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by Laura Hillenbrand · about this book

Loved Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand? If its nonfiction, sports history and horses hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with True, The Boys of Summer and Summer of '49. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Seabiscuit: An American Legend: Nonfiction · Sports History · Horses · Athlete · Underdog

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   True

   Kostya Kennedy

   Sports History · Sports · Athlete · Nonfiction · History

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   The Boys of Summer

   Roger Kahn

   Sports History · Sports · Athlete · Biography · Nonfiction

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   Summer of '49

   David Halberstam

   Sports History · Sports · Athlete · Nonfiction · History

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   Michael Jordan

   Roland Lazenby

   Sports History · Sports · Athlete · Nonfiction · Biography

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   Driven

   Susie Wolff

   Sports · Athlete · Nonfiction · Underdog · Uplifting

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   Role Model

   Rachel Reid

   Athlete · Redemption Arc · Second Chances · Heartwarming · Hopeful

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   Moneyball

   Michael Lewis

   Sports · Underdog · Athlete · Nonfiction · Biography

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   Spitfires

   Becky Aikman

   History · Biography · Nonfiction · Underdog · Uplifting

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   Becoming Ted

   Matt Cain

   Uplifting · Second Chances · Hopeful · Heartwarming · Emotional

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10. 

    A Man Called Ove

    Fredrik Backman

    Second Chances · Uplifting · Hopeful · Heartwarming · Emotional

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11. 

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl

    Underdog · Rags to Riches · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Male Lead

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    The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport―A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in America, Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels

    Joshua Robinson

    Sports History · Sports · Nonfiction

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13. 

    How to Read a Book

    Monica Wood

    Redemption Arc · Second Chances · Hopeful · Heartwarming · Emotional

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14. 

    The Warmth of Other Suns

    Isabel Wilkerson

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Emotional · Economic History

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15. 

    The Spy and the Traitor

    Ben Macintyre

    History · Biography · Nonfiction · Male Lead · Memoir & Biography

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16. 

    Sam Walton: Made In America

    Sam Walton, John Huey

    Rags to Riches · Nonfiction · Uplifting · Hopeful · Male Lead

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17. 

    Throttled

    Lauren Asher

    Athlete · Sports · Male Lead · Emotional · Multiple POV

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18. 

    King Hancock

    Brooke Barbier

    History · Nonfiction · Biography · Male Lead · Economic History

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19. 

    The Bone Maker

    Sarah Beth Durst

    Second Chances · Redemption Arc · Hopeful · Heartwarming · Emotional

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20. 

    The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

    Tom Reiss

    History · Nonfiction · Underdog · Biography · Memoir & Biography

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