What to Read After Paper Lion
Readers who loved Paper Lion by George Plimpton keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Paper Lion is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Paper Lion
When Pride Still Mattered
A season on the brink
Boys will be boys
North Dallas forty.
Namath
The Junction boys
Heaven is a playground
The summer game
October 1964
Ball Four
Summer of '49
Joe DiMaggio
Eight Men Out
I am third
The Glory of Their Times
The Teammates
Loose Balls
The breaks of the game
Bang the drum slowly
The game
Clemente
Luckiest Man
The natural
A good walk spoiled