Non-Fiction Sports Challenge - 25 Books for 2025

Hosted by natebragg

1 participant, 21 books added

Starts: Tuesday, 01 October 2024

Ends: Saturday, 31 May 2025

In honor of the 2024/2025 season in major sports, read 25 sports themed non-fiction books between October 2024 and May 2025. Challenge yourself by reading about different sports/teams over the course of the year in line with their respective seasons. 

All books added
A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games by Lori Alexander

A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

Lori Alexander

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens sports informative inspiring slow-paced
Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion by Jessica Long

Unsinkable: From Russian Orphan to Paralympic Swimming World Champion

Jessica Long

112 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir sports hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics by Doris Hinson Pieroth

Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics

Doris Hinson Pieroth

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports informative inspiring medium-paced
Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy by Dave Zirin

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, The Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy

Dave Zirin

200 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sports challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer by David Goldblatt

The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer

David Goldblatt

974 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction sports informative slow-paced
How to Watch the Olympics: And Become Deeply Passionate about Handball, Greco-Roman Wrestling and Synchronised Swimming. David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton by David Goldblatt
How to Watch the Olympics: And Become Deeply Passionate about Handball, Greco-Roman Wrestling and Synchronised Swimming. David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton
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David Goldblatt

How to Watch the Olympics: And Become Deeply Passionate about Handball, Greco-Roman Wrestling and Synchronised Swimming. David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton

David Goldblatt

400 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history sports emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
The Football Book: The Leagues, the Teams, the Tactics, the Laws. Writers, David Goldblatt, Johnny Acton by David Goldblatt, Mike Garland, Mark Walker, Johnny Acton

The Football Book: The Leagues, the Teams, the Tactics, the Laws. Writers, David Goldblatt, Johnny Acton

David Goldblatt, Mike Garland, Mark Walker, Johnny Acton

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction sports adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball by Kerry Eggers

Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball

Kerry Eggers

544 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history sports informative slow-paced
A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football by Suzanne Wrack

A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football

Suzanne Wrack

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction sports adventurous challenging medium-paced
The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer by David Conn

The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

David Conn

12 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction sports tense slow-paced