35/52 Nick Hornby - Fever Pitch (1992)

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For many people watching football is mere entertainment; to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. For Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of the few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple as or as conplicated as his love for Arsenal.

Fever Pitch catches what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man.

34/52 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958)

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With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with Martini-soaked parties, as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.

 

 

33/52 H.G. Bissinger - Friday Night Lights (1990)

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Odessa, Texas has seen better days. For sale signs are everywhere, movie theaters are closed, store fronts are empty. Still, Odessa has a dream. Once a week every fall, the Panthers of Permian High School take to the football field under Friday night lights and 20 thousand fans fill the stadium with cheers for their beloved team and their own dreams.

In Friday Night Lights, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist H.G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa, its teachers, parents, politicians - and most of all its students and players who carry the city's image on their young shoulders. This account examines the role of high school sports in America and many of the issues at the core of our society - race, politics, education and economics. A portrait of American life.