Sporty Reads

Here in Chicago over the next few days, we have the Bulls and Blackhawks in the NBA and NHL playoffs, Grant Park has become  “Draft-Town USA-- for the NFL, and our 2 baseball teams are not stinking it up yet.

People have sports on the mind, so today, I am sharing some of the lists of sports books that I have been using to help patrons.

• 16 Books Every Sports Lover Should Read from BuzzFeed Books
• Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Sports Books of All Time 
• Longreads’ selections in the sports category These are shorter pieces.
• This awesome page of sports reads on the Stony Brook University Library’s website. Great job by their library staff to provide leisure reads on a topic of interest for the University community.
• Amazon.com curated list of the 70 best sports books of all time.
• The annual edition of The Best American Sports Writing. I love this collection. It is great for everyone from super fans all the way down to those who watch a game/match once in a while. You can pick a year, or just go with the Best of the Century compilation.
• RantSports.com 20 best sports books of all time. Nice mix here.
• When The New York Times revamped their Best Seller lists online a little while back, “Sports” is a category they added. So click here and scroll down to see the current best selling nonfiction in the “sports” category at any time [the list is in alpha order].  Also, while you are there, take not of the numerous categories they have created.  You can use these on a wide range of patrons.