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* = focuses on women who play hockey (including field hockey)

fiction:

beartown trilogy - fredrik backman

indian horse - richard wagamese

small ceremonies - kyle edwards

logan in overtime - paul quarrington (or king leary by the same author)

sophie fournier series* - k.r. collins

iced!*- judith alguire (technically out of print, but available secondhand)

we ride upon sticks* - quan barry

firekeeper’s daughter - angeline boulley

searching for terry punchout - tyler hellard

finnie walsh - steven galloway

the last season - roy macgregor

the good body - bill gaston

please let me know if you have literary fiction recommendations where hockey plays a significant role in the plot or setting!!

nonfiction:

the game - ken dryden (+ his other books)

the greatest game - todd denault

the boys of winter - wayne coffey

boy on ice - john branch (would probably pair well with game change)

we breed lions: confronting canada’s troubled hockey culture - rick westhead

let us play: winning the battle for gender diverse athletes - harrison browne

call me indian - fred saskamoose

the russian five - keith gave

larionov - igor larionov (I think it’s out of print, but there are inexpensive used copies on sites like abebooks)

blood feud: detroit red wings vs colorado avalanche - adrian dater

the rebel league - ed willes

the california golden seals - steve currier

zamboni rodeo - jason cohen

the “down goes brown” history of the nhl - sean mcindoe

journeyman - sean pronger

honorable mentions (not about hockey, but would probably complement the other books thematically if read together):

there’s always this year: on basketball and ascension - hanif abdurraqib

friday night lights - h.g. bissinger

if you want hockey romance:

do yourself a favor and read anything by taylor fitzpatrick!! the between the teeth trilogy is such a great read.