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  • Wray Vamplew The best history books to find out why sport matters Book cover of Sport: A Very Short Introduction Book cover of The 1972 Munich Olympics Book cover of Match Fixing and Sport: Historical Perspectives Book cover of Women's Sports: What Everyone Needs to Know Book cover of Aboriginal People and Australian Football in the Nineteenth Century: They Did Not Come from Nowhere
  • Lorna Schultz Nicholson The best books about determination and perseverance Book cover of The Crossover Book cover of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Book cover of Beartown Book cover of Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win Book cover of Skating Over Thin Ice
  • Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin The best books with women who confront societal norms Book cover of A Woman of Substance Book cover of Outlander Book cover of Angelique: the Marquise of the Angels Book cover of Lady Be Good Book cover of The Magnolia Palace
  • Melissa McTernan The best romance novels in which the heroine saves herself Book cover of Bombshell Book cover of The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes Book cover of Long Shot Book cover of A Heart Of Blood And Ashes Book cover of A Court of Silver Flames
  • Janet Patkowa The best books on ultrarunning for amateur adventurers Book cover of Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups Book cover of North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail Book cover of Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
  • Timothy M. Tays The best books about the passion for distance running Book cover of Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World Book cover of Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross Country Team Book cover of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Book cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Book cover of When Running Was Young and So Were We: Collected Works of a Sportswriter from the Golden Age of American Running
  • Dan Shaughnessy The best sports books from a sports broadcaster Book cover of Johnny U: The Life and Times of John Unitas Book cover of Gods at Play: An Eyewitness Account of Great Moments in American Sports Book cover of When the Game Was Ours Book cover of Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times Book cover of Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion
  • Kelly Bennett The best books about baseball players of color for little sluggers Book cover of Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series Book cover of Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball's Negro Leagues Book cover of She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story Book cover of Clemente! Book cover of Baseball Saved Us
  • Barbara Carroll Roberts The best middle-grade books about girls who love sports Book cover of Dairy Queen Book cover of Samira Surfs Book cover of The Girl Who Threw Butterflies Book cover of Sidetracked Book cover of Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
  • Sam Murphy The best books that challenge the status quo about how to run Book cover of Why Die? The Extraordinary Percy Cerutty 'Maker of Champions' Book cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Book cover of The Art of Running: Raising Your Performance with the Alexander Technique Book cover of Why We Run: A Natural History Book cover of The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance
  • Emma Kress The best YA books featuring badass sporty girls Book cover of Furia Book cover of In the Same Boat Book cover of Break the Fall Book cover of The Knockout Book cover of Some Girls Do
  • Elise Hooper The best books on inspirational women athletes Book cover of We Ride Upon Sticks Book cover of A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History Book cover of Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World Book cover of The Happiest Girl in the World Book cover of Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story
  • Nick Sheridan The best Irish children’s books that feature zero leprechauns Book cover of Benny and Omar Book cover of The Great Irish Politics Book Book cover of The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune Book cover of My Heart & Other Breakables: How I lost my mum, found my dad, and made friends with catastrophe Book cover of Girls Play Too: Inspiring Stories of Irish Sportswomen
  • Rochelle Melander The best anthology books for young activists Book cover of Generation Brave: The Gen Z Kids Who Are Changing the World Book cover of Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth Book cover of We Got Game! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World Book cover of Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World Book cover of Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History
  • Jean-Philippe Soulé The best books about exploration, endurance, and world expeditions Book cover of Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration Book cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Book cover of Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival Book cover of The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story Book cover of Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
  • F.J. Campbell The best fiction with sporty characters Book cover of Gold Book cover of Barracuda Book cover of Beartown Book cover of The Power of One Book cover of Unstoppable
  • Kandi Steiner The best sports romance books for that fuzzy fall feeling Book cover of The Bombshell Effect Book cover of Moonshot Book cover of The Perfect Game Book cover of Long Shot Book cover of Fraternize
  • Ed Southern The best books to root, root, root for the home team Book cover of To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry Book cover of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip Into the Heart of Fan Mania Book cover of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant Book cover of Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America Book cover of A Visitation of Spirits
  • J. Sterling The best sports romance books that will leave you breathless (and smiling) Book cover of The Player Book cover of The Deal Book cover of I Promise You Book cover of Long Shot Book cover of Kiss My Putt
  • Nita Sweeney The best books on why meditation is worth your time and effort Book cover of Mindfulness in Plain English Book cover of Still Running: The Art of Meditation in Motion Book cover of The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul Book cover of The Mindful Athlete: Secrets to Peak Performance Book cover of Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
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