Game, Set, Match | Bestselling Sports & Recreation Books

Top titles focused on sports of all types.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension. Hanif  Abdurraqib. Random House. ISBN 9780593448793. 2024. [HC] $32.

2

Just Add Water: My Swimming Life. Katie Ledecky. S.&S. ISBN 9781668060209. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

3

The Complete Book of Pickleball: The Ultimate Training Guide for Passionate Players of All Levels. Kurt Brungardt, Brett Brungardt & Mike Brungardt. Avery. ISBN 9780593715192. 2024. [PB] $25.

4

The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory. Thomas Fuller. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385549875. 2024. [HC] $28.

5

The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City. Kevin Baker. Knopf. ISBN 9780375421839. 2024. [HC] $35.

6

Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water. Vicki Valosik. Liveright. ISBN 9781324093046. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

7

Drive: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods. Bob Harig. St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 9781250288752. 2024. [HC] $30.

8

The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World’s Fastest-Growing Sport. Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg. Mariner. ISBN 9780063318625. [HC] $29.99.

9

All You Need Is Rhythm & Grit: How to Run Now—for Health, Joy, and a Body That Loves You Back. Cory Wharton-Malcolm. Pegasus. ISBN 9781639366606. 2024. [HC] $27.95.

10

Wild Wisdom: Primal Skills to Survive in Nature. Donny Dust. S.&S./Simon Element. ISBN 9781668013434. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

11

Drop In: The Gender Rebels Who Changed the Face of Skateboarding. Deborah Stoll. Dey Street. ISBN 9780358653073. 2024. [HC] $29.99.

12

Hoop Atlas: Mapping the Remarkable Transformation of the Modern NBA. Kirk Goldsberry. Mariner. ISBN 9780063329621. 2024. [HC] $35.

13

The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life. David Coggins. Scribner. ISBN 9781668004715. 2024. [HC] $28.

14

Rainmaker: Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and Beyond. Hughes Norton & George Peper. Atria. ISBN 9781668045268. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

15

Golf’s Majors: From Hagen and Hogan to a Bear and a Tiger, Inside the Game’s Most Unforgettable Performances. Gary Player & Randy O. Williams. Dey Street. ISBN 9780063277847. 2024. [HC] $32.50.

16

Kingdom on Fire: Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty. Scott Howard-Cooper. Atria. ISBN 9781668020494. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

17

World Class: Purpose, Passion, and the Pursuit of Greatness On and Off the Field. Grant Wahl. Ballantine. ISBN 9780593726761. 2024. [HC] $30.

18

Fix It Yourself: How to Recognize the Faults in Your Game—and Correct Them.David Leadbetter with Ron Kaspriske. St. Martin’s. ISBN 9781250189783. 2024. [HC] $30.

19

The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania. Brad Balukjian. Hachette. ISBN 9780306831553. 2024. [HC] $30.

20

Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other. John Preston & Elton John. Liveright. ISBN 9781324095477. 2024. [HC] $28.99.

This list includes titles most in demand by libraries and bookstores nationwide from Baker & Taylor six months prior to the week ending August 29, 2024. (c) Copyright 2024 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSI Information Services. 

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