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10 Football Books You Must Read

Added 2025-10-29 · 10 books
North Dallas Forty
by Peter Gent
“The novel spans eight days in the life of a pro football team, starting and ending on a Monday, the day after a game.”
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
“This is brilliantly done; by now, in fact, everything is brilliantly done.”
A Fan's Notes
by Frederick Exley
“Simply a brilliant, totally original novel”
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
“If the moral clash between Herb Clutter and his killers lies at the core of In Cold Blood, a clash of a cultural kind lay behind its writing.”
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
“Grann’s new book, about how dozens of members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s were shot, poisoned or blown to bits by rapacious whites who coveted the oil under…”
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara
“The killer was a genius, but he was also a coward.”

Top 10 Best Georges Simenon Books

Added 2026-02-16 · 11 books
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
by Georges Simenon
“A brilliant new translation of one of Simenon's best loved masterpieces.”
Bad Blood
by Lorna Sage, John Carreyrou
“Bad Blood is a work of art that, phrase by spiky, gorgeous, perfectly-chosen phrase, triumphs as family psychodrama and social history too.”
Furious Hours
by Casey Cep
“Writer Casey Cep's book delivers a gripping, incredibly well-written portrait not only of Harper Lee, but also of mid-20th century Alabama.”
Empire of Pain
by Patrick Radden Keefe
“It is a chilling and mesmerizing read, 'substantially built on the family's own words'.”

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In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote On 16 lists
“If the moral clash between Herb Clutter and his killers lies at the core of In Cold Blood, a clash of a cultural kind lay behind its writing.”
★ 4.38 / 5 True Crime
Beloved

Beloved

by Toni Morrison On 14 lists
“The characters are complex.”
★ 4.42 / 5 Literary Fiction
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen On 12 lists
“Up until about page one hundred I found this book vexing, frivolous and down right tedious.”
★ 4.37 / 5 Romance
The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins On 12 lists
“This is my favorite dystopian read.”
Rebecca

Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier, Daphne Du Maurier On 11 lists
“Rebecca is a wonderfully layered murder mystery.”
★ 4.45 / 5 Gothic