The Greatest Books of All Time on Baseball

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
411 Underworld Don DeLillo 1997 American English
2899 Moneyball Michael M. Lewis 2003 American English
3100 Ball Four Jim Bouton 1970 American English
3482 The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Robert Coover 1968 American English
5250 The Art of Fielding Chad Harbach 2011 American English
5410 Last Days of Summer Steve Kluger 1998 American English
7717 The Southpaw Mark Harris 1953 American English
8264 Round Up Ring Lardner 1929 American English
10611 The Natural Bernard Malamud 1952 American English
12438 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Stephen King 1999 American English
12470 The Last Boy Jane Leavy 2010 American English
12827 The Last Manager John Miller 2025 Unknown English
14131 The Boys Of Summer Roger Kahn 1972 American English
14985 A False Spring Pat Jordan 1975 American English
14985 Shoeless Joe W. P. Kinsella 1982 Canadian English
15727 You Know Me Al Ring Lardner 1916 American English
15856 Bang The Drum Slowly Mark Harris 1956 American English
15914 The Great American Novel William Carlos Williams 1923 American English
17158 Summerland Michael Chabon 2002 American English
17158 Eight Men Out Eliot Asinof 1963 American English
17158 Dollar Sign On The Muscle Kevin Kerrane 1984 American English
17158 The New York Game Kevin Baker 2024 American English
17158 Charlie Hustle Keith O'Brien 2024 Unknown English
17158 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17158 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17158 The Long Season Jim Brosnan 1960 American English
17158 Babe Robert Creamer 1974 American English
17158 Joe Di Maggio Richard Ben Cramer 2000 American English
17158 Veeck As In Wreck Bill Veeck, Ed Linn 1962 American English
17158 The Red Smith Reader Red Smith 1982 American English
17158 The Unforgettable Season Gordon H. Fleming 1981 Unknown English
17158 The Celebrant Eric Rolfe Greenberg 1983 American English
17158 The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract Bill James 1985 American English
17158 Baseball's Great Experiment Jules Tygiel 1983 American English
17158 The Bronx Zoo Sparky Lyle, Peter Golenbock 1979 American English
17158 The Glory Of Their Times Lawrence Ritter 1966 American English
17158 The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseball John Thorn 2004 American English
17158 Only The Ball Was White Robert Peterson 1970 Unknown English
17158 Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? Jimmy Breslin 1963 American English
17158 The Science Of Hitting Ted Williams, John Underwood 1971 American English
17158 No Cheering In The Press Box Jerome Holtzman 1974 American English
17158 The Tumult And The Shouting Grantland Rice 1954 American English
17158 The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars And Motor Kings William Brashler 1973 American English
17158 Why We Love Baseball Joe Posnanski 2023 American English
17158 Honus & Me Dan Gutman 1997 American English