Father's Day Gift Ideas: The Best Books For Every Type of Dad

Your dad can relive the glory days of his favorite sport thanks to Edward Achorn's The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game. In it, Achorn dives into the early years of booze and baseball.

In Dan Brown's latest thriller, Inferno, Robert Langdon is back to uncover mysteries and questions surrounding Dante's Inferno — with the same web of history, art, symbols, and puzzles that Brown fans love.

No matter what team your dad roots for, he's sure to appreciate Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson. With more championships under his belt than any other coach in professional sports, Jackson knows a thing or two about basketball, and in his book, he details everything, including his childhood, coaching Michael Jordan, and watching Kobe Bryant grow up on the court.

In Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood, author Drew Magary pulls from his own experiences as a dad to dive into the ups and downs of being a parent in modern America.

LIFE The Rat Pack: The Original Bad Boys, by the editors of LIFE, brings together the best pictures of the famous group. With a mix of iconic portraits, never-before-seen pictures, and brief biographies, it's a must for fans of Sinatra, Dean Martin, and the rest of the Rat Pack gang.

Make your dad crack up with the latest collection from David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. Bringing his signature wit to stories about his family, his personal life, and his travels, Sedaris includes laugh-out-loud moments your dad will love.

Whether your dad's an amateur golfer or a die-hard pro, you can help him improve his game with golf expert Nick Bradley's instructional book. In Kinetic Golf: Picture the Game Like Never Before, Bradley highlights key secrets of the game with incredible photos that illustrate his points.

Your pup-loving pops will love The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs. With a foreword by Malcolm Gladwell and a collection of articles, stories, poems, and cartoons about dogs, it's the perfect gift for the cultured pet lover.

Clint Eastwood's childhood, career, and personal life.

With more than 350 recipes, helpful pictures, and easy how-to guides, The Grilling Book: The Definitive Guide From Bon Appétit by Adam Rapoport will be your dad's best friend this Summer. If he's into cooking, then your dad will appreciate the book's tips and tricks.

Ted Widmer's The New York Times: Disunion features a broad collection of commentary about the Civil War, including the opinions of scholars, historians, and articles gathered from the publication's online journal, Disunion.

Give him a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most iconic bands of all time with Bob Spitz's The Beatles: The Biography. Using books, articles, and interviews across eight years of research, Spitz details the full life of each band member — the ups and downs and everything in between.

If your dad's always going on and on about the latest Game of Thrones episode, then feed his TV addiction with the books that inspired the series: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones boxed set.

If your dad's into politics, then chances are he's a fan of Nate Silver, a blogger who rose to fame for predicting baseball games and the 2008 presidential election. Silver's book The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't will give your dad some insights into Silver's theories and habits.

If you aren't able to score tickets to the critically acclaimed Broadway show, Hamilton, don't fret. The mastermind behind the musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, tells the same story in his book Hamilton: The Revolution. Listening to the whole soundtrack while reading is optional.

The title may be long, but the outcome will definitely be worth it. The brothers behind the HGTV hit show, Property Brothers, give their best advice for home renovations and even provide a few tips that you won't catch on TV in Dream Home: The Property Brothers’ Ultimate Guide to Finding & Fixing Your Perfect House.

In Bucky F*cking Dent, David Duchovny tells the heartwarming story of a young man who rigs the Red Sox's winning streak to help his sick father overcome his battle with lung cancer.

In his memoir, Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book, the host of The Bobby Bones Show tells a funny and heartwarming story about how a young boy with a love of country music ended up turning his dreams into a reality.