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Books Like The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

by Michael Lewis · about this book

Loved The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis? If its nonfiction, sports and underdog hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with True, The Boys of Summer and Michael Jordan. 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 The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game: Nonfiction · Sports · Underdog · Athlete · Sports History

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   True

   Kostya Kennedy

   Sports · Athlete · Sports History · Nonfiction · Biography

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   The Boys of Summer

   Roger Kahn

   Sports · Athlete · Sports History · Biography · Nonfiction

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   Michael Jordan

   Roland Lazenby

   Sports · Athlete · Sports History · Nonfiction · Biography

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   Driven

   Susie Wolff

   Sports · Athlete · Nonfiction · Underdog · Uplifting

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   Summer of '49

   David Halberstam

   Sports · Athlete · Sports History · Nonfiction · Memoir & Biography

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   Sam Walton: Made In America

   Sam Walton, John Huey

   Rags to Riches · Nonfiction · American South · Uplifting · Hopeful

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   The Warmth of Other Suns

   Isabel Wilkerson

   Biography · Nonfiction · American South · Emotional · Class Struggle

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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 · Sports History · Nonfiction · Innovation

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   Marsha

   Tourmaline

   Nonfiction · Biography · Chosen Family · Hopeful · Emotional

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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl

    Underdog · Rags to Riches · Uplifting · Heartwarming · Mentor Relationship

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    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Adoption · Heartwarming · Foster Care · Hopeful · Emotional

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    The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Tj Klune

    Uplifting · Heartwarming · Foster Care · Hopeful · Emotional

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13. 

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Sue Monk Kidd

    American South · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Chosen Family · Emotional

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14. 

    Becoming

    Michelle Obama

    Uplifting · Nonfiction · Hopeful · Emotional · Racism

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15. 

    Spitfires

    Becky Aikman

    Biography · Nonfiction · Underdog · Uplifting · Memoir & Biography

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16. 

    Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell

    Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg

    Biography · Nonfiction · Uplifting · Sports · Memoir & Biography

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17. 

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    Adoption · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Chosen Family · Emotional

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18. 

    Mindset

    Carol S. Dweck

    Education · Nonfiction · Sports · Uplifting

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19. 

    The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

    Melinda Gates

    Uplifting · Nonfiction · Hopeful · Emotional · Memoir & Biography

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20. 

    The Girl Who Drank the Moon

    Kelly Barnhill

    Adoption · Heartwarming · Hopeful · Emotional · Coming of Age

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