Sports Reads for Teens
Fiction, Graphic Novels, and Real-Life Stories
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Booked by Kwame Alexander
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles
Cold Day in the Sun by Sara Biren
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 by Daniel James Brown
Tumbling by Caela Carter
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
Derby Girl by Shauna Cross
Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince
Golden Arm by Carl Deuker
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
Foul Trouble by John Feinstein
The Walk On by John Feinstein
Pinned by Sharon G. Flake
Haikyu!! by Haruichi Furudate (manga)
Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Heat by Mike Lupica
QB 1 by Mike Lupica
Summer Ball by Mike Lupica
Travel Team by Mike Lupica
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
Breakaway by Alex Morgan
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Fence Vol. 1 by C. S. Pacat (graphic novel)
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
Ghost (Track series) by Jason Reynolds
Patina by Jason Reynolds
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
No Summit Out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits by Jordan Romero
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Football Team by Steve Sheinkin
Peak (China and Nepal) by Roland Smith
Check, Please! Book 1: #hockey by Ngozi Ukazu (graphic novel)
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Final Four by Paul Volponi
Top Prospect by Paul Volponi
Spinning by Tillie Walden (graphic novel)
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (graphic novel)