Moneyball

Lewis (of Liar's Poker fame) is such a top writer - he makes the business side of a sport I don't even fully understand the rules of (let alone follow) fascinating. It's all about using data to make decisions, rather than relying on human perception and emotions...so topical stuff. Soon to come out as a film, starring Brad Pitt, aparrently(!)

This was a bit different than I expected. I had seen the movie years ago and had kind of assumed that the book was a bit more analytical and the movie had just expanded upon slight narrative threads that may have existed in it, but actually the book is very invested in Billy Beane as a character and spends a lot of time on small vignettes of many players. A lot of the stories are nice little land-of-misfits success stories that can sometimes be a bit cheesey and seem a bit overindulgent, but I still enjoyed quite a bit.

I listened to this as an audiobook from the library. Scott Brick does an excellent job narrating and I can't even really putting my finger on why. He just has a nice, engaging voice that adds to the material.