It’s March Madness time so I thought I would share a list of the top books that I have enjoyed about basketball. The first ten books represent my “top seeds” but let me offer at the outset that any basketball (or any other sport) books written by John Feinstein are Hall of Fame worthy.
- A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein
- The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski
- The Last Amateurs: Playing for Glory and Honor in Division I College Basketball by John Feinstein
- Basketball: A Love Story by Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, Dan Klores
- Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby
- The Hoops Whisperer by Idan Ravin
- Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman
- To the Hoop: Seasons of a Basketball Life by Ira Berkow
- A Sense Of Where You Are by John McPhee
- Dream Team by Jack McCallum
- A March to Madness: A View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference by John Feinstein
- Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel
- The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam
- The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith
- Showtime by Jeff Pearlman
- Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
- The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy by Bill Simmons
- Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four by John Feinstein
- Unfinished Business: On and Off the Court With the 1990-91 Boston Celtics by Jack McCallum
- The Back Roads to March: The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season by John Feinstein
