Start with high-confidence sports lives books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
Open
Andre Agassi
What Made Maddy Run
Kate Fagan
The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant, Andrew D. Bernstein
Evel
Leigh Montville
A Hollywood Ending
Yaron Weitzman
My Sergei
Ekaterina Gordeeva, E. M. Swift
Slaying the Tiger
Shane Ryan
On Top of Glass
Karina Manta
Banana Ball
Jesse Cole, Don Yaeger
Driven
Susie Wolff
Ballistic
Henry Abbott
Messi
Guillem Balague, Guillem Balagué
I'll Show You
Sam Smith, Derrick Rose
Uncommon Favor
Dawn Staley
Elevate and Dominate
Deion Sanders, Don Yaeger
The Tiger Slam
Kevin Cook
In the Name of Freedom
Enes Kanter Freedom
On Her Game
Christine Brennan, Simon & Schuster Audio
The Russian Five
Keith Gave
