Books like Boxer

Loved Boxer by David Chandler? Here are 7 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.

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1The Sweet Science
The Sweet Science
A. J. Liebling
A collection of essays on boxing from the 1940s and 1950s, written by a sportswriter who treats the fights as a window onto the wider world.
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2On Boxing
On Boxing
Joyce Carol Oates
A nonfiction meditation on boxing's history, violence and appeal, written by a novelist who has followed the sport for decades.
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3Fat City
Fat City
Leonard Gardner
A novel about small-time boxers in Stockton, California, who fight for little money and dream of getting out of their working-class lives.
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4Ali
Ali
Jonathan Eig
A full biography of Muhammad Ali that places his boxing career within the racial, political and religious history of his time.
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5Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly
Mark Harris
A novel about a baseball catcher facing a terminal illness, which uses a team sport to look at friendship, loyalty and mortality.
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6Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights
Buzz Bissinger
A nonfiction account of a high school football team in West Texas, combining close reporting on the players with the town's pressures and hopes.
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7The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown
The story of the University of Washington rowing team that won Olympic gold in 1936, told as sports history with a close look at its individual rowers.
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The Sweet Science