Start with high-confidence basketball books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Running Loose
Chris Crutcher
All the Right Stuff
Walter Dean Myers
Rez Ball
Byron Graves
Shadowed
Carl Deuker
Breakaway
Andrea Montalbano
Boy21
Matthew Quick
Golden Arm
Backfield Boys
John Feinstein
High Heat
Crackback
John Coy
Gym Candy
Night Hoops
Payback Time
Press Play
Eric Devine
Janae #2
LJ Alonge, Raul Allen
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Steve Sheinkin
Game Change
Joseph Monninger
Gutless
Game Changer
Tommy Greenwald
Rivals
Losers and Winners
Frances A. Miller
I'll Show You
Sam Smith, Derrick Rose
One of the Boys
Victoria Zeller
