Top Olympics books

For the Times (London), Calvin Shulman named a critic's chart of six top Olympic books.

One book on his list:

The Complete Book of the Olympics by David Wallechinsky and Jaime Louchy

Every event in detail plus anecdotes, folklore and scandal.

Read about another title from Shulman's list.

Related:

• The Page 99 Test: David Maraniss' Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World.

• Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom's books for the 2008 Olympic Games.

--Marshal Zeringue