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Non-Fiction Sports Challenge - 25 Books for 2025

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1 participant (35 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 sports themed non-fiction books in 2025!. Challenge yourself by reading about different sports/teams over the course of the year in line with their respective seasons. 

Challenge Books

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Playing the Long Game: A Memoir by Christine Sinclair

Playing the Long Game: A Memoir

Christine Sinclair

224 pages • hardcover

nonfiction autobiography sports challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game on the Brink

Sean Fitz-Gerald

304 pages • paperback • 2019

nonfiction sports emotional informative fast-paced
The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us about Ourselves by Keith Law

The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us about Ourselves

Keith Law

8 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction psychology science sports informative slow-paced
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey

The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay

Christopher Clarey

368 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction sports informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Quality of Madness: A Life of Marcelo Bielsa by Tim Rich

The Quality of Madness: A Life of Marcelo Bielsa

Tim Rich

392 pages • 2020

nonfiction biography challenging emotional medium-paced
And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United by Phil Hay

And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United

Phil Hay

272 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction sports adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling by William Fotheringham

Bernard Hinault and the Fall and Rise of French Cycling

William Fotheringham

368 pages • 2015

nonfiction biography sports informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School by Marc Skelton

Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School

Marc Skelton

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction education sports emotional medium-paced
Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History by Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin

Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History

Brian Windhorst, Dave McMenamin

288 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography sports informative medium-paced
Rare Gems: How Four Generations of Women Paved the Way for the WNBA by Howard Megdal

Rare Gems: How Four Generations of Women Paved the Way for the WNBA

Howard Megdal

225 pages • hardcover

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative reflective medium-paced