Baseball Books for MLB Opening Week

by Dan Barry

Destined to take its place among the classics of baseball literature. Full review >

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by Zev Chafets

Amusing, sardonic and convincing. Full review >

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by Jerome Charyn

Though sometimes over the top as he reimagines DiMaggio—“[Yankee] Stadium’s suffering Christ”—Charyn supplies an intriguing,... Full review >

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edited by Nicholas Dawidoff

Of obvious appeal to baseball fans of all ages, but also a delight for general readers—and worthy of attention from scholars... Full review >

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by Dan Epstein

Baseball fans and non-fans alike will revel in this loving look at a long-gone era. Full review >

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by Doug Glanville

A simulacrum of the author’s career—some swings and misses, but generates enough hits to maintain interest. Full review >

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by Zack Hample

Not the type of book to read in one setting, but its information could fill many seasons of baseball broadcasts. Full review >

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by Kostya Kennedy

A fine baseball book and an expert social history. Full review >

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by Jane Leavy

The best of the Mantle biographies. Full review >

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by Norman L. Macht

A compelling look at a legend and an era. Full review >

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by Joe Posnanski

A worthy paean to an American legend. Full review >

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by John Thorn

A glittering 1889 banquet at Delmonico’s—Teddy Roosevelt and Mark Twain attended—welcomed home Albert Goodwill Spalding’s... Full review >

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