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Date: 5/16/2011 5:39:57 AM
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As a massive reader and collector (or possibly hoarder) of sports books i figured i'd best test the waters and see if there is anyone else out there that loves a good hoops read and has anything decent to recommend.

I've probably got 50 or so hoops books the best of which are

The Book of Basketball
Breaks of the Game
The Last Shot
Seven Seconds or Less
The Jordan Rules
The Last Amateurs
Season On The Brink

and i'll throw in Bird - the making of a basket ball legend for all the awesome stories it has about the great mans shooting feats.


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185090.2 in reply to 185090.1
Date: 5/16/2011 6:44:10 AM
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Hey not really a big reader; haven't read that many books in my life to be honest so can't give you anything to read :P
But just wondering what's a book that is a must read!, that you can recommend to me?... If you get what I mean.

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185090.3 in reply to 185090.2
Date: 5/16/2011 7:07:53 AM
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catcher in the rye

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185090.4 in reply to 185090.3
Date: 5/16/2011 7:35:40 AM
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The Great Gatsby... :-P

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185090.5 in reply to 185090.1
Date: 5/16/2011 7:35:51 AM
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Do you order them online or where do you get them from? I generally don't see anything decent basketball wise in the standard book stores like Borders, Angus & Robertson etc

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185090.6 in reply to 185090.5
Date: 5/16/2011 8:27:55 AM
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Gatby is terrible - Especially if you're not a big reader. F Scott Fitzgerald will bore the poor guy to death. I'd definitely go with Catcher int he Rye over that.

However i will take it that you mean which bball book is a must read. That's a tough call.

If you're looking for the ultimate Hoops book "The Book of Basketball" by Bill Simmons is a cracker, it's 800 pages of hoops goodness all about the NBA. But if you love the college game start with any of the John Fienstien basketball stuff.

Season on the Brink, The Last Amateurs & March to Madness are all amazing reads. He is by far my favourite sports author.

Dire i buy most of my stuff from 2 places. Amazon (it's amazingly cheap with the dollar where it is at the moment) & the other place is a little shop in Melbourne appropriately titled Melbourne Sports Books. Santo the owner is a bit of a weird cat but that shop has every sporting book you could ever want although at times it can be a bit pricey.

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185090.7 in reply to 185090.2
Date: 5/16/2011 8:34:06 AM
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Harry Potter :P

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185090.8 in reply to 185090.6
Date: 5/16/2011 8:47:10 AM
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Yeah, Gatsby is really bad.

My favourite books are The Alchemist by Coelho, The Little Prince by Saint-Exupery, Disgrace by Coetzee or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams. As far as non-fiction, A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey is wonderful.

As far as I'm concerned, the last two of those are really good reads for anyone, the first two might not be for everyone, and Disgrace is a tough read so only tackle it if you enjoy reading :P

From: Mr J

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185090.9 in reply to 185090.8
Date: 5/16/2011 9:49:15 AM
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The Origin of the Species...

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185090.10 in reply to 185090.9
Date: 5/16/2011 9:55:39 AM
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Well I did only throw the Gatsby out there in jest. I had to study it in year 12 for English so you don't need to tell me about how boring it is. ;-)

I'm more of a Raymond E Feist, David Eddings or Robert Jordan fan myself but this is a thread for basketball books and the only NBA book I ever owned, I never even read. Somebody bought me the Dennis Rodman autobiography (I have no idea why) and just couldn't get started on it...

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Date: 5/16/2011 10:17:19 AM
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I was bought the Luc Longley book "Running with the Bulls" as a present and while very biased in places was a really interesting look as a fantastic basketball era. I also have the Rodman book called "Bad as I wanna be" which it was at times.

If you like NBL at all the Andrew Gaze book is also a great read - doesn't mention how he stole my ball but the rest seems accurate and I like his style.

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