Start with high-confidence hockey stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
On Thin Ice
Jessica Kim
Bea Mullins Takes a Shot
Emily Deibert
The Legend
Jean Mills
The Hockey Saint
Howard Shapiro, Marica Inoue
Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey
Ngozi Ukazu
Icebreaker
A.L. Graziadei
Cold Day in the Sun
Sara Biren
Iceman
Chris Lynch
Eyes on the Ice
Anna Rosner
Breaking the Ice
Natalie Blitt
