In honor of the Super Bowl today, here are a few pigskin picks.

Whether fiction or nonfiction, these all hit on topics associated with the game.

• A verse novel that features ZJ’s dad whose brain is failing him after multiple concussions playing the sport which inalterably changes the family
• DJ is a girl playing a male-dominated sport
• Based on Green’s own past with the sport, this fictional story of Ben, a middle school quarterback deciding whether the cost of the game is worth it seeing his dad suffering from debilitating pain from his years playing professional football
• Love, Zac always gives me goosebumps. Most of the story is Zac’s own words from the journals he kept and Forgrave’s commentary about the status of the sport of American football
• Some men gave some, some men gave all and Tillman gave up a career in professional football to serve his country and paid the ultimate price

Each of these stories is worthy of a read, just maybe not during the game today. Go Rams. Go Bengals. I’m just hear for the cider and snacks.