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  1. The Sweet Science by A. J. Liebling (1956)
  2. The Boys of Summer by Roger Kohn (1971)
  3. Ball Four by Jim Bouton (1970)
  4. Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger (1990)
  5. You Know Me Al by Ring Lardner (1914)
  6. A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein (1986)
  7. Semi-Touch by Dan Jenkins (1972)
  8. Paper Lion by George Plimpton (1965)
  9. The Game by Ken Dryden (1983)
  10. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (1991)
  11. A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean (1976)
  12. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand (2001)
  13. Loose Balls by Terry Pluto (1990)
  14. Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris (1956)
  15. Heaven is a Playground by Rick Telander (1976)
  16. Levels of the Game by John McPhee (1969)
  17. The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam (1981)
  18. The Summer Game by Roger Angell (1972)
  19. The Long Season by Jim Brosman (1960)
  20. Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap (1968)
  21. Everybody's All-American by Frank Deford (1981)
  22. Fat City by Leonard Gardner (1969)
  23. The City Game by Pete Axthelm (1970)
  24. The Natural by Bernard Malamud (1952)
  25. North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent (1973)
  26. When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss (1999)
  27. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert Creamer (1974)
  28. The Gold Omnibus by P. G. Wodehouse (1973)
  29. About Three Bricks Shy of a Load by Roy Blount, Jr. (1974)
  30. A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley (1968)
  31. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Ben Cramer (2000)
  32. The Game They Played by Stanley Cohen (1977)
  33. Veeck as in Wreck by Bill Veeck and Ed Linn (1962)
  34. Ben Hogan's Five Lessons by Ben Hogan and Herbert Warren Wind (1957)
  35. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerard (1922)
  36. Beyond a Boundary by C. L. R. James (1963)
  37. A False Spring by Pat Jordan (1975)
  38. Life on the Run by Bill Bradley (1976)
  39. The Red Smith Reader by Red Smith (1982)
  40. An Outside Chance: Essays on Sport by Thomas McGuane (1980)
  41. The Unforgettable Season by Gordon H. Flemming (1981)
  42. The Celebrant by Eric Rolfe Greenberg (1983)
  43. Big Red of Meadow Stable by William Mark (1975)
  44. The Bill James Historical Abstract by Bill James (1985)
  45. End Zone by Don Delillo (1972)
  46. Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story by David Wolf (1972)
  47. Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella (1982)
  48. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1997)
  49. Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof (1963)
  50. Baseball's Greatest Experiment by Jules Tygiel (1983)
  51. Laughing in the Hills by Bill Barich (1980)
  52. Dollar Sign on the Muscle by Kevin Kerrane (1984)
  53. The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle and Peter Golenback (1979)
  54. The Professional by W. C. Heinz (1958)
  55. The Baseball Encyclopedia by Macmillan Publishers (1969)
  56. A Savage Business by Richard Hoffer (1998)
  57. The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter (1966)
  58. The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball ed. by John Thorn (1999)
  59. Among the Thugs by Bill Buford (1991)
  60. Lords of the Realm by John Holyar (1994)
  61. The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. by Robert Coover (1968)
  62. Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad (1993)
  63. Out of Their League by Dave Meggysy (1978)
  64. Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf by John Updike (1996)
  65. In These Girls, Hope is Muscle by Madeleine Blais (1995)
  66. They Call Me Coach by John Wooden with Jack Tobin (1972)
  67. Cosell by Howard Cosell (1973)
  68. Down the Fairway by Bobby Jones and O. B. Keeler (1927)
  69. Big Game, Small World by Alexander Wolfe (2002)
  70. The Last Shot by Darcy Frey (1999)
  71. Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Scwarzenegger and Kent Hall (1977)
  72. Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees by Rex Lardner (1960)
  73. The Fight by Norman Mailer (1975)
  74. Only the Ball Was White by Robert Peterson (1970)
  75. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book by Harvey Penick and Bud Shrake (1992)
  76. Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George? by Joe Jares (1974)
  77. Annapurna by Maurice Herzog (1951)
  78. The Great American Novel by Philip Roth (1973)
  79. Soccer in the Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano (1998)
  80. The Story of American Golf by Herbert Warren Wind (1948)
  81. Inside Edge by Christine Brennen (1996)
  82. Farewell to Sport Paul Galico (1938)
  83. Muhammed Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser (1991)
  84. Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? by Jimmy Breslin (1963)
  85. The Complete Book of Running by James Fixx (1977)
  86. The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood (1970)
  87. Only a Game by Robert Daley (1967)
  88. The Joy of Sports by Michael Novak (1976)
  89. THe Lords of the Rings by Vyv Sumson and Andrew Jennings (1992)
  90. Road Swing by Steve Rushin (1998)
  91. Golf in the Kingdom by Michael Murphy (1972)
  92. Game Misconduct by Russ Conway (1995)
  93. No Cheering in the Press Box by Jerome Holtzman (1973)
  94. Beer and Circus by Murray Spurber (2000)
  95. The Harder They Fall by Budd Schulberg (1947)
  96. The Tumalt and the Shouting by Grantland Rice (1954)
  97. Sports World by Robert Lipsyte (1975)
  98. The Bingo Lung Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings by William Brashler (1973)
  99. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGuiness (1999)
  100. Little Girls in Pretty Boxes by Joan Ryan (1995)