Curious what your favorite NBA player’s favorite books are? Look no further. This is a list of some of the top basketball players’ most-loved reads.

Lying on your bed, scrolling through your phone for the latest NBA news is the worst thing you can do right now. There is nothing going on. All the basketball accounts you follow are just regurgitating one another. It’s the same news over and over again. And how many Kobe and Jordan highlights can you really watch in one day?

Okay, that was a stretch. You can obviously watch Kobe and Jordan highlights all day. But how long can stare at a bright screen for before your eyes dry up like the Sahara?

You should really do something else… like, read a book. But before you do that, stand up and stretch for a bit. You’ll thank me later.

Anyway, there are a bunch of NBA players who love to read books. And how could you blame them? You can learn new things, you can take your mind off of current worries, and you can imagine wonderful worlds that authors create.

“But I haven’t really read anything in a while. What should I read first?” you may be asking. Well, it depends on what your goals for reading are; what do you want to accomplish by reading this book? Learn something? Entertainment?

Figure this out first. Once you do, check out the following list for book recommendations. It’s a list of books that your favorite NBA players loved to read (fiction and non-fiction). I’ve also included the genre of each book to help make your decisions easier.

Let’s get to it. Here are your favorite NBA player’s favorite books:

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LeBron James

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Fiction, Mysticism

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Fiction, Dystopian

Decoded by Jay-Z

Non-Fiction, Biography

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Non-Fiction, Business and Social Science

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Red-Headed League by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction, Crime

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Fiction, Coming of Age

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Fiction, Legal Thriller

The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley

Non-Fiction, Biography and Civil Rights

J.J. Redick

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss (Author) and Crockett Johnson (Illustrator)

Fiction, Classic Children’s

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Non-Fiction, Anthropology and History

Damian Lillard

Power of a Humble Life by Richard E. Simmons III

Non-Fiction, Spiritual Growth and Personal Development

Brook Lopez and Robin Lopez

Okay, so if you didn’t already know, the Lopez brothers are huge comic book nerds. So, their recommendations are obviously going to be graphic novels. Here are some of their favorites:

Kyrie Irving

Total Freedom by J. Krishnamurti

Non-Fiction, Eastern Philosophy and Personal Development

Kemba Walker

Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete by William C. Rhoden

Non-Fiction, Sociology of Sports and History

Kobe Bryant

Black leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Fiction, Historical Fantasy

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Non-Fiction, Social Studies

Range by David Epstein

Non-Fiction, Sports Psychology

DeMar DeRozan

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Non-Fiction, Philosophy

The 50th Law by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Robert Greene

Non-Fiction, Personal Development and Business

Andre Igoudala

Invisible Man: A Novel by Ralph Ellison

Fiction, Action and Adventure

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder

Non-Fiction, Business and Biography

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama

Non-Fiction, Personal Development

Jaylen Brown

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Non-Fiction, Creativity, Motivational

Pound the Stone: The 7 Lessons Develop Grit on the Path to Mastery by Joshua Medcalf

Fiction, Folk Tale

Conclusion

There you have it. I listed every type of book, from personal development books to graphic novels. Now, all you have to do is pick which one you want to start with. If I were you, I’d read The Alchemist, Blink, and The Dark Knight Returns first. But those are just my choices.

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