As tennis stars face off at the US Open, we’re serving you a selection of winning books to fit your favorite part of the championships. Read these books to brush up on all things tennis, side-eye the latest influencer controversy or channel the sport’s classy elegance by reading about people who can definitely afford that $38 sandwich.
Books featured:
If you’re in it for the love of the game →
The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis by Matthew Futterman
The Open Era by Edward Schmit
The Racket: On Tour with Tennis’s Golden Generation — and the other 99% by Conor Niland
Forty Love by Jane Costello
The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer by Christopher Clarey
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
If you’re living for the influencer discourse →
Hooked: A Novel of Obsession by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton
If You’re Seeing This, It’s Meant for You by Leigh Stein
Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Sherry Turkle
You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Follow Me by Elizabeth Rose Quinn
If you love moments of luxury & excess →
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
My Husband’s Family by Kristina Kamen
Wasp’s Nest by Kat Stoddard
The Fine Art of Lying by Alexandra Andrews
Park Avenue by Renée Ahdieh
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