Key:
^ Nonfiction
*Grade levels are based on reviews from sources such as School Library Journal, Booklist, etc. They do not necessarily represent Alan’s and Abby’s views on grade level appropriateness.
Baseball
A Diamond in the Desert by Kathryn Fitzmaurice (Grades 4+)
^ A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson by Michelle Y. Green (Grades 4-7)
# All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg (Grades 6-8)
# All Star by Jesse Lonergan (Grades 9-12)
Babe and Me: Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman (Grades 5-9)
Baseball Crazy: Ten Stories that Cover All the Bases by Nancy Mercado, ed. (Grades 4-8)
Baseball Great by Tim Green (Grades 4-7)
Baseball in April by Gary Soto (Grades 4-7; Spanish Edition)
Beanball by Gene Fehler (Grades 5-9)
^ Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back by Josh Hamilton and Tim Keown
^ Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits by David Ortiz and Tony Massoratti (Multicultural)
Biggie by Derek E. Sullivan (Grades 9-12)
^ Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues by Patricia McKissack and Frederick McKissack
Broken Laces by Rodney Walther
Bull Catcher by Alden R. Carter (Grades 7-10)
Center Field by Robert Lipsyte (Grades 8-12)
Change-up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein (Grades 6-9)
Choosing Up Sides by John Ritter (Grades 5-9)
^ Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball’s Last Hero by David Maraniss (Spanish edition)
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert (Grades 8-11)
Curveball: The Year I Lost my Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick (Grades 7+)
Cutting Loose by Michael Lewin (Grades 8+)
Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace
^ Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series by Eliot Asinof
Extra Innings by Robert Newton Pack (Grades 6-8)
Fantasy Baseball by Alan Gratz (Grades 3-7)
# Fences by August Wilson
Fenway Fever by John Ritter (Grades 5-7)
Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote (Grades 4-6)
Forced Out (Travel Team) by Gene Fehler (Grades 4-6)
Game Seven by Paul Volponi (Grades 7-10)
Gold Dust by Chris Lynch (Grades 5+)
Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker (Grades 6-10)
Heat by Mike Lupica (Grades 5-9)
High Heat by Carl Deuker (Grades 5-8)
^ High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time by Tim Wendel
Hurricane Heat by Steven Barwin (Grades 5-8)
^ I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
Ironweed by William Kennedy
Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America’s Game by Chris Crowe (Grades 1-4)
Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park (Grades 4-7)
^ Kenichi Zenimura, Japanese American Baseball Pioneer by Bill Staples, Jr.
Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (Grades 5-8)
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff (Grades 5-8)
Lucky Enough by Fred Bowen (Grades 2-3)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Grades 6-10)
Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt De La Peña (Grades 9-12)
Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta (Grades 5-8)
My Thirteenth Season by Kristi Roberts (Grades 5-8)
No Cream Puffs by Karen Day (Grades 5-8)
^ One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard
^ Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig
Out of Order by A.M. Jenkins (Grades 8-10)
Over the Wall by John Ritter (Grades 6-9)
Painting the Black by Carl Deuker (Grades 8-12)
Pinch Hit by Tim Green (Grades 5-8)
^ Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home by Gary Moore
Plunked by Michael Northrop (Grades 9+)
^ Pujols: More than a Game by Scott Lamb, Tim Ellsworth, and Joe Posnanski
Rivals by Tim Green (Grades 5-8)
Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz (Grades 8-11)
See No Color by Shannon Gibney (Grades 9-12)
Seven Days at the Hot Corner by Terry Trueman (Grades 6-9)
# Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge (Grades 6-9)
# Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge (Grades 6-9)
Six Innings by James Preller (Grades 5-8)
Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Striking Out by Will Weaver (Grades 8-12)
Summerland by Michael Chabon (Grades 5-9)
^ The Belles of Baseball: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Nel Yomtov
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter (Grades 5-8)
The Boy Who Would Not Play Ball by Robert Taylor Brewer
The Brooklyn Nine by Alan Gratz (Grades 7-10)
^ The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Ian O’Connor
The Comeback Season by Jennifer Smith (Grades 8-11)
The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher (Grades 8-12)
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball by John Ritter (Grades 5-8)
The Girl who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane (Grades 5-9)
The Legend of Mickey Tussler by Franki Nappi (Grades 6-11)
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
^ The Orlando Cepeda Story by Bruce Markusen (Grades 6-12)
The Pitcher by William Hazelgrove (Grades 9-12)
^ Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince (Female Protagonist; Grades 9-12)
Top of the Order by John Coy (Grades 3-6)
^ We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
You Don’t Know about Me by Brian Meehl
