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• The Prospects

  a Novel

  Hoffman, KT

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  The first out trans player on a minor league team has to deal with his college rival joining his team. Great neurodivergent rep (ADHD and GAD) and a fun story to boot! Slooooooowww burn, though!

• Wild Pitch

  Giraldo, Cat

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  When you're the first woman pitcher in the major leagues but you have to work with your catcher to maintain your edge. Bi for bi, pretty spicy, multicultural!

• Unwritten Rules

  A Gay Sports Romance

  Casey, KD

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  The first in a fantastic trilogy about queer baseball players, this one is a second chance romance between two baseball players who started out on the same team, but are now playing for different teams at an All Star event. Drama, angst, gorgeous.

• Take the Lead

  Daria, Alexis

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  When you're competing, dancing is a team sport! This Dancing With the Stars inspired romance between a competitor and his pro partner will get you all in your Feelings, but also make you smile a lot.

• A Shore Thing

  Lowell, Joanna

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  A two-person cycling team takes on the big-talking riders of the big-wheeled penny farthings across the coast of Cornwall in this late-Victorian romance. It's pretty quiet, with a lot of lovely introspection for each of the central characters, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Check, Please!. Book 1, #Hockey!

  Ukazu, Ngozi

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  This is the first graphic novel on this list, but not the last! Check, Please! is an adorable duology (so make sure to put volume 2 on hold!) about a freshman hockey player who loves to vlog about baking, and the rocky start he gets with the team's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clean Point

  a Novel

  Jones, Meg (Journalist)

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  When you're a cheater or a has-been, what's the most important thing in your career sport? Clearing your name and winning a championship, of course. Neither of these two can do that without the other, so ... batter up, I guess? (I never said I knew…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Out of Step, into You

  Burch, Ciera

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  When you used to be best friends, but now you can hardly stand each other, how to do you work together on the same cross-country team? There's a lot to discuss, a lot to overcome, but these two can do it.

• Time to Shine

  Reid, Rachel

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  Want a hug in book form that you won't remember much of besides vibes? Because that is this book, in a rivals-to-roommates-to-friends-to-lovers jacket.

• Rookie Mistake

  Zabo, Anna

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  Look. This book is a DOORSTOPPER, and you're going to want to go straight to Scoreless Game which *might* actually be longer but you WILL NOT CARE.

• How You Get the Girl

  Kelly, Anita (Romance author)

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  So technically these two are Coach-Mates but it's on the same team so it counts, right?

• Bunt!

  Striking Out on Financial Aid

  Ukazu, Ngozi

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  This doesn't have a *whole lot* of romance, but the bit that's there is very cute. Still, you'll love reading about this team of art school misfits who take on the worst kind of group project: team sports.

• Cleat Cute

  a Novel

  Wilsner, Meryl

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  Whoever said "Never meet your heroes" never met these two, because they definitely needed to meet. This is one of those sweater/disaster romances that make you cover your eyes sometimes, but smile while you're doing it.

• Pucking Around

  Rath, Emily

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  Okay, so. You kind of need a diagram to understand this one, but I don't have one, so let's just say Rachel joins a hockey team as their team doctor, and discovers Jake, the guy she had a one night stand with a year ago, is on the team. He's down…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aiming High

  Chris, Tanya

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  This is a bit of a cheat—these two climbers aren't on the same country's team, but they all climb together and hang out so they kind of work like a team, right?

• Deep End

  Hazelwood, Ali

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  This is also a bit of a cheat—collegiate aquatic sports are kind of the same team, but not...quite? So Scarlett and Lukas do share practice space and go to meets and stuff, but he's a swimmer and she's a diver, so... Also, please look at that hand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cheer Up!

  Love and Pompoms

  Frasier, Crystal

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  A cute high school graphic novel about a grumpy lesbian joining the cheer squad where her trans ex bestie is the captain.

• You Don't Have a Shot

  Marie, Racquel

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  Two girls with a pretty antagonistic history end up co-captaining a team at soccer camp. It's full of the woes of that age: not just figuring out what you intend to do with your life, and whether you'll disappoint yourself and everyone around you if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goalie Interference

  Gale, Avon • Vaughn, Piper

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  Competing goalies don't have that much of a competitive vibe, and that's actually really nice.

• Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue

  Sebastian, Cat

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  In one of Cat Sebastian's shorter midcentury outings, baseball player Billy has escaped into the wilderness after a head injury. When Luke finally finds him, the two end up stranded together. But that means they can finally talk some stuff out.