Digger, an 85 kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athlete's dream--winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Both athletes are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what...- $17.95
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The Last At-Bat of Shoeless Joe
1951. Greenville, South Carolina. Jimmy Roberts is the best hitter in this little mill town, and maybe in the whole Textile Baseball League. He's got major league potential, and then some. But to get there, he'll need a miracle. Or maybe the help of...- $12.99
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The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
Decades before Field of Dreams there was The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, the classic baseball fable that became the hit movie and musical Damn Yankees. Now a new generation is ready to discover this delightful book, restored to its original title, with...- $21.95
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Just Too Good to Be True: Just Too Good to Be True: A Novel
A New York Times Bestseller Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football...- $17.00
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The System
Veteran journalists Madden & Rappaport deliver a thrilling account of pro football full of 1980s American nostalgia. It's every armchair quarterback's dream to call the plays of their favorite team -- fantasy football come to life! But are the games as fair as they...- $16.99
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Looking for the Seams
Daniel "Trip" Furman is poised to be the next great athlete of his generation. He has grown up surrounded by stellar coaches and teachers, but a series of personal losses during his final semester of college sends him reeling into despair, and he abandons...- $24.95
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Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Volume 3
This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures . This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the...- $34.95
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Fiction Sports Books
Fiction sports books encompass a wide range of literature that combines the thrilling world of sports with imaginative storytelling. These collections are a treasure trove for sports enthusiasts and fiction lovers alike, offering a unique blend of athleticism, competition, and human drama. One of the primary characteristics of fiction sports books is their ability to transport readers into the heart of various sporting events, whether it's a high-stakes football game, an intense basketball match, or an adrenaline-fueled race. Authors skillfully weave together the physicality, strategy, and emotion of sports, creating narratives that captivate readers and keep them on the edge of their seats.
These books delve into the lives of athletes, coaches, and fans, exploring the triumphs and challenges they face both on and off the field. Through vivid character development, authors offer glimpses into the mental and emotional journey of these individuals, highlighting the personal sacrifices they make, the relationships they form, and the lessons they learn along the way. Fiction sports books also often examine broader themes beyond the game itself. They touch on topics such as teamwork, perseverance, determination, and overcoming obstacles. These stories celebrate the human spirit's resilience, inspiring readers to dream big, embrace their passions, and push their personal boundaries.
Moreover, fiction sports books appeal to a wide audience, attracting sports enthusiasts seeking an escape into fictional worlds as well as readers who are drawn to compelling narratives and character-driven stories. This makes them an excellent choice for both avid fans of a particular sport and those who simply appreciate well-crafted storytelling.
Whether you're a diehard sports fanatic or someone looking to explore new genres, fiction sports books provide an avenue to experience the thrill, passion, and intensity of sports through the power of literature. So, dive into these collections, step onto the field, and discover the captivating blend of fiction and sports that awaits.
Popular Fiction Sports Books
Fiction sports books have captivated readers for decades with stories of triumph, struggle, and the joy of competition. From tales of professional athletes striving for greatness to narratives of underdogs overcoming obstacles, these books offer a unique blend of athleticism and human drama that appeals to a wide audience. There are several popular books in this genre that have garnered critical acclaim and captured the hearts of readers worldwide.
1. "Friday Night Lights"
2. "The Natural"
3. "Underworld"
4. "The Art of Fielding"
5. "Seabiscuit"
6. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game"
These popular fiction sports books showcase the power of storytelling and offer readers a captivating escape into the world of sports. Whether you're a sports fan or simply appreciate a well-crafted narrative, these books are sure to entertain, inspire, and leave a lasting impression.
Popular Sports Fiction Books AUTHORS
The world of sports captures the hearts and minds of millions of people around the globe. From the exhilarating moments on the field or court to the behind-the-scenes drama, the world of sports is a never-ending source of inspiration. For those who love both sports and literature, fiction sports books offer a unique and captivating reading experience.
Many authors have taken on the challenge of bringing the world of sports alive through their words, creating stories that resonate with readers of all ages. These popular authors have mastered the art of capturing the thrill, passion, and dedication that define the world of athletics. Let's delve into the world of fiction sports books and explore some of the most well-known authors in this genre.
1. John Grisham
2. Harlan Coben
3. Tim Green
4. Mike Lupica
5. Carl Deuker
These are just a few of the many popular authors of fiction sports books who have left an indelible mark on the genre. Whether it's exploring the world of professional sports or capturing the spirit of youth athletics, their books offer readers an escape into the thrilling world of sports, filled with passion, adversity, and triumph.
The fiction sports books collection at White Rain Book House is truly a hidden gem for those who appreciate the thrill and drama that sports bring, combined with the imaginative storytelling of fiction. Whether you are a die-hard sports fan or simply someone who enjoys a good narrative, this collection promises to captivate and entertain you.