The Shelves

Football Books

Books selected for readers looking for football books.

31 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·75% reader overlap with Soccer Books

1. All for the Game
Heather Buchta
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: YA Crime Thrillers
2. Gutless
Carl Deuker
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
3. Cracking the Bell
Geoff Herbach
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Book Club
4. Most Valuable Player
A. M. Woody, Michael Crouch
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Sports Romance
5. Payback Time
Carl Deuker
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Baseball & Softball
6. Backfield Boys
John Feinstein
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
7. Game Changer
Abbi Glines
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Contemporary YA Romance
8. Game Changer
Tommy Greenwald
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
9. Game Change
Joseph Monninger
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
10. One of the Boys
Victoria Zeller
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Sports
11. Leverage
Joshua C. Cohen
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Peer Pressure for Teens
12. Final Season
Tim Green
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
13. Crackback
John Coy
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Friendship
14. All the Noise at Once
DeAndra Davis
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: African American YA
15. Boy21
Matthew Quick
Strong fit for this football list in the basketball lane.
Shelf signal: Baseball & Softball
16. Rhino's Run
Robert Lipsyte
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Football Stories
17. Deadline
Chris Crutcher
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Peer Pressure for Teens
18. High Heat
Carl Deuker
Included for strong young alignment with this football list.
Shelf signal: Baseball & Softball
19. Gym Candy
Carl Deuker
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Teen
20. Time Out
Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Included for strong queer alignment with this football list.
Shelf signal: YA Romance - LGBTQ+
21. Painting the Black
Carl Deuker
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Baseball & Softball
22. Shadowed
Carl Deuker
Included for strong gifts alignment with this football list.
Shelf signal: Basketball Stories
23. After the Game
Abbi Glines
Fits this list for its focus on football.
Shelf signal: Emotions & Feelings for Teens
24. Curveball: the Year I Lost My Grip
Jordan Sonnenblick
Included for strong young alignment with this football list.
Shelf signal: Baseball & Softball