Mike Lupica Books in Order

Written with Mike Lupica, this memoir traces Reggie Jackson from gifted kid to baseball star and October legend. It is candid about talent, ego, conflict, and the cost of carrying a huge public name.

Television reporter Peter Finley starts digging when a former Miss America turned talk show host disappears and is presumed dead. The trail runs into big media, televangelism, and people who would rather stay off camera.

Written with Mike Lupica, this memoir follows Bill Parcells from his football roots to the New York Giants sideline. It is blunt, competitive, and full of the stories and mindset that shaped a legendary coach.

Peter Finley looks into the apparent suicide of a young woman at his old university and finds a campus full of secrets. What begins as a favor turns into a dangerous investigation with powerful people at the center.

This collection gathers Lupica's columns, quips, and complaints about the sports world he covered every day. It is sharp, funny, and built for readers who like strong opinions with their box scores.

Goldman and Mike Lupica track a wild New York sports year in alternating voices, one a superfan, the other a columnist on the beat. It captures the joy, ego, and heartbreak that keep people coming back.

Peter Finley investigates the supposed overdose death of a sober friend tied to a flashy Manhattan club. More killings follow, and the case opens into a mix of nightlife, money, and organized crime.

When two Knicks stars are accused in a rape case and one later turns up dead, investigator Tony DiMaggio is pulled into the mess. The deeper he digs, the uglier the truth about fame and power becomes.

Lupica argues that pro sports lost touch with ordinary fans as money, owners, and television took over. It is part rant, part diagnosis, and part plea to remember why the games mattered in the first place.

A loose, comic sports book built around Fred and the kind of stories, jokes, and observations that grow out of bars, ballgames, and newsroom talk. It is Lupica in a more playful mood.

Lupica revisits the summer when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa chased Roger Maris. The book mixes baseball history, media frenzy, and a personal look at why that season felt so electric.

Las Vegas fixer Jack Molloy inherits half of the New York Hawks and learns that owning a football team is dirtier than any casino deal. The jokes fly, but so do the betrayals.

Dee Gerard gets the chance to become the first woman to play in the NBA, and suddenly every game is a spectacle. Lupica turns the circus around her into a sharp story about talent, sexism, and pressure.

Washed-up former ace Charlie Stoddard gets a shot at one last comeback after years of drifting. Baseball gives him hope again, but it also forces him to face the family life he wrecked.

Jack Molloy is back, and this time business trouble off the field threatens everything he built with the Hawks. To save the team and himself, he has to make one more desperate play.

Disgraced sportswriter Ben Mitchell teams up with a high school senior to investigate an old murder tied to a powerhouse basketball program on Long Island. In a town that worships the team, asking questions is dangerous.

Danny Walker is the smallest kid in town, but he loves basketball more than anyone. After he is cut from the travel team, his father helps build a new team of castoffs that refuses to quit.

As editor, Lupica gathers standout sports journalism from across the year. The collection ranges from big-name athletes to stranger corners of the sports world, with strong reporting at the center.

Michael Arroyo can flat-out pitch, but being an orphaned Cuban kid without proof of his age puts everything at risk. While he chases the Little League World Series, he is also fighting to keep his family together.

After her mother's death, Molly Parker goes looking for the father she never knew, Celtics star Josh Cameron. What she finds is not a fairy tale, but it may still change both their lives.

Billy Raynor can shoot, but family trouble and having his dad as coach make basketball more complicated than ever. The championship game forces him to figure out what being a real teammate means.

Danny Walker heads to summer basketball camp, where being small matters less than surviving fierce competition. New teammates, bigger players, and camp politics push him to prove he belongs.

Golden-arm quarterback Chris Conlan and awkward new kid Scott Parry seem like opposites, but each is hiding something. Their unlikely friendship turns football season into a story about courage, not just talent.

Pedro Morales is a good basketball player and an even better teammate, until running against star player Ned Hancock for class president changes everything. The election tests friendship as much as any game.

Twelve-year-old Nick Crandall is a foster kid trying to catch for a varsity baseball team full of older players. More than playing time, he is chasing the feeling that he finally belongs somewhere.

Shortstop Hutch feels at home on the baseball field, until a flashy new teammate threatens his position and the team's chemistry. He has to choose between guarding his turf and learning what the team really needs.

Nate Brodie has a chance to win a million dollars with one pass at a Patriots game, and his family badly needs the money. The pressure would be enough for anyone, even before football and life start going sideways.

Brian Dudley lands his dream summer job as batboy for a major league team and gets close to his hero, slugger Hank Bishop. The clubhouse excitement comes with hard lessons about adults, fame, and family.

Billy Harriman always knew his father was brave. After his father's death, he learns bravery may have come with something stranger, and more dangerous, than he ever imagined.

Jake's old championship life is gone, and now he is stuck on a soccer team that cannot win. Learning how to lead, especially when teammate Kevin needs a friend, becomes bigger than the scoreboard.

Will Tyler's football team has not won a game, and most people expect more losing. Will and his friends decide that being underdogs is not the same thing as giving up.

Ben McBain enters a new town where youth football is serious business and every kid has an opinion about who should play quarterback. To fit in, he has to earn it on the field.

Drew Robinson is a basketball prodigy with a gift big enough to change his life. That gift also draws attention from people who want a piece of him before he is ready.

Ben just wants to enjoy basketball season with his friends, but one teammate keeps turning every game into a battle for control. Ben learns that sharing the ball is often the easiest part of being on a team.

Freshman quarterback Jake Cullen grows up in the long shadow of his state-champion brother and ex-NFL father. In Texas, that means every snap feels personal.

Charlie is a fantasy football genius whose father runs a struggling pro team. When Charlie's ideas start helping the real franchise, the game he loves gets very real.

As football gets rougher, Ben and his friends start seeing the cost of big hits and win-at-all-costs thinking. It is a season about toughness, but also about limits.

Jayson has spent too long moving from one hard place to another. Basketball offers him a team and maybe a future, but trusting people is harder than learning the plays.

After losing his older brother, star pitcher Jack Callahan quits baseball just when everyone expects him to shine. Friends, family, and time away from the mound slowly bring him back.

A young athlete chasing his chance at a bigger stage discovers that winning will not solve everything waiting for him off the field. Lupica turns the season into a story about family and growing up.

Teddy Madden, once the kid on the sidelines, heads into football season determined to change how people see him. The work on the field is tough, but life at home may be tougher.

In football-mad Texas, a talented kid has to face fear and decide what real courage looks like. The game matters, but the people he looks up to matter more.

Gus and Cassie have always made sense as friends, but basketball season puts them on the same court with new pressure. Competition, prejudice, and hurt feelings test what kind of teammate Gus wants to be.

Sunny Randall is pulled back toward Richie Burke when someone shoots him and threatens his Mafia family. Protecting the man she still loves means stepping into a mob war with deeply personal motives.

A young basketball player learns that talent and hustle do not protect you from pressure at home or at school. To keep loving the game, he has to grow up fast.

Cassie thinks she knows how to hold a team together, until a new teammate with Asperger's changes the rhythm of the season. Softball becomes a lesson in patience, respect, and listening.

When Zach and Zoe find their recess football ruined, they start looking for clues around school. The case turns into a small lesson about friendship and other people's feelings.

Zach and Zoe start a summer basketball league and notice their worn-down court keeps getting mysterious upgrades. They are not complaining, but they still want to know who is behind it.

Twin siblings Zach and Zoe love sports and solving problems. When a baseball signed by Zach's favorite player disappears, they jump into their first case.

Big-swinging Ben Roberson and serious baseball kid Matt could not be more different, but summer ball forces them together. The season becomes a story about friendship, patience, and seeing past first impressions.

Nick Garcia wants to shine on the mound, help his sister, and stop his family from living in fear. When trouble comes to his neighborhood, baseball and immigration fears collide.

A Bruins star loses his lucky necklace just before the Stanley Cup Final, and Zach and Zoe get a rare chance to search the arena. It is a fast, fun mystery with big-game stakes.

Zach and Zoe are back on the case when lacrosse season brings a fresh puzzle. Sports stay fun, but the twins cannot resist following clues wherever they lead.

A mystery package arrives with a soccer jersey that makes no sense, and Zach and Zoe are instantly on the case. Solving it means sorting through clues from both sports and home.

When an unidentified man is found dead in Paradise, Jesse Stone traces the case from an AA meeting to one of the town's richest families. Then attacks on Jesse, Molly, and Suitcase make it clear the killer is sending a message.

Sunny agrees to help gangster Tony Marcus find his missing girlfriend, but the case turns deadly fast. As witnesses start dying, she has to figure out who wants this woman silent, and why.

On a school trip to Cooperstown, Zach and Zoe discover that an item is missing from a display case. With classmates around them and clues everywhere, they get to work.

One mistake can flip a season, and a young basketball player learns that fast. To make things right, he has to deal with pressure from teammates, family, and himself.

Alex Carlisle can play just about any sport, but getting a real shot at quarterback means battling old ideas about who belongs on the field. She refuses to wait for permission.

Fresh off her football success, Alex returns to soccer and finds the girls' team might be cut. Saving the season means fighting for more than wins.

Sunny tries to help Spike after a hedge fund manager wrecks his restaurant deal, while a second case involves a guarded college student hiding the truth about a crime. The two investigations slam together in dangerous ways.

The mayor's body turns up in a shallow grave beside a disputed lakefront property, and Jesse doubts the easy suicide story. Land deals, town politics, and Wilson Cromartie push Paradise toward open conflict.

A star high school baseball player dies just after the biggest game of his life, and Jesse Stone cannot shake the feeling that someone is hiding the truth. A second murder widens the case into something much uglier.

Sunny protects a novelist friend from blackmail while also dealing with threats against her father. Both cases cut close to home, and both force her to decide how far she will go for the people she loves.

After her mother's death, a gifted young rider is pulled back into a high-pressure horse racing world full of money, rivalry, and old secrets. Every ride feels personal.

Criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is handling a huge murder case just as she learns she has little time left to live. The investigation turns into a race on every level.

Spenser digs into the past of a secretive tech billionaire after the man's wife asks what has changed him. The answers lead toward old crimes, hard moral questions, and very present danger.

After her father's murder, Jenny Wolf is left in charge of a billion-dollar empire and a family full of predators. To survive, she has to learn who killed him and who is coming for her next.

Jane Smith defends Rob Jacobson after he is accused in yet another triple homicide, a case so impossible it almost sounds absurd. The deeper she goes, the more relentless the danger becomes.

When Rita Fiore is shot, Spenser takes the case personally and starts pulling at every thread around her enemies. What he finds is a tangle of lies that hits close to home.

Spenser takes a case for attorney Rita Fiore on behalf of Daniel Lopez, who believes a famous podcaster, Vic Hale, may be his father. As bodies start turning up, Spenser races to untangle the truth behind Daniel’s birth before someone silences them both.

Known as the Hamptons Lawyer, Jane Smith takes on a celebrity client and finds the case turning into self-defense. Courtroom strategy is only half the job when people keep coming after her.

Spenser fights to clear Martin Quirk after an unknown enemy engineers a brutal attack on his reputation. Proving a friend's innocence means going up against a lie built to stick.

A killing on a quiet country road opens up a tangle of old secrets, shaky alibis, and grudges that never died. What looks local and contained quickly stops feeling that way.