The Book Sense Sports & Hobbies Bestseller List

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Based on sales from hundreds of independent bookstores with Book Sense across the U.S., for the eight-week period ending June 12, 2005.

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The Book Sense Sports & Hobbies Bestseller List

1.

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
Buzz Bissinger, Houghton Mifflin, $25, 0618405445

2.

Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life
Michael Lewis, Norton, $12.95, 0393060918

3.

Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
Jonathan Eig, S&S, $26, 0743245911

4.

It's Not About the Bike
Lance Armstrong, Berkley, $14, 0425179613

5.

Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life
Johnny Damon, Crown, $24, 030723763X

6.

Moneyball
Michael M. Lewis, Norton, $13.95, 0393324818

7.

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Neal Bascomb, Mariner, $14, 0618562095

8.

Ultramarathon Man
Dean Karnazes, Tarcher/Penguin, $19.95, 1585422789

9.

A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
Jane Smiley, Anchor, $13.95, 1400033179

10.

Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History
Jeremy Schaap, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 0618551174

11.

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Lynne Cox, Harvest, $14, 0156031302

12.

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
Frank Deford, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 0871138859

13.

Friday Night Lights
H.G. Bissinger, Da Capo, $15.95, 0306813742

14.

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 0385494785

15.

Reversing the Curse: Inside the 2004 Boston Red Sox
Dan Shaughnessy, Houghton Mifflin, $23, 0618517480

16.

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Laurence Gonzales, Norton, $14.95, 0393326152

17.

Juiced
Jose Canseco, ReganBooks, $25.95, 0060746408

18.

Cork Boat: A True Story of the Unlikeliest Boat Ever Built
John Pollack, Anchor, $13.95, 1400034906

19.

Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! A Hot Lap Around America With NASCAR
Jeff MacGregor, HarperCollins, $25.95, 0060094710

20.

Slim and None
Dan Jenkins, Doubleday, $24.95, 0385508522

21.

No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me
Linda Armstrong Kelly, Broadway, $24.95, 076791855X

22.

One Magical Sunday: But Winning Isn't Everything
Phil Mickelson, Warner, $22.95, 0446578576

23.

Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story
John Feinstein, Back Bay, $14.95, 0316010863

24.

Faithful
Stewart O'Nan, Stephen King, Scribner, $26, 0743267524

25.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
Jonathan Mahler, FSG, $25, 0374175284

26.

The Secret of Golf: A Century of Groundbreaking, Innovative, and Occasionally Outlandish Ways to Master the World's Most Vexing Game
George Peper, Mary Tiegreen, Workman, $18.95, 0761136134

27.

The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream
Jim Collins, Da Capo, $14.95, 0306814188

28.

Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies
Charles Lindsay, Bulfinch, $29.95, 0821261851

29.

Still Life With Brook Trout
John Gierach, S&S, $23, 0743229940

30.

Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World
Mim E. Rivas, William Morrow, $25.95, 0060567031

31.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston, Atria, $26, 0743492811

32.

The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $30, 1401301088

33.

Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
Jeffrey Marx, S&S, $19.95, 0743269748

34.

Every Second Counts
Lance Armstrong, Broadway, $14, 0767914481

35.

The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf
Mark Frost, Hyperion, $15.95, 0786888008

36.

Touching the Void
Joe Simpson, Perennial, $12.95, 0060730552

37.

101 Reasons to Love the Red Sox: And 10 Reasons to Hate the Yankees
Dave Green, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, $14.95, 158479402X

38.

Who's Your Caddy?
Rick Reilly, Broadway, $14.95, 0767917405

39.

Grand Old Game: 365 Days of Baseball
Joe Wallace, Harry N. Abrams, $29.95, 0810955946

40.

Tour de France Companion 2005
Bob Roll, Dan Koeppel, Workman, $10.95, 076113798X

41.

Foghorn Outdoors California Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 1,500 Tent and RV Campgrounds
Tom Stienstra, Avalon Travel, $21.95, 1566916879

42.

Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby, Riverhead, $14, 1573226882

43.

The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination With Statistics
Alan Schwarz, Thomas Dunne, $13.95, 0312322232

44.

Golf Courses of the World: 365 Days
Robert Sidorsky, Harry N. Abrams, $29.95, 0810958937

45.

Bat Boy: My True Life Adventures Coming of Age With the New York Yankees
Matthew McGough, Doubleday, $22.95, 0385510209

46.

Favre
Brett Favre, Bonita Favre, Rugged Land, $29.95, 1590710363

47.

Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
Leigh Montville, Broadway, $16.95, 0767913205

48.

All Those Mornings ... at the Post: The 20th Century in Sports From Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich
Shirley Povich, PublicAffairs, $27.50, 1586483153

49.

Catch and Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life
Mark Kingwell, Penguin, $15, 0143035142

50.

Beloved Dawgs: Memories of the Four Magical Years of the Davids and Some of Their Friends
Loran Smith, Longstreet Press, $29.95, 1563527480