Sunday, November 27, 2011

Fiction or non-fiction Feinstein?

John Feinstein is known for his fiction young adult sports novels:

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Vanishing Act
Cover Up: Mystery at the Superbowl
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series
and his latest The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army Navy Game.



Some may not know that John Feinstein is also a sports commentator and the author of two of the best-selling non-fiction sports books in history. In A Good Walk Spoiled (1995), Feinstein traveled on the PGA Golf Tour for a year and tells the stories of 17 golfers. In A Season on the Brink, Feinstein follows Bob Knight and the University of Indiana basketball team during the 1985-86 season. If you are bored with fiction sports books, then you should consider Feinstein's non-ficiton novels.


Here are some additional non-fiction titles by Feinstein:
Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four,
Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember,
                             The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever

If you can't seem to get enough of John Feinstein, you can follow his blog: http://feinsteinonthebrink.com/index.php

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