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Books like Babe Ruth

Across Baseball, Sports & Recreation, and Biography & Autobiography — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Babe Ruth by Paul Mercer.

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Top related books to Babe Ruth

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Babe Ruth.

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done The ’69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History — Wayne R. Coffey

They Said It Couldn’t Be Done The ’69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History

Wayne R. Coffey

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Perfect, Once Removed When Baseball Was All the World to Me — Phillip Hoose

Perfect, Once Removed When Baseball Was All the World to Me

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Ultimate Yankee Book From the Beginning to Today: Trivia, Facts and Stats, Oral History, Marker Moments and Legendary Personalities—A History and Reference Book About Baseball’s Greatest Franchise — Harvey Frommer

The Ultimate Yankee Book From the Beginning to Today: Trivia, Facts and Stats, Oral History, Marker Moments and Legendary Personalities—A History and Reference Book About Baseball’s Greatest Franchise

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

That Deserves a Wow Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks — Chris Myers

That Deserves a Wow Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Final Season Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark — Tom Stanton

The Final Season Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Sports Illustrated the New York Mets At 60 Celebrating Six Decades of Amazin’ Baseball — Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated the New York Mets At 60 Celebrating Six Decades of Amazin’ Baseball

Sports Illustrated

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Lou Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball — Lou Piniella

Lou Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The MVP Machine How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players — Ben Lindbergh

The MVP Machine How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Church of Baseball The Making of Bull Durham — Ron Shelton

The Church of Baseball The Making of Bull Durham

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

A-Rod The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez — Selena Roberts

A-Rod The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Saga of Sudden Sam The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell — Sam McDowell

The Saga of Sudden Sam The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Sam McDowell

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Juiced Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big — Jose Canseco

Juiced Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

My Turn at Bat The Story of My Life — Ted Williams

My Turn at Bat The Story of My Life

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness — Buster Olney

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Bouton The Life of a Baseball Original — Mitchell Nathanson

Bouton The Life of a Baseball Original

Mitchell Nathanson

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Vin Scully The Voice of Dodger Baseball — Los Angeles Daily News

Vin Scully The Voice of Dodger Baseball

Los Angeles Daily News

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Luckiest Man The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig — Jonathan Eig

Luckiest Man The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Lefty O’Doul Baseball’s Forgotten Ambassador — Dennis Snelling

Lefty O’Doul Baseball’s Forgotten Ambassador

Dennis Snelling

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Bad Guys Won A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team to Ever Put on a New York Uniform–and Maybe the Best — Jeff Pearlman

The Bad Guys Won A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team to Ever Put on a New York Uniform–and Maybe the Best

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Behind the Plate A Catcher’s View of the Braves Dynasty — Javy Lopez

Behind the Plate A Catcher’s View of the Braves Dynasty

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

The Last Icon Tom Seaver and His Times

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Out of My League A Rookie’s Survival in the Bigs — Dirk Hayhurst

Out of My League A Rookie’s Survival in the Bigs

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Right Down the Middle The Ralph Terry Story — John Wooley

Right Down the Middle The Ralph Terry Story

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

Fame Selena Gomez EN ESPAÑOL — Marc Shapiro

Fame Selena Gomez EN ESPAÑOL

Themes: Baseball • Sports & Recreation • Biography & Autobiography

If Babe Ruth by Paul Mercer is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Baseball, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Wayne R. Coffey, Phillip Hoose, Harvey Frommer, Chris Myers, and others.

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