Best Basketball Books: The Top 25 List

by Basketball HQ

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24 books

Whether you are looking for your next book to read or are looking to find a book for the basketball fan in your life, this list of basketball books is perfect for you.

The following list covers our favorite basketball books and our recommendations for you. The books on this list will cover basketball coaching, playing, life in general, and many other topics that apply to the sport of basketball. We are confident that you will find what you are looking for in our list of the top 25 basketball books.

From one basketball junkie to another, enjoy!

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See the source list and commentary at basketballhq.com

Toughness

Developing True Strength on and Off the Court

Jay Bilas, 2014

Eleven Rings

The Soul of Success

Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty, 2014

Life Is Not an Accident

A Memoir of Reinvention

Jay Williams, 2016

Tales from the Kentucky Wildcats Locker Room

A Collection of the Greatest Wildcat Stories Ever Told

Denny Trease, 2013

The Jordan Rules

Sam Smith, 1993

Sum It Up

A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective

Pat Head Summitt, Sally Jenkins, 2014

The Assist

Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives

Neil Swidey, 2008

Bleeding Orange

Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse Basketball

Jim Boeheim, Jack McCallum, 2015

Pistol

The Life of Pete Maravich

Mark Kriegel, 2008

Wooden: A Coach's Life

Seth Davis, 2014

When the Game Was Ours

Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson, Jackie MacMullan, 2009

The Miracle of St. Anthony

A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty

Adrian Wojnarowski, 2006

Players First

Coaching from the Inside Out

John Calipari, Michael Sokolove, 2014

The Fab Five

Basketball Trash Talk the American Dream

Mitch Albom, 2009

The Winner Within

A Life Plan for Team Players

Pat Riley, 1994

Wooden on Leadership

How to Create a Winning Organizaion

John Wooden, 2005

Showboat

The Life of Kobe Bryant

Roland Lazenby, 2016

The One-Day Contract

How to Add Value to Every Minute of Your Life

Rick Pitino, Eric Crawford, 2013

Leading with the Heart

Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips, 2010

The Hoops Whisperer

On the Court and Inside the Heads of Basketball's Best Players

Idan Ravin, 2015

The Golden Whistle

Going Beyond: the Journey to Coaching Success

Jim Burson, 2014

Stuff Good Players Should Know

My Losing Season

Pat Conroy, 2003

The Last Shot

City Streets, Basketball Dreams

Darcy Frey, 2013