Books Published by Harvey Araton

Araton’s new book, “Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship,” is a deeply moving memoir about...friendship, as well as a look back at an earlier era of sports journalism and fandom." -- Ann Levin, Associated Press, from 2018.

“Harvey Araton, one of our most cherished basketball writers, has evocatively rendered the team that New York never stops pining for—the Old Knicks. More than a nostalgic chronicle . . . it’s a portrait of a group of proud, idiosyncratic men and the city that needed them.” -- Jonathan Mahler, author of "The Bronx is Burning," from 2011.

“I loved this book. It reminded me of why I fell in love with the N.B.A. The great Harvey Araton and his wonderfully talented NY Times friends bring back a lifetime of basketball memories. But they also reveal many new fascinating anecdotes about the evolution of the league, and its greatest players. If you love the N.B.A., this book is a must read.” — Mike Breen, N.B.A. broadcaster for ABC/ESPN and announcer for the New York Knicks, 2019

"Araton's contention that Montclair's soccer league is part of a trend is thought-provoking and encouraging. -- Alison Pugh," -- The New York Times Book Review, 2001.

"Harkens back to an era when ball players were teammates because of the uniform they wore, not the games they played. Driving Mr. Yogi is as sweet as the unlikely friendship between Berra and his designated chauffeur Ron Gator Guidry who, along with author Harvey Araton, handles this precious baseball cargo with requisite TLC." Jane Leavy, author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, from 2012.

"The authors maintain that racism is endemic in the NBA and that it is especially blatant in Boston. They also argue convincingly that the Boston press has played a shameful role in cloaking that the Celtics team is "still for whites." -- Publishers Weekly, 1991

"This is the kind of book that will keep you up too late -- sometimes proclaiming "Amen," other times arguing out loud with the printed page." -- Terry Pluto, The New York Times Book Review, 2005

"Everyone should look at the facts. Read the book. Then decide." -- Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, from 1997.

"Harvey Araton writes, with keen insight, of a time when power was ebbing fast from both newspapers and their unions. It’s an especially bittersweet tale he tells of the people who had grown up in newspapers and unions, as they struggle to adapt to this evolving new order. And, of course, what makes this even more evocative, is that we’re still trying to sort this all out." -- Frank Deford, author of Everybody’s All-American, NPR commentator, from 2014.

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Harvey Araton has authored, co-authored, or edited nine books and many other articles. 

"Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship" (Penguin Random House, 2020)

"Cold Type," (Cinco Puntos Press, 2014)

​"Elevated: The Global Rise of the NBA" (Triumph Books, 2019)

“Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry and Baseball’s Greatest Gift”(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), a New York Times bestseller
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“When the Garden Was Eden”(Harper Collins, 2011)

“Crashing the Borders: How Basketball Won the World and Lost Its Soul at Home” (The Free Press, 2005)

“Alive and Kicking: When Soccer Moms Take the Field and Change Their Lives Forever” (Simon & Schuster, 2001). 

He is a co-author of  

 “Money Players, Days and Nights in the New N.B.A.” (Pocket Books, 1996) 

and

 “The Selling of the Green” (Harper & Row, 1991).