40 лучших книг о спорте и олимпийском движении.

Aug 10, 2024 10:26

Источники:
WSJ: "Десять невероятных спортивных книг, которые стоит прочитать во время Олимпиады";
Economist: "Пять книг о достоинствах и недостатках Олимпиады";
Booker: "Семь романов со спортивной тематикой, номинированных на Букеровскую премию" (упомянуты также и другие книги, написанные авторами, номинированными на Букеровскую премию, в которых содержатся спортивные моменты);
Atlantic: "Семь книг, которые изменят ваш взгляд на Олимпиаду";
WSJ, плавание: "Пять лучших книг о плавании".

1. Андре Агасси. "Откровенно. Автобиография" (WSJ)
2. Дэвид Эпштейн. "Спортивный ген" (Economist)
3. Мартин Эмис. "Лондонские поля" (Booker)
4. Дэвид Стори. "Такова спортивная жизнь" (Booker)
5. Джулиан Барнс. "Одна история" (Booker)
6. Бонни Цуй. "Зачем мы плаваем" (WSJ, плавание)
7. Hanif Abdurraqib. "There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension" (WSJ)
8. Sam Anderson. "Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis" (WSJ)
9. Bill Barich. "Laughing in the Hills: A Story of Life and the Race Track" (WSJ)
10. Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer и John Thorn. "The Hidden Game of Football: A Revolutionary Approach to the Game and Its Statistics" (WSJ)
11. Georgia Cloepfil. "The Striker and the Clock: On Being in the Game" (WSJ)
12. Mark Fainaru-Wada и Lance Williams. "Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports" (WSJ)
13. Ben Lindbergh и Sam Miller. "The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team" (WSJ)
14. Rae Meadows. "Winterland" (WSJ)
15. Matthew Salesses. "The Sense of Wonder" (WSJ)
16. David Goldblatt. "The Games: A Global History of the Olympics" (Economist)
17. Neal Bascomb. "The Perfect Mile" (Economist)
18. David Halberstam. "The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal" (Economist)
19. Andrew Zimbalist. "Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup" (Economist)
20. Barry Siegel. "Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics Transformed Los Angeles From Dusty Outpost to Global Metropolis" (Atlantic)
21. Allen Guttmann. "The Games Must Go On: Avery Brundage and the Olympic Movement" (Atlantic)
22. Cecé Telfer. "Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner" (Atlantic)
23. Jules Boykoff. "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics" (Atlantic)
24. Jeremy Schaap. "Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics" (Atlantic)
25. Ashley Brown. "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Atlantic)
26. Julie Kliegman. "Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes" (Atlantic)
27. Chetna Maroo. "Western Lane" (Booker)
28. Nicola Barker. "The Yips" (Booker)
29. Joseph O’Neill. "Netherland" (Booker)
30. Guy Gunarante. "In Our Mad and Furious City" (Booker)
31. Tibor Fischer. "Under The Frog" (Booker)
32. Roddy Doyle. "The Van" (Booker)
33. Rita Bullwinkel. "Headshot" (Booker)
34. Shehan Karunatilaka. "Chinaman" (Booker)
35. Howard Jacobson. "The Mighty Walzer" (Booker)
36. Don DeLillo. "Underworld by Don DeLillo" (Booker)
37. P.H. Mullen. "Gold in the Water" (WSJ, плавание)
38. Dara Torres и Elizabeth Weil. "Age Is Just a Number" (WSJ, плавание)
39. Julie Checkoway. "The Three-Year Swim Club" (WSJ, плавание)
40. Lynn Sherr. "Swim: Why We Love the Water" (WSJ, плавание)

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Общее:Лучшее, Жанр:Спорт, Жанр:Классика, Жанр:Биографии, Жанр:Журнальные статьи, Жанр:non fiction

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