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Bookmark this site if:
✅ You love football history
✅ You’re always looking for new sports reads
✅ You think Super Bowl stories > summer beach reads
🧠 Welcome to Pigskin Books.
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✅ You love football history
✅ You’re always looking for new sports reads
✅ You think Super Bowl stories > summer beach reads
🧠 Welcome to Pigskin Books.
🔗 pigskinbooks.com/
#FootballBooks #NFLBooks
The Patriots–Seahawks Super Bowl is a good moment to revisit the best reading on New England’s story.
My Top Six Books for Patriots Fans — updated with a new pick — spans dynasty, identity, and rivalry: pigskinbooks.com/2020/04/02/...
My Top Six Books for Patriots Fans — updated with a new pick — spans dynasty, identity, and rivalry: pigskinbooks.com/2020/04/02/...
Top six: books for New England Patriots fans
They are one of the most written-about teams in recent decades, but what are the best books for Patriots fans?
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February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Patriots–Seahawks Super Bowl is a good moment to revisit the best reading on New England’s story.
My Top Six Books for Patriots Fans — updated with a new pick — spans dynasty, identity, and rivalry: pigskinbooks.com/2020/04/02/...
My Top Six Books for Patriots Fans — updated with a new pick — spans dynasty, identity, and rivalry: pigskinbooks.com/2020/04/02/...
Super Bowl Sunday is a good excuse to read up on the Seahawks’ story. There aren't many to choose from for this 50-year-old franchise so if you have more suggestions, get in touch!
Here are 5 books every Seattle fan should know ⤵️
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Here are 5 books every Seattle fan should know ⤵️
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Top five: books for Seattle Seahawks fans
The essential reading list for Seattle Seahawks fans: official histories, ‘the 12s’ fan culture, Pete Carroll’s leadership tenets, and the Legion of Boom era.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Super Bowl Sunday is a good excuse to read up on the Seahawks’ story. There aren't many to choose from for this 50-year-old franchise so if you have more suggestions, get in touch!
Here are 5 books every Seattle fan should know ⤵️
pigskinbooks.com/2026/01/29/...
Here are 5 books every Seattle fan should know ⤵️
pigskinbooks.com/2026/01/29/...
Paper Lion – the original stunt book
Paper Lion gave us the template for “writer tries out for team” book. George Plimpton under centre for the Lions, plus a Hemingway recommendation for good measure. Hall-of-Fame stuff.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/09/17/...
Paper Lion gave us the template for “writer tries out for team” book. George Plimpton under centre for the Lions, plus a Hemingway recommendation for good measure. Hall-of-Fame stuff.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/09/17/...
Paper Lion by George Plimpton, review
There aren’t many football books that can boast a recommendation by Ernest Hemingway.
pigskinbooks.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Paper Lion – the original stunt book
Paper Lion gave us the template for “writer tries out for team” book. George Plimpton under centre for the Lions, plus a Hemingway recommendation for good measure. Hall-of-Fame stuff.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/09/17/...
Paper Lion gave us the template for “writer tries out for team” book. George Plimpton under centre for the Lions, plus a Hemingway recommendation for good measure. Hall-of-Fame stuff.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/09/17/...
“Story, story, story.”
That’s Jeff Benedict’s motto for writing books like The Dynasty. In our interview he talked about turning his office into a Patriots archive and building chapters on the floor from transcripts and notes.
pigskinbooks.com/2020/09/04/...
That’s Jeff Benedict’s motto for writing books like The Dynasty. In our interview he talked about turning his office into a Patriots archive and building chapters on the floor from transcripts and notes.
pigskinbooks.com/2020/09/04/...
Jeff Benedict: My motto is ‘story, story, story’
Jeff Benedict talks about chronicling the Patriots in The Dynasty and how to create an effortless reading experience.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Story, story, story.”
That’s Jeff Benedict’s motto for writing books like The Dynasty. In our interview he talked about turning his office into a Patriots archive and building chapters on the floor from transcripts and notes.
pigskinbooks.com/2020/09/04/...
That’s Jeff Benedict’s motto for writing books like The Dynasty. In our interview he talked about turning his office into a Patriots archive and building chapters on the floor from transcripts and notes.
pigskinbooks.com/2020/09/04/...
The $300 playbook.
Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge regularly sells for three figures. Dense, diagram-heavy and utterly obsessed with detail. It’s a cult object as much as a book at this point. Is it in your collection?
Full review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/10/17/...
Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge regularly sells for three figures. Dense, diagram-heavy and utterly obsessed with detail. It’s a cult object as much as a book at this point. Is it in your collection?
Full review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/10/17/...
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The $300 playbook.
Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge regularly sells for three figures. Dense, diagram-heavy and utterly obsessed with detail. It’s a cult object as much as a book at this point. Is it in your collection?
Full review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/10/17/...
Bill Walsh’s Finding the Winning Edge regularly sells for three figures. Dense, diagram-heavy and utterly obsessed with detail. It’s a cult object as much as a book at this point. Is it in your collection?
Full review: pigskinbooks.com/2018/10/17/...
Sanctioned Savagery asks a brutal question: what does it mean to love a sport that can destroy the people who play it? Michael Oriard goes deep on football, masculinity and risk.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/06/...
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/06/...
Sanctioned Savagery by Michael Oriard, review
A history of violence in American football, Sanctioned Savagery by Michael Oriard explores the sport’s brutality and the cultural forces that shaped the game.
pigskinbooks.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sanctioned Savagery asks a brutal question: what does it mean to love a sport that can destroy the people who play it? Michael Oriard goes deep on football, masculinity and risk.
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/06/...
Review: pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/06/...
🧵 Overlooked Gem: The Pro Style (1976)
Before All-22 was online and coaches broke down plays on TikTok.
The NFL published a full-colour strategy manual for fans.
This is The Pro Style: still one of the smartest football books ever published. 👇
#NFLBooks #FootballStrategy
Before All-22 was online and coaches broke down plays on TikTok.
The NFL published a full-colour strategy manual for fans.
This is The Pro Style: still one of the smartest football books ever published. 👇
#NFLBooks #FootballStrategy
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🧵 Overlooked Gem: The Pro Style (1976)
Before All-22 was online and coaches broke down plays on TikTok.
The NFL published a full-colour strategy manual for fans.
This is The Pro Style: still one of the smartest football books ever published. 👇
#NFLBooks #FootballStrategy
Before All-22 was online and coaches broke down plays on TikTok.
The NFL published a full-colour strategy manual for fans.
This is The Pro Style: still one of the smartest football books ever published. 👇
#NFLBooks #FootballStrategy
Philadephia Eagles fans! If you bleed midnight green, here are the football books you need on your shelf.
pigskinbooks.com/2023/02/02/...
#FlyEaglesFly #FootballBooks
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#FlyEaglesFly #FootballBooks
Top five: books for Philadelphia Eagles fans
The five best books for Philadelphia Eagles fans.
pigskinbooks.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Philadephia Eagles fans! If you bleed midnight green, here are the football books you need on your shelf.
pigskinbooks.com/2023/02/02/...
#FlyEaglesFly #FootballBooks
pigskinbooks.com/2023/02/02/...
#FlyEaglesFly #FootballBooks
🎄 THREAD: 5 new football books that make brilliant Christmas gifts - and with just TWO weeks to go, it's time to get wrapping.
From QB mythology and league politics to one of the NFL's wildest franchise fiascos, here are the top titles for football book lovers.
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From QB mythology and league politics to one of the NFL's wildest franchise fiascos, here are the top titles for football book lovers.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎄 THREAD: 5 new football books that make brilliant Christmas gifts - and with just TWO weeks to go, it's time to get wrapping.
From QB mythology and league politics to one of the NFL's wildest franchise fiascos, here are the top titles for football book lovers.
👇🧵
From QB mythology and league politics to one of the NFL's wildest franchise fiascos, here are the top titles for football book lovers.
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Michael Oriard, former Chiefs lineman and one of America’s leading scholars of football culture, spoke to Pigskin Books about violence, artistry, and why he still watches despite the concussion crisis.
🔗 pigskinbooks.com/2025/10/04/...
#NFLBooks #FootballHistory
🔗 pigskinbooks.com/2025/10/04/...
#NFLBooks #FootballHistory
Michael Oriard: Football, violence and literature
Michael Oriard on football’s violence, artistry, and meaning - and why he still loves the game despite its unanswered concussion questions.
pigskinbooks.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Michael Oriard, former Chiefs lineman and one of America’s leading scholars of football culture, spoke to Pigskin Books about violence, artistry, and why he still watches despite the concussion crisis.
🔗 pigskinbooks.com/2025/10/04/...
#NFLBooks #FootballHistory
🔗 pigskinbooks.com/2025/10/04/...
#NFLBooks #FootballHistory
“Coach Shula was the leader, the boss, the screamer, while Coach Arnsparger was very calm. I always remember one day when Shula yelled at Arnsparger, and Bill just walked over, handed him the clipboard and said: ‘Here you are. You coach the defense.’”
(Any Given Sunday by Matthew Sherry)
(Any Given Sunday by Matthew Sherry)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“Coach Shula was the leader, the boss, the screamer, while Coach Arnsparger was very calm. I always remember one day when Shula yelled at Arnsparger, and Bill just walked over, handed him the clipboard and said: ‘Here you are. You coach the defense.’”
(Any Given Sunday by Matthew Sherry)
(Any Given Sunday by Matthew Sherry)
No decade changed football like the 1970s. Hard hits. Larger-than-life characters. Dynasties that defined the modern NFL.
Here are 5 essential books that capture the chaos & greatness of the era.
📚🏈 Full guide 👉 pigskinbooks.com/2020/12/29/...
#NFLHistory #1970sNFL
Here are 5 essential books that capture the chaos & greatness of the era.
📚🏈 Full guide 👉 pigskinbooks.com/2020/12/29/...
#NFLHistory #1970sNFL
Top five: the NFL in the 1970s
The 1970s was a decade in which the NFL’s status as America’s favourite sport was cemented. Here are five of the best books on the 1970s NFL.
pigskinbooks.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
No decade changed football like the 1970s. Hard hits. Larger-than-life characters. Dynasties that defined the modern NFL.
Here are 5 essential books that capture the chaos & greatness of the era.
📚🏈 Full guide 👉 pigskinbooks.com/2020/12/29/...
#NFLHistory #1970sNFL
Here are 5 essential books that capture the chaos & greatness of the era.
📚🏈 Full guide 👉 pigskinbooks.com/2020/12/29/...
#NFLHistory #1970sNFL
📘 “The closest anyone has come to being schooled in Belichick’s view of the game.”
David Halberstam’s The Education of a Coach was published 20 years ago.
Two decades on, it remains the most revealing portrait of Bill Belichick's rise to greatness.
🧵👇 #NFL #FootballBooks
David Halberstam’s The Education of a Coach was published 20 years ago.
Two decades on, it remains the most revealing portrait of Bill Belichick's rise to greatness.
🧵👇 #NFL #FootballBooks
September 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📘 “The closest anyone has come to being schooled in Belichick’s view of the game.”
David Halberstam’s The Education of a Coach was published 20 years ago.
Two decades on, it remains the most revealing portrait of Bill Belichick's rise to greatness.
🧵👇 #NFL #FootballBooks
David Halberstam’s The Education of a Coach was published 20 years ago.
Two decades on, it remains the most revealing portrait of Bill Belichick's rise to greatness.
🧵👇 #NFL #FootballBooks
🏈 Most football books stick to “war” or “chess” metaphors.
But Roy Blount Jr. saw the 1973 Steelers differently.
In Three Bricks Shy of a Load, he turned football into art.
Theater. Sculpture. Jazz. Poetry.
Here’s how, and why it still resonates. 👇
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But Roy Blount Jr. saw the 1973 Steelers differently.
In Three Bricks Shy of a Load, he turned football into art.
Theater. Sculpture. Jazz. Poetry.
Here’s how, and why it still resonates. 👇
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September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🏈 Most football books stick to “war” or “chess” metaphors.
But Roy Blount Jr. saw the 1973 Steelers differently.
In Three Bricks Shy of a Load, he turned football into art.
Theater. Sculpture. Jazz. Poetry.
Here’s how, and why it still resonates. 👇
🧵
But Roy Blount Jr. saw the 1973 Steelers differently.
In Three Bricks Shy of a Load, he turned football into art.
Theater. Sculpture. Jazz. Poetry.
Here’s how, and why it still resonates. 👇
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Another new football title for the autumn: Tom Danyluk reaches the 90s with his decade-by-decade review of football. Out on Amazon this weekend.
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Another new football title for the autumn: Tom Danyluk reaches the 90s with his decade-by-decade review of football. Out on Amazon this weekend.
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
“Meet at the quarterback.”
The Purple People Eaters struck fear in the 1970s NFL but the Minnesota Vikings have become known for heartbreak. Four Super Bowl losses. Six NFC Championship defeats.
Here are 5 must-read books that tell their story.
🧵👇 #Vikings #FootballBooks
The Purple People Eaters struck fear in the 1970s NFL but the Minnesota Vikings have become known for heartbreak. Four Super Bowl losses. Six NFC Championship defeats.
Here are 5 must-read books that tell their story.
🧵👇 #Vikings #FootballBooks
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Meet at the quarterback.”
The Purple People Eaters struck fear in the 1970s NFL but the Minnesota Vikings have become known for heartbreak. Four Super Bowl losses. Six NFC Championship defeats.
Here are 5 must-read books that tell their story.
🧵👇 #Vikings #FootballBooks
The Purple People Eaters struck fear in the 1970s NFL but the Minnesota Vikings have become known for heartbreak. Four Super Bowl losses. Six NFC Championship defeats.
Here are 5 must-read books that tell their story.
🧵👇 #Vikings #FootballBooks
📺 Madden & Summerall defined football on TV.
This new book revisits the duo who made Sundays iconic.
👇 Full review from Pigskin Books
pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/15/...
This new book revisits the duo who made Sundays iconic.
👇 Full review from Pigskin Books
pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/15/...
Madden & Summerall by Rich Podolsky, review
An affectionate but familiar look at the legendary NFL broadcast duo of John Madden and Pat Summerall, told by former CBS insider Rich Podolsky.
pigskinbooks.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📺 Madden & Summerall defined football on TV.
This new book revisits the duo who made Sundays iconic.
👇 Full review from Pigskin Books
pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/15/...
This new book revisits the duo who made Sundays iconic.
👇 Full review from Pigskin Books
pigskinbooks.com/2025/09/15/...
Before Kaepernick, there was Dave Meggyesy.
🏈✊ In 1970, the linebacker blew the whistle on racism, corruption & brutality in pro football.
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🏈✊ In 1970, the linebacker blew the whistle on racism, corruption & brutality in pro football.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Before Kaepernick, there was Dave Meggyesy.
🏈✊ In 1970, the linebacker blew the whistle on racism, corruption & brutality in pro football.
🧵👇
🏈✊ In 1970, the linebacker blew the whistle on racism, corruption & brutality in pro football.
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Over 40 years ago, one of the best books ever written about the NFL Draft was published.
Sleepers, Busts and Franchise-Makers (1983) isn’t as expensive as Finding the Winning Edge, but it’s almost impossible to find. Here’s why 🧵
Sleepers, Busts and Franchise-Makers (1983) isn’t as expensive as Finding the Winning Edge, but it’s almost impossible to find. Here’s why 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over 40 years ago, one of the best books ever written about the NFL Draft was published.
Sleepers, Busts and Franchise-Makers (1983) isn’t as expensive as Finding the Winning Edge, but it’s almost impossible to find. Here’s why 🧵
Sleepers, Busts and Franchise-Makers (1983) isn’t as expensive as Finding the Winning Edge, but it’s almost impossible to find. Here’s why 🧵
🏈 Fall reading season is here and it's stacked: QBs, chaos, dynasties, and deep dives into the sport’s most powerful figures.
Two on this list are out now. More coming soon.
👇 Details, dates, and more:
Full guide: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
Two on this list are out now. More coming soon.
👇 Details, dates, and more:
Full guide: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
Top five: football books for Fall 2025
Top Five football books for Fall 2025: smart, readable picks spanning quarterbacks, team history, and league business, with brief blurbs and release dates.
pigskinbooks.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🏈 Fall reading season is here and it's stacked: QBs, chaos, dynasties, and deep dives into the sport’s most powerful figures.
Two on this list are out now. More coming soon.
👇 Details, dates, and more:
Full guide: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
Two on this list are out now. More coming soon.
👇 Details, dates, and more:
Full guide: pigskinbooks.com/2025/08/27/...
#NFLBooks #FootballBooks
🧵 What does it really mean to be a quarterback?
Pressure. Fame. Control. Identity.
In American Kings, @sethwickersham tells the story of the most mythic position in sports, and what it does to those who play it.
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Pressure. Fame. Control. Identity.
In American Kings, @sethwickersham tells the story of the most mythic position in sports, and what it does to those who play it.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🧵 What does it really mean to be a quarterback?
Pressure. Fame. Control. Identity.
In American Kings, @sethwickersham tells the story of the most mythic position in sports, and what it does to those who play it.
👇
Pressure. Fame. Control. Identity.
In American Kings, @sethwickersham tells the story of the most mythic position in sports, and what it does to those who play it.
👇
🧵 How much violence is too much for football?
That question runs through Sanctioned Savagery, a powerful new book by Michael Oriard, former NFL player and now one of the game’s sharpest historians.
Let’s break it down. ⬇️
#FootballBooks #CTE #NFL
That question runs through Sanctioned Savagery, a powerful new book by Michael Oriard, former NFL player and now one of the game’s sharpest historians.
Let’s break it down. ⬇️
#FootballBooks #CTE #NFL
September 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🧵 How much violence is too much for football?
That question runs through Sanctioned Savagery, a powerful new book by Michael Oriard, former NFL player and now one of the game’s sharpest historians.
Let’s break it down. ⬇️
#FootballBooks #CTE #NFL
That question runs through Sanctioned Savagery, a powerful new book by Michael Oriard, former NFL player and now one of the game’s sharpest historians.
Let’s break it down. ⬇️
#FootballBooks #CTE #NFL
"The importance of being able to throw the ball 70 yards in the air is overrated, especially in today’s passing game where timing and precision are so much more critical. As long as you’re smart about execution, everything will fall into place.”
Joe Montana, in The Art and Magic of Quarterbacking
Joe Montana, in The Art and Magic of Quarterbacking
September 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"The importance of being able to throw the ball 70 yards in the air is overrated, especially in today’s passing game where timing and precision are so much more critical. As long as you’re smart about execution, everything will fall into place.”
Joe Montana, in The Art and Magic of Quarterbacking
Joe Montana, in The Art and Magic of Quarterbacking
Is now a good time to mention that Bill Belichick has a book out called The Art of Winning?
His team may have been humbled last night but the greatest NFL coach of all time still deserves attention.
So what does the book really say about leadership?
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His team may have been humbled last night but the greatest NFL coach of all time still deserves attention.
So what does the book really say about leadership?
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September 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Is now a good time to mention that Bill Belichick has a book out called The Art of Winning?
His team may have been humbled last night but the greatest NFL coach of all time still deserves attention.
So what does the book really say about leadership?
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His team may have been humbled last night but the greatest NFL coach of all time still deserves attention.
So what does the book really say about leadership?
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