Baseball's Shining Season
Martin W. Sandler, Craig Sandler
Published 2026
192 pages
The most popular baseball books of 2026
Baseball books celebrate a game rich in stories and statistics. Great players, historic seasons, famous ballparks and the numbers behind winning are all here. The sport has inspired some of the best sports writing there is, so these books reward even casual fans. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Would You Rather Smash a Home Run or Pitch a Perfect Game?
Matt Chandler
Published 2026
32 pages
The Story of the Minnesota Twins
Joe Tischler
Published 2026
32 pages
Before the Blue Jays Professional Baseball in Toronto Prior to 1977
Harvey Sahker
Published 2026
312 pages
Fame Aaron Judge
Darren Davis
Published 2026
26 pages
The Story of the Miami Marlins
Michael E. Goodman
Published 2026
32 pages
Shohei Ohtani
Nicole de las Heras
Published 2026
24 pages
Meet the San Francisco Giants (Terrific Teams (Lerner Sports Rookie))
Percy Leed
Published 2026
24 pages
Spitballer Stan Coveleski and the 1920 Cleveland Indians
William C. Kashatus
Published 2026
256 pages
The Greatest of Their Times Comparing Baseball's Peak Performers Across Eras
R. Gordon Shepherd, A. Gary Shepherd, Matthew D Moore
Published 2026
223 pages
Home Plate Bound
Noah Leatherland
Published 2026
72 pages
Your Detroit Tigers The Great, the Good, and the Neither
Alex Avila, Tom Gage
Published 2026
256 pages
The First All-Star Game
Randall Sullivan
Published 2026
388 pages
Cancel Me If You Can
Dave Portnoy
Published 2026
288 pages
Nelly at Bat, Nelly Al Bate A Bilingual Biography of Nelson Cruz's Journey to the Major Leagues
Mayrely Pérez, Guillermina Esquivel
Published 2026
32 pages
Shohei Ohtani vs. David Ortiz Who Would Win?
Peter Douglas
Published 2026
32 pages
The Story of the Baltimore Orioles
Jim Whiting
Published 2026
32 pages
Summer of the Cheap Wieners What the 1941 Phillies Were Up to While Joe Dimaggio Was Making History
Justin Klugh
Published 2026
224 pages
The Story of the Boston Red Sox
Joe Tischler
Published 2026
32 pages
The Story of the Chicago White Sox
Joe Tischler
Published 2026
32 pages
Battlefields The Chicago White Sox and the Great War
Jim Leeke
Published 2026
240 pages
Segregation Games Boston, Busing, and the Making of Red Sox Nation
David Faflik
Published 2026
192 pages
Rounding the Bases The Story of Little League Baseball in Japan
James J. Orr
Published 2026
288 pages
The Story of the Detroit Tigers
Joe Tischler
Published 2026
32 pages