Some reading suggestions for soccer fans

With the FIFA World Cup in full swing, some readers may be interested in books about soccer (better known as futbol to our Spanish-speaking friends, and football to the rest of the world). Booklist, in its March 15, 2006 issue, had the "Read-Alikes" column feature a list of books to go along with Jim Haner's Soccerhead: An Accidental Journey into the Heart of the American Game (ISBN: 0-86547-694-2). Some of the books on the list include:

• Franklin Foer's How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (ISBN: 0-06-073142-7).
• Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch (ISBN: 1-57322-688-2).
• Joe McGinniss's The Miracle of Castel di Sangro (ISBN: 0-7679-0599-7).
  

Readers can seek out the Booklist article for the rest of the list. In addition, the World Hum blog provides a review of the titles listed above, which may be of interest as well as they look at great books about soccer.