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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David Epstein

338 pages • digital • 2013

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nonfiction health science sports informative medium-paced
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

581 pages • paperback • 1952

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fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Mark Fried, Eduardo Galeano

Soccer in Sun and Shadow

Mark Fried, Eduardo Galeano

248 pages • 1995

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nonfiction sports adventurous reflective slow-paced
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

340 pages • paperback • 1995

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fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy by Dave Zirin

Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Struggle for Democracy

Dave Zirin

200 pages • 2014

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nonfiction history politics sports challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

622 pages • paperback • 2010

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nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Heaven Is a Playground by Rick Telander

Heaven Is a Playground

Rick Telander

224 pages • paperback • 1976

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nonfiction sports informative slow-paced
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life by Jacob Slichter

So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life

Jacob Slichter

304 pages • digital • 2004

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nonfiction biography memoir music informative fast-paced
Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton

Swimming Studies

Leanne Shapton

336 pages • hardcover • 2012

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nonfiction memoir sports reflective slow-paced
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

169 pages • paperback • 2014

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nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced