The Twin Bill Book Prize

The Twin Bill Book Prize

The Twin Bill awards a prize to the best baseball fiction, nonfiction, and poetry book of the year. The winner receives an engraved crystal trophy. The book must have come out during the calendar year. To nominate a book, please contact us here. Winners will be announced in December.

2025 Twin Bill Book Prize Winners

Best Baseball Fiction Book

A Month of Game Days
Scott D. Peterson

Best Baseball Nonfiction Book

Field Work
Andrew Forbes

Best Baseball Poetry Book

Here Comes the Pizzer
Eric Poulin

2025 Best Baseball Nonfiction Book Finalists: Homestand by Will Bardenwerper, Makeshift Fields by Dale Jacobs, Jim Gilliam by Stephen Dittmore.

2024 Twin Bill Book Prize Winners

Best Baseball Fiction Book

Lose Yourself
Vince Wetzel

Best Baseball Nonfiction Book

Baseball: The Movie
Noah Gittell

Best Baseball Poetry Book

Pretend the Ball is Named Jim Crow
Dorian Hairston

2023 Twin Bill Book Prize Winners

Best Baseball Fiction Book

The Fireballer
Mark Stevens

Best Baseball Nonfiction Book

The Wingmen
Adam Lazarus

Best Baseball Poetry Book

Aisle 228
Sandra Marchetti