John Feinstein - Works

Works

• One on One: Behind the Scenes With the Greats in the Game (2011).
• Moment of Glory: The Year Underdogs Ruled Golf, a profile of the four relatively obscure golfers who won the men's majors in 2003. ISBN 0-316-02531-3
• Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember: A look at the seasons of two veteran pitchers, Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees and Tom Glavine of the New York Mets, as they chase success and another World Series in their long careers. ISBN 0-316-11391-3
• Tales from Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major: The story of the players who compete for coveted positions on the PGA Tour in the 2005 Q School. ISBN 0-316-01430-3
• Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four: Tales of plays, coaches, and refs in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four. ISBN 0-316-16030-X
• Next Man Up: A Year Behind The Lines in Today's NFL: The story of the 2004-2005 Baltimore Ravens. ISBN 0-316-00964-4
• Let Me Tell You A Story (with Red Auerbach): An audio collection of Feinstein's interviews with the legendary coach of the Boston Celtics. ISBN 0-316-73823-9
• Caddy For Life: The Bruce Edwards Story: The story of Bruce Edwards, the longtime caddy for golf great Tom Watson, and his ultimately losing battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. ISBN 0-316-77788-9
• Open: Inside the Ropes At Bethpage Park: A look at the 2002 US Open golf tournament, held at the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island. ISBN 0-316-77852-4
• The Punch: Deals with the infamous punch thrown by Kermit Washington that nearly killed Rudy Tomjanovich during an NBA game in 1977, and its impact on both men and the league. ISBN 0-316-73563-9
• A Good Walk Spoiled: Days And Nights on the PGA Tour: Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1995. ISBN 0-316-27737-1
• The Last Amateurs: A look at the 1999-2000 basketball season in the Patriot League, a low-ranked Division I basketball conference. "Amateurs" refers to the fact that when Feinstein wrote this book, the conference had a policy against the granting of athletic scholarships, and even today strongly emphasizes the "student" in "student-athlete." ISBN 0-316-27842-4
• The Majors: In Pursuit of Golf's Holy Grail: A look behind the scenes at a season's worth of majors, and what players do to win their sport's biggest prizes. ISBN 0-316-27795-9
• First Coming ISBN 0-345-42286-4
• A March to Madness: An inside look at the 1996-97 basketball season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, featuring segments on each of the nine schools then in the conference. Notably, this was the last season for North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith. ISBN 0-316-27712-6
• A Civil War: Army vs. Navy: A look at the 1995 football season at Army and Navy, culminating in the Army–Navy Game. ISBN 0-316-27824-6
• Running Mates
• Play Ball ISBN 0-679-41618-8
• Hard Courts: An inside look at one year (1990) on the men's and women's professional tennis tours. ISBN 0-679-74106-2
• Forever's Team: A look at the Duke team that lost in the NCAA final game in 1978. Because many of its stars were freshmen and sophomores, it was widely expected that the team would win a national title, but this group of Duke players never did so. ISBN 0-394-56892-3
• A Season Inside: In his follow up to Brink, Feinstein took an inside look at the 1987-1988 college basketball season, including teams, players, coaches and officials from throughout the country. One of the teams he most closely followed was eventual national champion Kansas. ISBN 0-394-56891-5
• A Season on the Brink: A look at the 1985-86 basketball season at Indiana University, especially famous for its treatment of legendary coach Bob Knight. ISBN 0-671-68877-4

Last Shot Series

• Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery: A fictional children's book about two children trying to solve a mystery at the Final Four. Winner of the 2006 Edgar Award in the Best Young Adult category. Stevie and Susan Carol get caught up in a blackmail threat to Chip Graber, Minnesota State's best player. In the end they get the message to Chip that they're okay and he wins the game in the "Final" four minutes. ISBN 0-375-83168-1
• Vanishing Act: The second book in the Last Shot series sees Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson try to solve a kidnapping and numerous crimes at the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
• Cover Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl: In the next book in the Last Shot series, Stevie and Susan Carol discover that several players who are set to play in the upcoming Super Bowl have failed doping tests, and their team's owner is trying to cover up the failed tests. ISBN 0-375-84247-0
• Change-Up: Mystery at the World Series: The fourth sequel to the Last Shot series, involving a mystery at the World Series. ISBN 0-375-85636-6
• The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game: Stevie and Susan Carol are back in the next sequel to Last Shot, this time preparing for the yearly Army-Navy traditional football game when something goes terribly wrong. ISBN 0-375-86570-5
• Rush For The Gold: Mystery at the Olympics: Stevie and Susan Carol are back, but this time its only Stevie doing the reporting. Susan Carol is swimming for the USA Olympic team. How far will someone go to ensure she wins the gold?