Football in Fiction

With novels that include mysteries and romance, everyone can get into the spirit of the season... football season, that is!

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	Deford, Frank Everybody's All-American
A star player has trouble adjusting to the real world after his playing days are over.
	DeLillo, Don End Zone
Football and warfare are viewed as analogous in this wild, wild, parody.
	Gent, Peter North Dallas Forty
Sex, drugs and alcohol are as important as X's and O's, in this seminal work of sport's fiction.
	Grisham, John Bleachers
At their coach's funeral, a group of former high school football champions, try to relive and understand their radiant past.
	The Mighty Johns edited by Otto Penzler
Anne Perry, Dennis Lehane, Lawrence Block and others, join David Baldacci in crafting this anthology that concentrates on the dark side of professional football.
	Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Natural Born Charmer
Opposites can't help but pull toward each other, as a star quarterback and a stranded young lady meet.
	Rivers, Reggie 4th and Fixed: When the Mob Tackles Football, It's No Longer Just a Game
The mob concocts a highly illegal plan, to help put the San Antonio Stallions into the Super Bowl.
	Rosenfelt, David Sudden Death
A dark and dangerous secret is responsible for the murder of New York Jet's receiver, Tony Preston.

Updated: 8/27/2007