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The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek

Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels by Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins

Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson, MBA

2020

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova

Secondary Break: An NBA Dad’s Story by Marvin Williams Sr.

Full Count by David Cone and Jack Curry

Ballplayer by Chipper Jones with Carroll Rogers Walton

Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script To Screen by Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins

Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s by Jeff Pearlman

Wes Craven: The Man and His Nightmares by John Wooley

Up, Up & Away (Montreal Expos book) by Jonah Keri

Watchmen by Alan Moore

2019

The Serial Killer Files by Harold Schechter

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

Edgar by Edgar Martinez with Larry Stone

Lou: Fifty Years of Kicking Dirt, Playing Hard, and Winning Big in the Sweet Spot of Baseball by Lou Piniella with Bill Madden

One Last Strike by Tony La Russa with Rick Hummel

West Cork: Every Countryside Has a Dark Side by Sam Bungery and Jennifer Forde (Podcast)

Pulling the Trigger: the Biography of Poker Pro Eli Elezra by Eli Elezra with Matan Krakow and Yoav Ronel

Inside the Mind of BTK by John Douglas

The Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen

Chasing Cosby: The Downfall of America’s Dad by Nicole Weisensee Egan

Calypso by David Sedaris

Shipwrecked: A People’s History of the Seattle Mariners by Jon Wells

Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby

Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss by Marty Appel

Becoming by Michelle Obama

JUICED by Jose Canseco (second read)

2018

Evil Has a Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation by Paul Holes, Jim Clemente, and Peter McDonnell

The Last Days of August by Jon Ronson

Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Catch the Green River Killer by Sheriff David Reichert (second read)

Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule (second read)

Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James S. Hirsch

Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball’s Steroid Era by Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts

The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez by Philip Carlo

Columbine by Dave Cullen

Tiger Woods by Armen Keteyian and Jeff Benedict

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan

Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door by Tim Potter, Ray Wenzl, and Hurst Laviata

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (second read)

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Catch the Green River Killer by Sheriff David Reichert

Green River, Running Red: The True Story of America’s Deadliest Serial Killer by Ann Rule

2017

Ted and Ann: The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy by Rebecca Morris

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Painless Poker by Tommy Angelo

Poker Brat by Phil Hellmuth

It by Stephen King

Babe: The Legend Comes To Life by Robert W. Creamer

2016

Molly’s Game by Molly Bloom

The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Shumer

A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Kid: The Immortal Life Of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr.

Harry Potter & The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne

Poker Tilt by Dutch Boyd

Life’s A Gamble by Mike Sexton

The Kid: The Immortal Life Of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr.

The Professor, The Banker, And The Suicide King: Inside The Richest Poker Game Of All Time by Michael Craig

The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season by Larry Svrluga

Undisputed Truth by Larry Sloman and Mike Tyson

2015

Civil War Marvel graphic novel by Mark Millar

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

A Thin Dark Line by Tami Hoag

The Closer by Mariano Rivera and Wayne Coffee

Open by Andre Agassi

Ball Four by Jim Bouton

The Dark Story Of Eminem by Nick Hasted

The Stand by Stephen King

2014

The Beatles by Bob Spitz

Pete Rose by Kostya Kennedy

Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby

Game Of Shadows by Lance Williams, Mark Fainaru-Wada

Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Godfather Of Poker by Doyle Brunson

2013

The Captain by Ian O’Connor

Michael Jackson: The Magic And The Madness by J. Randy Taraborrelli