Lists of Bests: Sports Illustrated Top 100 Sports Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/64254 Published 12/16/02 in Sports Illustrated Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:05:36 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Sweet Science http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1430664 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1430664"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374272271.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.J. Liebling</div> The Boys of Summer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008843 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1008843"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060883960.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Kahn</div> Ball Four: The Final Pitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124947 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/124947"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/097091170X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Bouton</div> Friday Night Lights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5893818 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5893818"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JfyPVS8TL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> You Know Me Al A Bushers Letters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6182637 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6182637"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iQOl%2BPcaL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Season on the Brink http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65808 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65808"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671688774.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Feinstein</div> Semi-Tough: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3192261 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Jenkins</div> Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2087368 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2087368"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1599210053.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Plimpton</div> The Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4072698 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4072698"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BVjBWVFfL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Fever Pitch http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31239 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31239"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573226882.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nick Hornby</div> A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5008 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5008"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226500667.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Maclean</div> Seabiscuit http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970820 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/970820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345465083.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Hillenbrand</div> Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6182643 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6182643"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-xP1J6EOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry Pluto</div> Bang the Drum Slowly http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260866 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260866"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080327338X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1076031795_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Harris</div> Heaven Is a Playground (Second Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/724244 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/724244"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803294530.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Telander</div> Levels of the Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127082 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/127082"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374515263.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McPhee</div> Breaks of the Game, The http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4597189 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Halberstam</div> The Summer Game (Bison Book) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24320 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24320"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803259514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roger Angell</div> The Long Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65816 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65816"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1566634180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1082484886_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Brosnan</div> Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187907 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/187907"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385517459.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jerry Kramer</div> Everybody's All-American http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/238287 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/238287"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306813750.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Deford</div> Fat City (California Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65819 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65819"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0520206576.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056450164_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonard Gardner</div> The City Game: Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65820 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65820"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803259344.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete Axthelm</div> the natural http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6159012 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> North Dallas Forty (Hall of Fame Edition, No. 1) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002434 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002434"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0973144335.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1079645338_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Gent</div> When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3814012 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3814012"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51W3D17MG0L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Maraniss</div> Babe: The Legend Comes to Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65823 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65823"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067176070X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Creamer</div> The Golf Omnibus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65824 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65824"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0517057948.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P.G. Wodehouse</div> About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376265 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/376265"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0822958341.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roy Blount Jr</div> A Fan's Notes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18622 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18622"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679720766.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114009736_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick Exley</div> Joe DiMaggio : The Hero's Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/695556 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/695556"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0684865475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Ben Cramer</div> The Game They Played http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65827 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65827"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786708212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056488281_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Cohen</div> Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65828 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226852180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Veeck</div> Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91217 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/91217"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671723014.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114045846_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ben Hogan</div> The Worst Journey in the World (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420475 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/420475"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143039385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Apsley Cherry-Garrard</div> Beyond a Boundary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25922 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25922"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0822313839.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V55791204_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. L. R. James</div> A False Spring http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287946 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/287946"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0803276265.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V53953376_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Jordan</div> Life on the Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65831 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65831"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0679762086.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1128020909_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Bradley</div> The Red Smith reader http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65832 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Red Smith</div> An Outside Chance - Essays on Sports http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5214392 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas McGUANE</div> The Unforgettable Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1001350 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1001350"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0803269226.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62137950_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. H. Fleming</div> The Celebrant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65835 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65835"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0803270372.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Rolfe Greenberg</div> Big Red of Meadow Stable: Secretariat, the making of a champion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65836 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Nack</div> The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20951 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20951"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743227220.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill James</div> End Zone http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42584 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/42584"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140085688.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1132599554_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don DeLillo</div> Foul! : The Connie Hawkins Story http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4801501 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Wolf</div> Shoeless Joe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2641763 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2641763"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/078572902X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.P. Kinsella</div> Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10354 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10354"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385494785.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Krakauer</div> Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45840 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45840"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805065377.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eliot Asinof</div> Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3131723 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Tygiel</div>