Sports & Athletics
The legends, rivalries, and triumphs of the sporting world
Featured Books
Handpicked Sports & Athletics summaries our editors recommend.
A.J. Baime
Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.
Jessica Luther
Dilemmas of the Modern Fan. University of Texas Press, 2020.
Yusra Mardini
From Refugee to Olympian—My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph. Pan MacMillan, 2018
Daniel Coyle
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills. Bantam, 2012.
New Arrivals
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Admiral William H. McRaven
Little Things that Can Change Your Life… and Maybe the World. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
David Goldblatt
A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
David Epstein
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Riverhead Books, 2019.
Steve Magness
Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. HarperOne, 2022.
Greg Ip
Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe. Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Brad Stulberg
A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds—Not Crushes—Your Soul. Penguin Publishing, 2021.
David Goggins
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds. Lioncrest, 2018.
Wallace J. Nichols
The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. Little, Brown Spark. 2014.
Andrew C. Holman
A Global History. University of Illinois Press, 2018.
Emily Prokop
The Extraordinary History of Ordinary Objects. Mango Publishing Group, 2018.
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Kavitha A. Davidson
Dilemmas of the Modern Fan. University of Texas Press, 2020.
Ed Caesar
The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
Wallace J. Nichols
The Surprising Science that Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do. Little, Brown Spark. 2014.
Daniel Coyle
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills. Bantam, 2012.
George Mumford
Secrets to Pure Performance. Parallax Press, 2015.
A.J. Baime
Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.
David Epstein
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. Penguin Group, 2013.
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Kavitha A. Davidson
Dilemmas of the Modern Fan. University of Texas Press, 2020.
A.J. Baime
Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Bantam, 2010.
Yusra Mardini
From Refugee to Olympian—My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph. Pan MacMillan, 2018
Daniel Coyle
52 Tips for Improving Your Skills. Bantam, 2012.
Ed Caesar
The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon. Simon and Schuster, 2015.
Tim McGraw
Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation. Random House, 2019.
David Epstein
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance. Penguin Group, 2013.
David Maraniss
A Life of Vince Lombardi. Simon and Schuster, 1999.
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