* TWIBB — November 27

This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, November 27.

Title	Rank
General
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, by Joe Posnanski (490)	1
Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress (625)	2
The Yankee Years, by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci (674)	3
Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played, by Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, and Lonnie Wheeler(989)	4
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis (1,063)	5
Essays and Writing
Sixty Feet Six Inches	1
Moneyball	2
Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox, by Bill Simmons (2,758)	3
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 (4,023)	4
Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book (5,437)	5
History
The Machine	1
Sixty Feet, Six Inches	2
Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s Pastime, by Mark Frost (2,475)	3
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, by Marty Appel (2,538)	4
Now I Can Die in Peace	5
Statistics
The Bill James Handbook 2010 (1,585)	1
The Hardball Times Annual 2010	2
Baseball America 2010 Prospect Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide to Rising Stars from the Definitive Source on Prospects (6,012)	3
Baseball Prospectus 2010 (11,367)	4
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks, by Zack Hample (10,847)	5

Analysis: The new Baseball Americana and the old Sports Illustrated Baseball Book both make fine gifts. And 2010 titles will only increase in sales as the new season draws nearer.

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