If you are a basketball lover and have great enthusiasm for the sport, then you must read these books. These Basketball romance books are dribbling, catching books for the seekers who are in real-time struggling with their career to become a basketball player.
These books also predict the real-life story of many athletes, their struggles with life, love, and career achievements so far. You will see many characters who stake their life to be in the position where they are, and some spoiled their career because of their negligence and the wrong rules set them.
Part 1: 10 Basketball Romance Books
Here are the 10 basketball romance books that portray stories of heroes with joy, pain with hope, villains and laggards, conflicts and friendship, loss and victory
Basketball romance book 1: True Legend
Score:
4.7 out of 5
Excerpt:
In this basketball romance novel 15-year-old Drew “True” Robinson was the best point guard in high school. He was too devoted to basketball, he always skipped classes because of his never-ending interest in basketball. He is also aware of the consequences of fame from other former players and a person his expected future manager when he reaches the NBA.
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Basketball Romance Book 2: Love on the Court Rebound
Score:
4.2 out of 5
Excerpt:
TJ was a professional basketball player in this basketball romance book. He was a single father raising his daughter in Europe and that was not easy while living in Europe.
He was going home with the hope to start a new career and then he created a team in Portland, Oregon. Life was going well. Meanwhile, he met with April Rose a local schoolteacher. He was attracted to her and thinking to start a new chapter with April but he was afraid of his first marriage as his wife walked out and left a daughter to raise.
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Basketball romance book 3: The Boys of Summer
Score:
4.6 out of 5
Excerpts:
This basketball romance book features the story of Brooklyn Dodger in the late 40s and early 50s. A story of a team and seasons, facing the ups and downs and their consistency to achieve something big. A magnificently paradigmatic book of a team who won the world series.
A story of father and son, prejudice and courage, disaster, warmth, candor, and love. Story of Jackie, Pee Wee Reese, Carl Erskine, and other boys and their struggle in their glory days.
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Basketball romance book 4: Michael Jordan – The Life
Score:
4.7 out of 5
Excerpts:
This book is the real reflection of a basketball romance book. A biography of a legendary athlete. The author tried to cover Michael Jordan’s career from college to his bright career in a football romance novel that encompasses the dual nature of a great athlete and his on and off.
He covered a rough path to a recognizable personality through thick and thin. Children want to be like him. Such books about basketball for young adults reveal the compelling story of Jordan and his relationship with coaches and highest achievements in life.
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Basketball romance book 5: Love on the Court Trilogy
Score:
4.3 out of 5
Excerpts:
This basketball romance book consists of 3 triangles. In fake dating her best friend’s brother, Callie was about to lose her job, she was in debt and her career was about to be over. Kimball’s basketball career was not enough for him, so Deam suggested she date Kimball for money.
They set this rule that they can’t stick to. In Trying to hate the player Pumas was a professional sports therapist and she hates notorious player Emmett Hall. Their hate turned into more feelings.
In resisting the bad boy, Maya was humiliated and heartbroken while Jordan was afraid because of his mother’s bad relationship history but with May he found the missing part of his life which he was not aware of.
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Basketball romance book 6: Game on – A high School Bully Romance
Score:
4.5 out of 5
Excerpts:
This book is the real version of a basketball romance novel. Features a story of a girl who was a great champion in her basketball team. A 17-year-old Quintessa Marie was given the task of coaching and playing for the men’s team. She was transferred to public school from private school. She was the daughter of a famous basketball player.
She was in the best high school in the state where ballers don’t let anyone rule the school and they were not seeming happy to see her in a coaching position. They bullied her because she was a better player than them and she was on her way to earning a spot in RHS.
Read Game on: A high School Bully Romance
Basketball romance book 7: The boys in the boat
Score:
4.8 out of 5
Excerpts:
The #1 basketball romance book story of the New York Times about American Olympic Rowing Triumph. A story of the University of Washington eight rowing crew and their great performance in the 1936 Olympics.
The whole team was composed of farmers, shipyard workers, and sons of loggers who compete with the German team after beating all the odds with the hope to win the battle. They grabbed the attention of the country with their victory. How Joe Rants, who has no family, managed to create his place in this world.
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Basketball romance book 8: Jocks don’t fall for Bookworms
Score:
4.3 out of 5
Excerpts:
In this basketball romance book a girl was a daydreamer of epic romance like her own parents she was the real bookworm but no one at the school pay attention to her. Whatever she reads in a book she starts assuming her life will be like one of the characters of her books.
Her new neighbor, who was also the captain of the basketball team asked her help to grab the attention of a famous girl. She said yes just to bring the two souls together and then she felt that she was also falling in love with him while he was interested in the girls he likes. He has all the qualities she dreamed of but why would he choose a bookworm?
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Basketball romance book 9: Here to Stay
Score:
4.5 out of 5
Excerpts:
This is an interesting basketball romance story of Bijan Majidi who was shy around the girls, He was interested in comics and was a decent basketball player in his school. He was bullied and flown under the radar to win the basket in a varsity playoff game.
His life could be great but cyberbullied at school they were sending anonymous photos to portray him as a terrorist. The School Administration said they will punish the culprit and he kept pretending as if nothing happened. He was not ashamed of his culture, and he was struggling to maintain his identity and his position in the school.
Ream Here to Stay
Basketball romance book 10: Last Shot
Score:
4.5 out of 5
Excerpts:
The Last shot City Street, a basketball romance book describes how players grow out of poverty and crime. The author wrote about the 4 characters who were focused and have superior qualities and dedication to the sports.
Because of their social and economic condition, poor education system, and family struggles they struggled day and night to move from their poor state to the greatest achievement and reached the basketball stage. They set the real example of a basketball romance book by facing the hardships of life and the temptations of the inner city.
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