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    The Best Baseball Novels, recommended by Michael Carlson

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    The Best Baseball Novels - The Universal Baseball Association by Robert Coover

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    The Universal Baseball Association
    by Robert Coover

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    The Best Baseball Novels - Bang The Drum Slowly by Mark Harris (1922-2007)

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    Bang The Drum Slowly
    by Mark Harris (1922-2007)

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    The Best Baseball Novels - The Veracruz Blues by Mark Winegardner

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    The Veracruz Blues
    by Mark Winegardner

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    The Best Baseball Novels - Hoopla by Harry Stein

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    Hoopla
    by Harry Stein

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    The Best Baseball Novels - The Natural by Bernard Malamud and Kevin Baker

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    The Natural
    by Bernard Malamud and Kevin Baker

The Best Baseball Novels, recommended by Michael Carlson

Sports pundit Michael Carlson says baseball reflects an American ideal which is now an American fantasy. It works well as a metaphor for life, which may be why there have been so many good novels written about it

    The best books on Baseball, recommended by Joe Posnanski

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    The best books on Baseball - The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

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    The Boys of Summer
    by Roger Kahn

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    The best books on Baseball - The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James

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    The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
    by Bill James

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    The best books on Baseball - Ball Four by Jim Bouton

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    Ball Four
    by Jim Bouton

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    The best books on Baseball - The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S Ritter

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    The Glory of Their Times
    by Lawrence S Ritter

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    The best books on Baseball - Sandy Koufax by Jane Leavy

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    Sandy Koufax
    by Jane Leavy

The best books on Baseball, recommended by Joe Posnanski

The Sports Illustrated columnist says the best sports books tell human stories – and tells us why nostalgia is intrinsic to baseball

    The best books on Baseball, recommended by John Thorn

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    The best books on Baseball - Baseball by Robert Smith

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    Baseball
    by Robert Smith

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    The best books on Baseball - Baseball: The Early Years by Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills

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    Baseball: The Early Years
    by Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills

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    The best books on Baseball - Baseball Before We Knew It by David Block

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    Baseball Before We Knew It
    by David Block

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    The best books on Baseball - The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S Ritter

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    The Glory of Their Times
    by Lawrence S Ritter

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    The best books on Baseball - Baseball’s Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel

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    Baseball’s Great Experiment
    by Jules Tygiel

The best books on Baseball, recommended by John Thorn

John Thorn, the official historian for Major League Baseball, explains how America’s national pastime has been culturally transformative, even radicalising. He recommends the best books on baseball.

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