Description
Book SynopsisFrom the bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing).
Trade Review"Sportswriter and blogger Kaplan's first book is a fun and useful guide for finding arguably the best baseball books among the mounds of titles relating to this book-inspiring sport. . . . The author's well-informed and well-written comments are compelling enough to make this either a worthwhile light read or a handy reference for all readers of baseball literature."—
Library Journal"[501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die is] a generous, well-researched, and entertaining list of suggestions of what to read next."—Allan Wood, The Joy of Sox
"501 Baseball Books is a remarkable compendium of national pastime tomes."—Benjamin Hill, MILB.com
"A self-proclaimed pack rat and baseball junkie, it's amazing enough that Kaplan was able to read all 501 of these books—to offer comprehensive summaries of each and every one is a truly remarkable accomplishment."—
Foreword Reviews "A fantastic page-turner. . . . Without a doubt
501 is a SABRite's ultimate reading bucket list."—John Vorperian,
Southern New England Chapter, Society for American Baseball Research"Check off which ones you've read, and jot down a list of ones you'd like to hunt down. Then get busy."—James Bailey,
Baseball AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Analysis
2. Autobiography, Biography, and Memoir
3. Ballparks
4. Behind the Scenes
5. Business
6. Fiction
7. History
8. Instructionals
9. International
10. Minor Leagues
11. Pop Culture
12. Reference
13. Statistics
14. Umpires and Rules
15. For Young Readers
Index
