Matthew Berry's 6 favorite books

The host of ESPN's Emmy Award–winning show Fantasy Football Now recommends works by Michael Lewis and Tom Shales

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Moneyball by Michael Lewis (Norton, $16). With sports, you've got to look at statistics all the time. But what's so brilliant about Moneyball is the way Michael Lewis tells the stories behind the stats. It's not a numbers book; it's a book about the people who use those numbers. It resonated with me in a big way.

Private Parts by Howard Stern (Gallery, $41). I'm a huge Howard Stern fan, but even if you don't appreciate his edgy sense of humor, you've got to give him credit for being an unbelievably smart businessman. His memoir brilliantly mixes stories from his radio show with his rise from working as a small-town morning DJ to national fame.

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