Adventure is the theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program. This week we’re featuring books about athleticism and the Olympics. Find out how the modern Olympics began. Or read about what it’s like to compete at the highest level on a global stage by reading a memoir written by an Olympian. No matter how you choose to participate, remember: adventure begins at your library!
Adult Nonfiction
BRACE ENOUGH by Jessie Diggins (DBC 17761)
BUTTERFLY: FROM REFUGEE TO OLYMPIAN– MY STORY OF RESCUE, HOPE, AND TRIUMPH by Yusra Mardini (DB 91238)
COWBOY STUNTMAN: FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO THE SILVER SCREEN by Dean Smith (DB 96572)
DON’T GIVE UP, DON’T GIVE IN: LESSONS FROM AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE by Louis Zamperini (DB 81537)
DREAM TEAM: HOW MICHAEL, MAGIC, LARRY, CHARLES, AND THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL TIME CONQUERED THE WORLD AND CHANGED THE GAME OF BASKETBALL FOREVER by Jack McCallum (DB 75291)
FINISH STRONG: A FATHER’S CODE AND A SON’S PATH by Nate Ebner (DB 103430)
GAMES: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS by David Goldblatt (DB 91775, BR 22356)
GOING FOR WISCONSIN GOLD: STORIES OF OUR STATE OLYMPIANS by Jessie Garcia (DBC 08262)
IT’S TRUE! IT’S TRUE! by Kurt Angle (DB 53200)
LETTERS TO A YOUNG GYMNAST by Nadia Comaneci (DB 91675)
MAKING OF A MIRACLE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE 1980 GOLD MEDAL-WINNING U.S. OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM by Mike Eruzione (DB 98705)
NAKED OLYMPICS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ANCIENT GAMES by Tony Perrottet (DB 58757)
OLYMPIC PRIDE, AMERICAN PREJUDICE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF 18 AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO DEFIED JIM CROW AND ADOLF HITLER TO COMPETE IN THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS by Deborah Riley Draper (DB 98792)
SIXTH MAN: A MEMOIR by Andre Igodala (DB 95635)
SPEED KINGS: THE 1932 WINTER OLYMPICS AND THE FASTEST MEN IN THE WORLD by Andy Bull (DB 82853)
THREE-YEAR SWIM CLUB: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MAUI’S SUGAR DITCH KIDS AND THEIR QUEST FOR OLYMPIC GLORY by Julie Checkoway (DB 83154)
TIGERBELLE: THE WYOMIA TYUS STORY by Wyomia Tyus (DB 93189)
TOUGH GIRL: LESSONS IN COURAGE AND HEART FROM OLYMPIC GOLD TO THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO by Carolyn Wood (DBC 15867)
WATERMEN: THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN SWIMMING AND ONE YOUNG MAN’S FIGHT TO CAPTURE OLYMPIC GOLD by (DB 118959 IN PROCESS)
Adult Fiction
Español
TRANSBORDO EN MOSCÚ by Eduardo Mendoza (DB 112229)
English
BEAR PIT by Jon Cleary (DB 99168)
BONE CAGE by Angie Abdou (DBG 08478, BRG 02738)
GAMES by James Patterson (DB 85110)
GOLD by Chris Cleave (DB 75265)
HORSEWOMAN by James Patterson (DB 106198, LB 13608)
LONG JOURNEY HOME by Don Coldsmith (BR 14492)
PRIVATE GAMES by James Patterson (DB 74689)
RAT CATCHERS’ OLYMPICS by Colin Cotterill (DB 96083)
TYPHOON by Charles Cumming (DBC 26527)
Young Adult Nonfiction
GOLD IN THE WATER: THE TRUE STORY OF ORDINARY MEN AND THEIR EXTRAORDINARY DREAM OF OLYMPIC GLORY by P. H. Mullen (DB 56039)
GRACE, GOLD AND GLORY: MY LEAP OF FAITH by Gabrielle Douglas (DB 76347)
INAUGURAL BALLERS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST US WOMEN’S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM by Andrew Maraniss (DB 110512, LB 14383)
WORK WITH WHAT YOU GOT: A MEMOIR by Zion Clark (DB 117752 IN PROCESS)
Young Adult Fiction
EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN’T by Sara Fujimura (DB 99186)
Juvenile Nonfiction
AS FAST AS HER: DREAM BIG, BREAK BARRIERS, ACHIEVE SUCCESS by Kendall Coyne (DBC 26533) Grades 6-9
BOBBIE ROSENFELD: THE OLYMPIAN WHO COULD DO EVERYTHING by Anne Dublin (BRG 00872) Grades 3-6
COURAGE TO SOAR: A BODY IN MOTION, A LIFE IN BALANCE by Simone Biles (DB 103602)
FIERCE: HOW COMPETING FOR MYSELF CHANGED EVERYTHING by Aly Raisman (DB 89796)
STORY OF THE OLYMPICS by Dave Anderson (DB 50298) Grades 5-8
WOMEN OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS by Nathan Aaseng (DB 54640) Grades 5-8
Juvenile Fiction
GOLD MEDAL MESS: MVP BOOK 1 by David A. Kelly (DB 87575) Grades 2-4
HOUR OF THE OLYMPICS: MAGIC TREE HOUSE, BOOK 16 by Mary Pope Osborne (DB 54426, BR 23037, en español DB 110933) Grades 2-4
MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MEDALIST: KUDO KIDS by Maia Shibutani (DB 100823)
In honor of March Madness, here are some books about NCAA basketball. We even have some fiction novels that feature college basketball, as well as some titles for readers in middle and high school, in addition to those for older readers.
Adult Nonfiction
ADOLP RUPP AS I KNEW HIM by Harry Lancaster (DBC 24595)
ADOLPH RUPP KENTUCKY’S BASKETBALL BARON by Russell Rice (DBC 15995)
BACK ROADS TO MARCH: THE UNSUNG, UNHERALDED, AND UNKNOWN HEROES OF A COLLEGE BASKETBALL SEASON by John Feinstein (DB 98811)
CITY GAME: TRIUMPH, SCANDAL, AND A LEGENDARY BASKETBALL TEAM by Matthew Goodman (DB 97442)
COACH’S LIFE: MY FORTY YEARS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Dean Smith (DB 49993)
DARE TO DREAM: CONNECTICUT BASKETBALL’S REMARKABLE MARCH TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP by Jim Calhoun (DBC 27991)
GAME CHANGERS: DEAN SMITH, CHARLIE SCOTT, AND THE ERA THAT TRANSFORMED A SOUTHERN COLLEGE TOWN by Art Chansky (DBC 06127)
GETTING OPEN: THE UNKNOWN STORY OF BILL GARRETT AND THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Tom Graham (DBC 13596)
GLORY ROAD: MY STORY OF THE 1966 NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND HOW ONE TEAM TRIUMPHED AGAINST THE ODDS AND CHANGED AMERICA FOREVER by Don Haskins (DBC 18444)
HEART OF A HUSKY: DETERMINATION, PRESERVERANCE, AND A QUEST FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP by Mel Thomas (DBC 27930)
I CAME AS A SHADOW by John Thompson (DB 106147)
INDENTURED: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE REBELLION AGAINST THE NCAA by Joseph Nocera (DB 83746)
LAST TEMPTATION OF RICK PITINO: A STORY OF CORRUPTION, SCANDAL, AND THE BIG BUSINESS OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL by Michael Y. Sokolove (DBC 15929)
LEGENDS CLUB: DEAN SMITH, MIKE KRZYZEWSKI, JIM VALVANO, AND AN EPIC COLLEGE BASKETBALL RIVALRY by John Feinstein (DB 84012)
SEASON INSIDE: ONE YEAR IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL by John Feinstein (DB 29466)
SHOCK THE WORLD: UCONN BASKETBALL IN THE CALHOUN ERA by Peter F. Burns (DBC 02525)
STRONG INSIDE: PERRY WALLACE AND THE COLLISION OF RACE AND SPORTS IN THE SOUTH by Andrew Maraniss (DB 81132)
YEAR AT THE TOP: KENTUCKY WILDCATS ’78-’79 by J. F. McGill (DBC 24571)
Adult Fiction
BARNEY POLAN’S GAME: NOVEL OF THE 1951 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS by Charles Rosen (DB 47213)
CHAMELEON: THE MARCH MADNESS MURDERS by Matthew O’Brien (DBC 17812)
FOUL SHOT by Doug Hornig (DB 22820)
Young Adult Nonfiction
WHEN MARCH WENT MAD: THE GAME THAT TRANSFORMED BASKETBALL by Seth Davis (DB 69289)
Young Adult Fiction
FINAL FOUR by Paul Volponi (DB 74787)
Juvenile Nonfiction
STRONG INSIDE: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW PERRY WALLACE BROKE COLLEGE BASKETBALL’S COLOR LINE by Andrew Maraniss (DB 87214) Grades 6-9
Juvenile Fiction
LAST SHOT: A FINAL FOUR MYSTERY by John Feinstein (DB 60035, BRC 01414) Grades 6-9
