TOGETHXR's List of Women's Sports Books
PLAY IT FORWARD: How Women Are Changing Sports to Change the World available March 4
Women’s sports are full of inspiring, game-changing stories—on and off the field. Whether you’re looking for memoirs from trailblazing athletes, deep dives into the history of women’s sports, or stories of resilience and triumph, this list has something for you. Explore, learn, and be inspired—then play it forward by sharing these stories with others!
FOR KIDS & TEENS
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
GENRE |
SPORT |
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We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World |
Aileen Weintraub, Sarah Green (Hardcover) |
Short Stories Biography |
Various |
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The Kicks (Series) |
Alex Morgan |
Fiction |
Soccer |
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Breakaway |
Alex Morgan |
Biography |
Soccer |
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Traveling Shoes: The Story of Willye White, US Olympian and Long Jump Champion |
Alice Faye Duncan |
Biography |
Track & Field |
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Just Like Caitlin |
Ally Obermeier |
Biography |
Basketball |
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Inaugural Ballers |
Andrew Maraniss |
History |
Basketball |
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Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the NHL |
Angie Bullaro |
Picture Book |
Hockey |
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The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |
Anika Orrock |
History Short Stories |
Baseball & Softball |
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I Look Up To... Serena Williams |
Anna Membrino Fatti Burke |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Girl Running |
Annette Bay Pimentel Micha Archer |
Biography |
Running |
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How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion |
Ashima Shiraishi |
Biography |
Climbing |
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Allie’s Basketball Dream |
Barbara Barber, Darryl Ligasan |
Fiction |
Basketball |
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Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez |
Belen Medina |
Biography |
Running |
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Marvelous Mabel |
Crystal Hubbard, Alleanna Harris |
Biography |
Ice Skating |
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Catching the Moon |
Crystal Hubbard, Randy Duburke |
Biography |
Baseball & Softball |
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Kid Athletes |
David Stabler |
Biography |
Various |
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Crushing It |
Erin Becker |
Fiction |
Soccer |
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We Are Big Time |
Hena Khan |
Fiction |
Basketball |
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Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams |
Howard Bryant |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Who Is Katie Ledecky? |
James Buckley Jr Who HQ |
Biography |
Swimming |
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Long-Armed Ludy and the First Women’s Olympics |
Jean L.S. Patrick |
Biography |
Track & Field |
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Get Set! Swim! |
Jeannine Atkins, Hector Viveros Lee |
Fiction |
Swimming |
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Throw Like a Girl |
Jennie Finch, Ann Killion |
Biography |
Baseball & Softball |
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There’s No Base Like Home |
Jessica Mendoza, Alana Mendoza Dusan, Ruth Mcnally Barshaw |
Biography |
Baseball & Softball |
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Swinging Into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player |
Karen Swanson |
Biography |
Baseball & Softball |
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Ladies First |
Ken Rappoport |
Biography |
Various |
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As Fast As Her |
Kendall Coyne |
Biography |
Hockey |
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Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon |
Kim Chaffee |
Biography |
Running |
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The Wonder Team and the Forgotten Footballers |
Leah Williamson Robin Boyden |
Fiction |
Soccer |
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Not Playing by the Rules: 21 Female Athletes Who Changed Sports |
Lesa Cline-Ransome |
Biography |
Various |
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The Ride of Women in Sport: 21 Stories of Courage and Inspiration |
Lunar Press |
Biography Short Stories |
Various |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Billie Jean King |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Evonne Goolagong |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Mary Kom |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Boxing |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Megan Rapinoe |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Soccer |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Simone Biles |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Gymnastics |
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Little People, Big Dreams: Wilma Rudolph |
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara |
Biography |
Track & Field |
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Chloe Kim: A Kid's Book About Sacrifice and Hard Work |
Mary Nhin |
Biography |
Snow Sports |
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Serena Williams: A Kid's Book About Mental Strength and Cultivating a Champion Mindset |
Mary Nhin |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Mia Hamm: A Kid's Book About Developing a Mentally Tough Attitude and Hard Work Ethic |
Mary Nhin |
Biography |
Soccer |
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Hoops |
Matt Tavares |
Graphic Novel |
Basketball |
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Who Is Caitlin Clark? |
Meri-Jo Borzilleri Who HQ |
Biography |
Basketball |
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Cleat Cute |
Meryl Wilsner |
Romance |
Soccer |
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Winners Never Quit! |
Mia Hamm Carol Thompson |
Picture Book |
Soccer |
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Fast Pitch |
Nic Stone |
Fiction |
Baseball & Softball |
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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville |
Pat Zietlow Miller |
Biography |
Track & Field |
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Tenacious: 15 Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes |
Patty Cisneros Prevo, Dion MBD |
Biography |
Various |
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Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win |
Rachel Ignotofsky |
Biography |
Various |
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The Story of Simone Biles |
Rachelle Burk |
Biography |
Gymnastics |
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The Story of Caitlin Clark |
Rachelle Burk |
Biography |
Basketball |
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers |
Rebel Girls |
Biography |
Various |
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Rebel Girls Champions |
Rebel Girls |
Biography |
Various |
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Alicia Alonso Take the Stage |
Rebel Girls |
Biography |
Ballet |
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Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains |
Rebel Girls |
Biography |
Climbing |
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Kid Olympians: Summer |
Robin Stevenson |
Biography |
Various |
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Trailblazers: Simone Biles |
Sally J. Morgan |
Biography |
Gymnastics |
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Babe Conquers The World: The Legendary Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
Sandra Neil Walalce |
Biography |
Basketball, Track & Field, Golf |
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Tryouts |
Sarah Sax |
Fiction |
Baseball & Softball |
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I Am a Promise |
Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce Ashley Rousseau |
Biography |
Track & Field |
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Big Book of Who Women in Sports |
Sports Illustrated Kids |
Biography |
Various |
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Who Is Chloe Kim? |
Stefanie Loh Who HQ |
Biography |
Snow Sports |
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Who Is Megan Rapinoe? |
Stefanie Loh Who HQ |
Biography |
Soccer |
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Who Is Simone Biles? |
Stefanie Loh Who HQ |
Biography |
Gymnastics |
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Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson |
Sue Stauffacher Greg Couch |
Biography |
Tennis |
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Play It Forward |
TOGETHXR |
Biography |
Various |
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Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh |
Uma Krishnaswami, Nidhi Chanani |
Historical Fiction |
Baseball & Softball |
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Roller Girl |
Victoria Jamieson |
Fiction |
Roller Sports |
FOR ADULTS
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
GENRE |
SPORT |
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Dear Black Girls: How to be True to You |
A'ja Wilson |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball |
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Forward: A Memoir |
Abby Wambach |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State |
Aime Alley Card |
Biography & Memoir |
Track & Field |
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How (Not) To Be Strong |
Alex Scott |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Bravey |
Alexi Pappas |
Biography & Memoir |
Running |
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The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |
Anika Orrock |
History Short Stories Picture Book |
Baseball & Softball |
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Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice |
Ben Rothenberg |
Biography & Memoir |
Tennis |
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Lioness - My Journey to Glory |
Beth Mead |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Trailblazers: The Unmatched Story of Women’s Tennis |
Billie Jean King |
Biography & Memoir |
Tennis |
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All In: An Autobiography |
Billie Jean King Johnette Howard |
Biography & Memoir |
Tennis |
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It’s Not About the Bra |
Brandi Chastain |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper |
Briana Scurry Wayne Coffey |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Coming Home |
Brittney Griner Michelle Burford |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball |
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The Race to Be Myself |
Caster Semenya |
Biography & Memoir |
Track & Field |
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Girls Don't Play Sport: The game-changing, defiant rise of women's sport, and why it matters |
Chloe Dalton |
Biography & Memoir |
Various |
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Gold |
Chris Cleave |
Fiction |
Cycling |
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Playing the Long Game: A Memoir |
Christine Sinclair |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes |
Christine Yu |
Health & Wellness |
Running |
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Let Your Mind Run |
Deena Kastor Michelle Kastor |
Biography & Memoir |
Running |
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Choosing to Run |
Des Linden |
Biography & Memoir |
Track & Field |
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Find a Way |
Diana Nyad |
Biography & Memoir |
Swimming |
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Another Step Up the Mountain: A Journey of Courage |
Dianette Wells Brit Elders |
Biography & Memoir |
Climbing |
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Wonder Girl |
Don Van Natta Jr |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball, Track & Field, Golf |
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A Completely Different Game |
Emma Hayes Michael Calvin |
Biography & Memoir Coaching |
Soccer |
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Women and Water |
Gale Straub |
Essays & Short Stories |
Swimming |
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I Know This to Be True: Simone Biles |
Geoff Blackwell |
Biography & Memoir |
Gymnastics |
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Outofshapeworthlessloser |
Gracie Gold |
Biography & Memoir |
Gymnastics |
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Under the Lights and In the Dark |
Gwendolyn Oxenham |
Short Stories Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely American Dream |
Ibtihaj Muhammad Lori Tharps |
Biography & Memoir |
Fencing |
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Soccer Grannies |
Jean Duffy |
Non-Fiction |
Soccer |
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Dare to Make History |
Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux-Morando |
Biography & Memoir |
Hockey |
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I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams |
Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles |
Biography & Memoir |
Gymnastics |
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The Swans of Harlem |
Karen Valby |
Biography & Memoir |
Ballet |
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen |
Kate Fagan |
Biography & Memoir |
Running |
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Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates |
Katie Barnes |
Non-Fiction |
Various |
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Just Add Water: My Swimming Life |
Katie Ledecky |
Biography & Memoir |
Swimming |
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Marathon Woman |
Kathrine Switzer |
Biography & Memoir |
Running |
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A Miracle of Their Own |
Keith Gave Tim Rappleye |
Biography & Memoir |
Hockey |
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Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World |
Lauren Fleshman |
Biography & Memoir |
Running |
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Climbing Free |
Lynn Hill |
Biography & Memoir |
Climbing |
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Money, Power, Respect |
Macaela MacKenzie |
Non-Fiction |
Various |
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far |
Maria Sharapova |
Biography & Memoir |
Tennis |
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Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts |
Maya Moore Irons |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball |
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One Life |
Megan Rapinoe Emma Brockes |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life |
Mia Hamm Aaron Heifetz |
Biography & Memoir |
Soccer |
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion |
Missy Franklin D.A. Franklin |
Biography & Memoir |
Swimming |
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How She Did It: Stories, Advice, and Secrets to Success from Fifty Legendary Distance Runners |
Molly Huddle, Sara Slattery |
Biography & Memoir Short Stories |
Running |
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Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History |
Molly Schiot |
Biography & Memoir |
Various |
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The Little Book of Roller Skating |
Moxi Roller Skates |
Guidebooks |
Roller Spots |
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The Hard Parts |
Oksana Masters |
Biography & Memoir |
Rowing, Biathlon, Snow Sports, Cycling |
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Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective |
Pat Head Summitt Sally Jenkins |
Biography & Memoir Coaching |
Basketball |
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Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You Do |
Pat Summitt |
Biography & Memoir Coaching |
Basketball |
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Raise the Roof: The Inspiring Inside Story of the Tennessee Lady Vols' Groundbreaking Season in Women's College Basketball |
Pat Summitt Sally Jenkins |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball |
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We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel |
Quan Barry |
Fiction |
Lacrosse |
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Gods of Soccer |
Roger Bennett, Michael Davies, Miranda Davis |
Biography |
Soccer |
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson |
Sally H. Jacobs |
Biography & Memoir |
Tennis |
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What It Takes |
Sarina Wiegman |
Biography & Memoir Coaching |
Soccer |
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In the Shadow of the Mountain |
Silvia Vasquez-Lavado |
Biography & Memoir |
Climbing |
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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance |
Simone Biles, Michelle Burford |
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance |
Gymnastics |
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Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith |
Sydney McLaughlin |
Biography & Memoir |
Track & Field |
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Carrie Soto Is Back: A Novel |
Taylor Jenkins Reid |
Fiction |
Tennis |
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Caitlin Clark: Raising the Game |
The Athletic |
Biography & Memoir |
Basketball |
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The Heart is the Strongest Muscle |
Tia Toomey |
Biography & Memoir |
Crossfit & Weightlifting |
