This is often called the definite book about the ABA, but as far as I can tell, it may be the only book written about the ABA. Still, it's an entertaining tome. Pluto contrasts a year-by-year run down of the league with various stories relayed via an as-it-happened narrative, which, if you think about it, was really the best way to tell the league's story. This was a league that had no television exposure at all, and by its' last year of existence, was down to playing 7 teams in an 84-game season. The genesis of today's NBA started with the ABA, and the sheer number of characters contained within these pages is enough for me to recommend to any reader.