2023 #PBChallenge from Pocket Books Shop - hosted by acarter

a book featuring WOMEN'S SPORTS
2023 is the year of the Women's World Cup, and we can't wait to watch the superstar US national women's soccer team absolutely kill it once again. In their honor, pick up a book (fiction or nonfiction) featuring women's sports at any level, from high school to intramural to professional.
All books added
The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher

The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

Kara Goucher

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win by Rachel Ignotofsky

Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win

Rachel Ignotofsky

missing duration info • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism sports informative fast-paced
6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

Tess Sharpe

374 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach

Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game

Abby Wambach

112 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism self help informative inspiring fast-paced
Daphne by Josh Malerman

Daphne

Josh Malerman

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

Lauren Fleshman

7 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women by Roseanne Montillo

Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women

Roseanne Montillo

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports emotional slow-paced
Switch by A.S. King

Switch

A.S. King

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction young adult adventurous challenging medium-paced
My Greatest Save by Wayne Coffey, Robin Roberts, Briana Scurry

My Greatest Save

Wayne Coffey, Robin Roberts, Briana Scurry

8 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner

Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall

Nina Willner

416 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced