Sports Books & Author Guides

Welcome to Home Run Reader – The Library of Sports Books!

Our goal is to provide a comprehensive list of books about sports, from baseball to mountain climbing to Jordan and LeBron, in one easy-to-navigate place. We also aim to keep readers up to date on the latest sports books and when they hit shelves.

On HRR, you can find books by author, sport, athlete, book lists, and more.

This is a big project, so if you see any missing books or authors, please reach out through our contact page so we can add them.

Discover books about the athletes, teams, competitions, and ideas that interest you. Browse author bibliographies, explore a sport, or find a guide to your next read.

Browse by sport

Explore book summaries, author profiles, and reading guides from across the sporting world.

Authors A–Z

Find an author, explore their subjects, and browse their books in publication order.

Explore athletes and teams

Find books connected with a favorite team or a sporting figure.

Browse athlete guides

Reading guides

Discover books grouped around a sport, a theme, or a particular reading interest.

Browse all reading guides

Sports-book release roundups

Explore publication news and dated roundups of sports-book releases.

Browse the release archive

Latest from Home Run Reader

Recently added author profiles, book summaries, and reading guides.

  • George Plimpton

    George Plimpton was an American journalist, editor, and author associated with participatory reporting. Born in 1927, he studied at Harvard…

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  • Duncan Hamilton

    Duncan Hamilton is a British journalist and author whose books concentrate on football, cricket, and sporting biography. He spent more…

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  • Jim Bouton

    Jim Bouton was an American baseball pitcher and author. Born in Newark in 1939, he signed with the New York…

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  • Joe Simpson

    Joe Simpson is a British mountaineer and author whose books include expedition accounts, personal memoirs, and fiction. His first book,…

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  • Howard Bryant

    Howard Bryant is an American journalist and author whose work examines sport, race, and American public life. His reporting has…

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  • Seth Wickersham

    Seth Wickersham is an American sports journalist and author who works as a senior writer at ESPN. His reporting concentrates…

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About Home Run Reader

Home Run Reader brings together sports-book information in a straightforward format. Find out what a book covers, who wrote it, and where it fits among an author’s work.

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