If I Never Get Back: A Novel56 reviews
Darryl Brock

Frog Books, 2007

The Boys Of Summer...Summer Of 1869 That Is....

+ Fun to go back to the beginning
+ one of the best
+ I *** LOVE *** this book!
+ Best baseball novel ever
  
  











  



  
Heat68 reviews
Mike Lupica

Puffin, 2007

An Awesome Baseball Book!

+ A Dream Fulfilled!
+ MUST READ
+ G.Brickley's Book Review
  
  











  



  
The Natural100 reviews
Bernard Malamud

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003

A must for any literate baseball fan

+ Not so sugary sweet
+ The Defining Work

My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece. You can't help but appreciate the ...
  
  











  



  
Ball Four92 reviews
Jim Bouton

Wiley, 1990

the first to expose how players used the groupies

+ Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball
+ important book
+ Ball Four was a HIt
+ Knee Surgery Gift
  
  











  



  
The Entitled24 reviews
Frank Deford

Sourcebooks Landmark, 2007

If You Are a Baseball Fan....

+ Certainly More Than Just a Baseball Book. . .
+ We sometimes forget

If you are a baseball fan, you are likely to find this moving, action-packed book the best of its kind you've ever read. In addition to the main plot, the author skillfully carries along about three sub-plots, every one of which would grace a well-written story with any other background than ...
  
  











  



  
Shoeless Joe90 reviews
W. P. Kinsella

Mariner Books, 1999

If you read it, a cliche wil vanish

+ Kinsella gets it right
+ A Book to Read When You Feel Magic Seeping From Your Life
+ Uncategorizable Sport or Inspritational?
  
  











  



  
Last Days of Summer146 reviews
Steve Kluger

Avon, 2005

I'm heartbroken

+ Good, breezy read
+ Tossed the Bookmark
+ Great book!
+ Most Enjoyable
  
  











  



  
Double Play51 reviews
Robert B. Parker, 2004

Fun Summer Read

+ Gritty thriller of redemption
+ fast flowing hard boiled drama, with real characters

I had seen some of the movies based on Parker's Jesse Stone, but this was the first book of his I read. I really enjoyed it. While it was a novel, I enjoyed it being based around real people like Jackie Robinson. I really enjoyed the way Parker revealed and developed Burke's character. I was a ...
  
  











  



  
Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition)14 reviews

Bison Books, 2003

This book and the movie are special

+ Life Changing
+ When Baseball Was Still a Game
+ Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't
+ Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe
  
  











  



  
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch: A Novel4 reviews
George Plimpton

Da Capo Press, 2004

Not your usual Plimpton Plays with the Pros book

+ An Enjoyable Baseball Novel
+ curious case of sidd finch

If you didn't know George Plimpton and you read the book jacket blurbs, you might wonder just who this Sidd Finch really was. You might even remember that Sports Illustrated featured Finch in 1985, and you may not have noticed that it was their April (Fool) issue. Plimpton weaves a whimsical tale ...
  
  











  



  
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy: A Novel33 reviews
W. P. Kinsella

Mariner Books, 2003

Another Classic Baseball Novel

+ true imagination
+ A Classic!
+ Wonderful Baseball Fantasy
  
  











  



  
The Boys of Summer40 reviews
Roger Kahn

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

The Book That Made Me A Baseball Fan

+ The Great American Game
+ We are all "Boys of Summer".
+ Absolute classic
+ The Best Baseball Book Ever
  
  











  



  
The Legend of Mickey Tussler22 reviews
Frank Nappi

St. Martin's Press, 2008

Fabulous Baseball Yarn

+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart
+ Simply The Best!
+ Great Book
+ Baseball like it used to be
  
  











  



  
The Boys of Summer40 reviews
Roger Kahn

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

The Book That Made Me A Baseball Fan

+ The Great American Game
+ We are all "Boys of Summer".
+ Absolute classic
+ The Best Baseball Book Ever
  
  











  



  
If I Never Get Back: A Novel56 reviews
Darryl Brock

Frog Books, 2007

The Boys Of Summer...Summer Of 1869 That Is....

+ Fun to go back to the beginning
+ one of the best
+ I *** LOVE *** this book!
+ Best baseball novel ever
  
  











  



  
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy: A Novel33 reviews
W. P. Kinsella

Mariner Books, 2003

Another Classic Baseball Novel

+ true imagination
+ A Classic!
+ Wonderful Baseball Fantasy
  
  











  



  
Last Days of Summer146 reviews
Steve Kluger

Avon, 2005

I'm heartbroken

+ Good, breezy read
+ Tossed the Bookmark
+ Great book!
+ Most Enjoyable
  
  











  



  
Heat68 reviews
Mike Lupica

Puffin, 2007

An Awesome Baseball Book!

+ A Dream Fulfilled!
+ MUST READ
+ G.Brickley's Book Review
  
  











  



  
Bang the Drum Slowly (Second Edition)14 reviews

Bison Books, 2003

This book and the movie are special

+ Life Changing
+ When Baseball Was Still a Game
+ Fantastic Book. For baseball fans, and those who aren't
+ Bang The Drum Slowly by Joe
  
  











  



  
The Natural100 reviews
Bernard Malamud

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003

A must for any literate baseball fan

+ Not so sugary sweet
+ The Defining Work

My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece. You can't help but appreciate the ...