Graphic Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Champion |
2025 |
Buy |
Mycroft Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook #1 |
1997 |
N/A |
| Mycroft Holmes |
2015 |
Buy |
| Embassy Row |
1998 |
N/A |
| Mycroft and Sherlock |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Empty Birdcage |
2019 |
Buy |
| Mycroft Holmes and the Case of the Romanov Pearls |
2012 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
1983 |
Buy |
| Black Profiles in Courage |
1996 |
Buy |
| A Season on the Reservation: My Soujourn With the White Mountain Apaches |
2000 |
Buy |
| Brothers In Arms: The Epic Story of the 761St Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes |
2004 |
Buy |
| On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance |
2007 |
Buy |
| What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors |
2012 |
Buy |
| Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White |
2016 |
Buy |
| Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court |
2017 |
Buy |
| Kareem |
2017 |
Buy |
| Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court |
2017 |
Buy |
| Black Cop’s Kid: An Essay |
2021 |
Buy |
| We All Want to Change the World: My Journey Through Social Justice Movements from the 1960s to Today |
2025 |
Buy |
Streetball Crew Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sasquatch in the Paint |
2013 |
Buy |
| Stealing the Game |
2015 |
Buy |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has published twenty-one books across mystery fiction, non-fiction, and children’s literature. After his Hall of Fame basketball career, he became a prolific author and cultural commentator. His Mycroft Holmes mystery series reimagines Sherlock Holmes’s older brother as a young man solving crimes in Victorian London and beyond, written with co-author Anna Waterhouse.
His non-fiction covers a wide range: autobiography (Giant Steps), African-American military history (Brothers In Arms), the Harlem Renaissance (On the Shoulders of Giants), and personal memoir (Coach Wooden and Me). His writing consistently explores themes of racial justice and American history, bringing his public intellectual voice to both fiction and non-fiction.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar written?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has written 21 books across four series.
What was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first book?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s first book is Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, published in 1983.
What has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar written besides the Mycroft Holmes novels?
Abdul-Jabbar has written twelve non-fiction books covering topics from Black history and civil rights to his basketball career and friendship with Coach John Wooden. He has also written two middle-grade Streetball Crew novels and a children’s non-fiction book about African-American inventors.