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Books by John Feinstein






Last Shot(1st Edition)
Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by Yearling
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-553-49460-0, ISBN: 0-553-49460-0

"Steven Thomas is one of two lucky winners of the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Association’s contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It’s a basketball junkie’s dream come true!But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Steven and h ..."






A Good Walk Spoiled(1st Edition)
Days and Nights on the PGA Tour
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1996 by Little, Brown And Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-27737-2, ISBN: 0-316-27737-1

"On those magnificent days on which your drives split the fairway down the middle and your wedge shots leave you putting for birdie, you think: "I wonder if I could do this for a living." After all, guys in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, guys no one heard of until recently, are making planeloads of money on the various golf tours (and buying private planes to take them from one big-money tournament to the next). A Good Walk Spoiled is a b ..."






Change-Up(Reprint)
Mystery at the World Series (The Sports Beat, 4)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-84759-2, ISBN: 0-375-84759-6

"A behind-the-scenes mystery at the World Series from bestseller John Feinstein. Bestselling author, journalist, and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another high-stakes sports mystery. Teen reporters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are covering baseball's World Series, and during the course of an interview with a new hot pitcher, they discover more than a few contradictions in his life story. What's he hiding? An em ..."






Backfield Boys(Reprint)
A Football Mystery in Black and White
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2018 by Square Fish
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-18064-3, ISBN: 1-250-18064-3

"“The best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe) tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.Renowned sports journalist and New York Times–bestselling author John Feinstein’s young adult novel Backfield Boys follows best friends and football stars Jason Roddin and Tom Jefferson, a perfect, though unconventional, pair: Jason, the Jewish kid, is lightning fast and a natural wide-receiver, ..."






Where Nobody Knows Your Name(Reprint)
Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball (Anchor Sports)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Anchor
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-94958-5, ISBN: 0-307-94958-3

"From master sportswriter John Feinstein, author of A Good Walk Spoiled and A Season on the Brink, a riveting journey through baseball's bittersweet proving grounds: the minor leagues.Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums, $5 tickets, $2 hot dogs, the never-ending possibility of making it big. But overshadowing it all is always the real deal: Major League Baseball. John Feinstein takes the reader ..."






The Walk On(Reprint)
(The Triple Threat, 1)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Yearling
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-75349-4, ISBN: 0-385-75349-7

"Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town.   Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it’s clear that that position is very much filled by the coach’s son, Matt.   Alex has the better arm, but Matt has more experience—and the coach’s loyalty. Alex finally gets a chan ..."






Vanishing Act(Reprint)
Mystery at the U.S. Open (The Sports Beat, 2)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 279 Pages, Published 2008 by Yearling
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-42125-2, ISBN: 0-440-42125-X

"Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson return in another fast-paced, action-packed sports mystery. The two teenage sports reporters have kept in touch after their wild time at the Final Four, and when Susan Carol manages to score a press pass to cover the first week of the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in New York, Stevie works out a way to be there as well. The behind-the-scenes action in the world of professional tennis is occasionally ..."






Caddy for Life(Reprint)
The Bruce Edwards Story
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2005 by Back Bay Books
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-01086-3, ISBN: 0-316-01086-3

"Beyond golf's polished surface there lies a world not often seen by the average fan. The caddy sees everything - the ambition, the strategy, the rivalries, the jealousies - that occurs behind the scenes. Award-winning John Feinstein, America's favourite sportswriter, got one of golf's legendary caddies to reveal the secrets behind the most popular sport of our time. Bruce Edwards was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in January 2003, ..."






The Majors-In Pursuit of Golf's Holy Grail(Reprint)
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2000 by Back Bay Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-27795-2, ISBN: 0-316-27795-9

"As much a force of nature in sporting pursuits as John Grisham is on lawyers or Steven King is on the weird, the dauntingly prolific John Feinstein once again steps up to take a swing at golf. While A Good Walk Spoiled chronicles the pressures and tensions of a full season on the PGA Tour, The Majors narrows the vista, and expands the importance, to the chase for the four prestigious titles--the Masters, the US Open, the British Op ..."






The Back Roads to March
The Unsung, Unheralded, and Unknown Heroes of a College Basketball Season
by John Feinstein
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2020 by Doubleday
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-54448-1, ISBN: 0-385-54448-0

"Thirty years ago after changing the sports book landscape with his mega-hit, A Season on the Brink, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Feinstein returns to his first love--college basketball--with a fascinating and compelling journey through a landscape of unsung, unpublicized and often unknown heroes of Division-1 college hoops.     John Feinstein has already taken readers into the inner circles of top college basketball program ..."






Cover-up(Reprint)
Mystery at the Super Bowl
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 2008 by Yearling
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-440-42205-1, ISBN: 0-440-42205-1

"New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein tackles doping in the NFL in this exciting football mystery.   The Super Bowl. America’s biggest sports spectacle. Over 95 million fans will be watching, but teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol know that what they’ll be watching is a lie. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests. They know the owner is trying to cover ..."






Let Me Tell You a Story(Reprint)
A Lifetime in the Game
by John Feinstein, Red Auerbach
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2005 by Back Bay Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-01072-6, ISBN: 0-316-01072-3

""Did I ever tell you about Wilt Chamberlain?" "Did I ever tell you about Bob Cousy?" "Did I ever tell you about Joe DiMaggio?" Whenever Arnold "Red" Auerbach starts a sentence with those six words -- "Did I ever tell you about . . ." -- anyone within earshot should prepare to hear a marvelous story. As a living legend among sports fans, Red Auerbach -- the fiery coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships, eight of them ..."






Open(Reprint)
Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2004 by Back Bay Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-77852-7, ISBN: 0-316-77852-4

"Tiger Woods has called the U.S. Open "the most difficult national championship." With Open, John Feinstein goes behind the scenes to tell for the first time the full story of how the 2002 U.S. Open Championship came into being-how a public course was transformed into one of the most difficult and surprising in the tournament's history, and how the greatest golfers in the world rose to its almost insurmountable challenges. The Black cou ..."






The Punch(1st Edition)
One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever
by John Feinstein
Hardcover, 366 Pages, Published 2002 by Little, Brown
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-27972-7, ISBN: 0-316-27972-2

"In an incisive look at the dark side of the NBA, the author of The Last Amateurs describes a 1977 brawl between the Houston Rockets and L.A. Lakers and its repercussions, especially for two players--Rudy Tomjanovich and Kermit Washington--in terms of such issues as race, violence in sports, and conspiracy. 175,000 first printing."






The Majors(1st Edition)
In Pursuit of Golf's Holy Grail
by John Feinstein, Rocco Mediate
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 1999 by Little, Brown
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-27971-0, ISBN: 0-316-27971-4

"Now in paperback: the bestselling book in which America's favorite sportswriter returns to the turf of his enormously popular A Good Walk Spoiled and takes us into the lives of the world's greatest golfers as they survive a year of the world's toughest tournaments."






A Season on the Brink(Reprint)
A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers
by John Feinstein, Alastair Mcguire
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-5025-9, ISBN: 1-4516-5025-6

"Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink remains the classic of the genre and an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight. This anniversary edition features an updated package and a new Introduction by Feinstein. Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks atop the New York Times b ..."






The Legends Club(Reprint)
Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2017 by Anchor
ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-7317-9, ISBN: 0-8041-7317-6

"The riveting inside story of college basketball's fiercest rivalry among three coaching legends University of North Carolina's Dean Smith, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, and North Carolina State's Jim Valvano by the king of college basketball writers, #1 "New York Times" bestseller John Feinstein On March 18, 1980, the immensely powerful Duke basketball program announced the hiring of its new coach the man who would resurrect the team, restore ..."






The Legends Club(2nd Edition)
Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and the Story of an Epic College Basketball Rivalry
by John Feinstein
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2016 by Doubleday
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-53941-8, ISBN: 0-385-53941-X

"The riveting inside story of college basketball's fiercest rivalry among three coaching legends—University of North Carolina's Dean Smith, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, and North Carolina State's Jim Valvano—by the king of college basketball writers, #1 New York Times bestseller John FeinsteinOn March 18, 1980, the immensely powerful Duke basketball program announced the hiring of its new coach—the man who would resurrect the team, restore gl ..."






Cover-up
Mystery at the Super Bowl (The Sports Beat, 3)
by John Feinstein
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by Knopf Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-84247-4, ISBN: 0-375-84247-0

"New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein tackles doping in the NFL in this exciting football mystery.   The Super Bowl. America’s biggest sports spectacle. Over 95 million fans will be watching, but teen sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol know that what they’ll be watching is a lie. They know that the entire offensive line of the California Dreams have failed their doping tests. They know the owner is trying to cover ..."






A Good Walk Spoiled(Reprint)
Days and Nights on the PGA Tour
by John Feinstein
Paperback, 680 Pages, Published 2005 by Little, Brown And Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-01154-9, ISBN: 0-316-01154-1

"In John Feinstien's A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour, someone asks Faldo, after his final round in the PGA, if his failure to win a major last year was a problem with his putter. "The problem, " Faldo said, "was with the puttee." If you've ever shanked a two footer, or taken a divot out of the green, you'll know something of what he was talking about, but for a fully textured understanding of this most cere ..."



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