Explore books about basketball’s past, including the growth of the game, influential teams and players, and the seasons and rivalries that defined different eras. The catalog below updates when a published book is assigned the Basketball History topic in Author Library.
| Book | Year | Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Miracle on 33rd Streetby Phil Berger | 1970 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The City Gameby Pete Axthelm | 1970 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Heaven Is A Playgroundby Rick Telander | 1976 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Game They Playedby Stanley Cohen | 1977 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Forty-Eight Minutesby Bob Ryan, Terry Pluto | 1987 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| College Basketball's 25 Greatest Teamsby Roland Lazenby | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Forever's Teamby John Feinstein | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Golden Moments of the Final Fourby Roland Lazenby | 1990 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Loose Ballsby Terry Pluto | 1990 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The NBA Finalsby Roland Lazenby | 1990 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Golden Gameby Roland Lazenby | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Tall Talesby Terry Pluto | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Lakersby Roland Lazenby | 1993 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| And Now, Your Chicago Bullsby Roland Lazenby | 1995 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Falling from Graceby Terry Pluto | 1995 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The NBA Finalsby Roland Lazenby | 1996 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hoops nationby Chris Ballard | 1998 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bruin 100by Scott Howard-Cooper | 1999 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Scandals of ’51by Charley Rosen | 1999 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Wizard of Oddsby Charley Rosen | 2001 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Big Game, Small Worldby Alexander Wolff | 2002 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Punchby John Feinstein | 2002 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Miracle of St. Anthonyby Adrian Wojnarowski | 2005 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Showby Roland Lazenby | 2005 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Seven Seconds or Lessby Jack McCallum | 2006 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Book of Basketballby Bill Simmons | 2009 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The First Tip-Offby Charley Rosen | 2009 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Boston Celtics Basketball Vaultby Roland Lazenby | 2011 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Crazy Basketballby Charley Rosen | 2011 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Vaultby Roland Lazenby | 2011 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dream Teamby Jack McCallum | 2012 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The History of the Chicago Bullsby Roland Lazenby | 2012 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Perfectly Awfulby Charley Rosen | 2014 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Showtimeby Jeff Pearlman | 2014 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Boys Among Menby Jonathan Abrams | 2017 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Chosen Gameby Charley Rosen | 2017 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dust Bowl Girlsby Lydia Reeder | 2017 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Basketballby Dan Klores, Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew | 2018 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Vintage Cavsby Terry Pluto | 2019 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Three-Ring Circusby Jeff Pearlman | 2020 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dynastiesby Marcus Thompson II | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Big Threeby Michael Holley | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Blood in the Gardenby Chris Herring | 2022 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The NBA in Black and Whiteby Ray Scott | 2022 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Five Bannersby John Feinstein | 2024 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Kingdom on Fireby Scott Howard-Cooper | 2025 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Game Changersby Marcus Thompson II | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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