Sports

Graphic Novel

Muhammad Ali was one of the most photographed―and photogenic―figures in the history of sports. He demanded to be looked at, to be seen, and this epic captures his meteoric rise from Cassius Clay to Olympian and heavyweight champion of the world with stunning illustrations befitting his storied legacy. 

A captivating non-fiction book that tells the inspiring true story of a group of young rowers and their journey to victory at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

A League of Their Own meets Miracle in the inspirational true story of the first US Women’s Olympic Basketball team and their unlikely rise to the top.

A young basketball player from South Sudan travels to the US for a tournament, but his dreams are shattered when he receives devastating news from home. Despite the challenges, he remains determined to succeed and bring his family to America.

Manga

A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga.

This compelling debut novel tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be.

Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.

With her sister constantly criticizing her and their single mother working long hours, Skyy loves nothing more than retreating to the basketball court and spending time with her best friend, Lay Li. But when the girls have a falling-out over the boy Lay Li is dating, Skyy must figure out how to face the world solo while navigating a romance of her own.

A Civil War portrays American college football in what the author believes is its purest form: two teams who play for love of the game and the honor of their schools, rather than for money or fame. Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein follows the Army and Navy teams for a single season.

Perfect for fans of Moneyball and The Book of Basketball, this vivid, thoroughly entertaining, and well-researched book explores the NBA's surge in popularity in the 1970s and 1980s and its transformation into a global cultural institution.

Explores the roles of both genetics and training in athletic success, arguing that both are equally necessary components of athletic achievement while considering such topics as race, gender, and genetic testing.

The gripping story of a group of boys discovered in what may be the largest talent search in sports history.

Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. 

After the death of her mother, eleven-year-old Gopi, who has been playing squash since she was a small child, is enlisted in a quietly brutal training regimen by her father, and soon the game becomes her world as she slowly distances herself from her sisters in hopes of becoming the best.