What to Read After Summer of '49
Readers who loved Summer of '49 by David Halberstam keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Summer of '49 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 Summer of '49
Eight Men Out
Moneyball
Luckiest Man
The Glory of Their Times
Joe DiMaggio
The new Bill James historical baseball abstract
Crazy '08
The summer game
The machine
October 1964
The pitch that killed
The Teammates
Ball Four
A season on the brink
Clemente
Paper Lion
The Yankee Years
When Pride Still Mattered
Shoeless Joe
Education of a Coach, The
NOW I CAN DIE IN PEACE
The breaks of the game
Game of shadows
Bang the drum slowly