Last year, one of my most popular lists was the list of the year’s best selling sports books. It included Joe Torre’s “The Yankee Years,” written with Tom Verducci, at 320,000 copies through September ’09 and “Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” at 78,000 copies sold through September ‘09.
I called the folks back at Nielsen Bookscan, which provides the data, and asked them for this year’s list. Note that this data does not include sales from Wal-Mart, Sam’s, BJ’s or libraries.
1. “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis, 315,000 copies sold
2. “Born To Run” by Christopher McDougall, 121,000 copies sold
3. “Open” by Andre Agassi, 103,000 copies sold
4. “Coming Back Stronger” by Drew Brees, 69,000 copies sold
5. “Willie Mays” by James S. Hirsch, 64,000 copies sold
T6. “Mike & Mike’s Rules for Sports and Life” by Mike Greenberg & Mike Golic, 45,000 copies sold
T6. “Steinbrenner” by Bill Madden, 45,000 copies sold
7. “Soccernomics” by Simon Kuper, 34,000 copies sold
T8. “The Bullpen Gospels” by Dirk Hayhurst, 29,000 copies sold
T8. “Moneyball” by Michael Lewis, 29,000 copies sold
9. “Home Team” by Sean Payton, 28,000 copies sold
10. “Strength Training Anatomy” by Frederic Delavier, 27,000 copies sold
