Boom Town

One of the best popular history books I've ever read, intermingling the founding of Oklahoma City with the first few seasons of its beloved Thunder. Everything is here: the Land Run, the shady deals, unheralded civil rights leaders, tornadoes, the bombing, and...The Flaming Lips.

Anderson has a deft writing style. Any writer who makes me care about basketball has pulled of a feat. I can't wait to see what he publishes next.