What to Read After October 1964
Readers who loved October 1964 by David Halberstam keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where October 1964 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 October 1964
Ball Four
The Glory of Their Times
The new Bill James historical baseball abstract
Joe DiMaggio
Luckiest Man
Clemente
The summer game
Crazy '08
The machine
Bang the drum slowly
Wait Till Next Year
Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning
The pitch that killed
Summer of '49
A Well-Paid Slave
If I Never Get Back
The Teammates
Baseball's great experiment
Eight Men Out
Paper Lion
A season on the brink
When Pride Still Mattered
Juiced
The Soul of Baseball