"The Last Dance" concluded Sunday on ESPN, which means you might be fiending for your next narrative non-fiction fix. To fill that terrible void, CBS Sports' James Herbert and Sam Quinn have compiled a list of reading, watching and listening material. 

These recommendations are not all strictly about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls. They are, however, at least tangentially related to the documentary in theme, subject matter or both. (If you want to know more about the 1997-98 Bulls specifically, read David Halberstam's "Playing for Keeps" and Roland Lazenby's "Blood on The Horns.")

1. "When Nothing Else Matters," by Michael Leahy

The most revealing book ever written about Jordan is the one that covers his comeback with the Washington Wizards, published 16 years ago. It is a portrait of a once-bulletproof athlete in decline, illustrating not only the ugly side effects of Jordan's ego and competitiveness on those around him, but the machine that deified him, glorified winning above all else and camouflaged those side effects for so long. 

Leahy takes an honest look at Jordan, the media and the strange space professional sports occupies in our culture. Shadowing him throughout the 2001-02 season and for a portion of the next one, Leahy even finds himself occasionally slipping into what he calls "the tube," where the next game, media availability or flight is all that exists. 

This is perfect companion piece to "The Last Dance," as well as a commentary on hagiographies like it. Both show Jordan's imperfections, but "When Nothing Else Matters" refuses to repackage them as virtues. -- Herbert

2. "The Jordan Rules," by Sam Smith

Typically, a journalist's job is to tell a story. In Smith's case, he became the story. So controversial and ubiquitous was "The Jordan Rules" at the time of its publishing that the Bulls fired assistant coach Johnny Bach at least in part because they believed that he was Smith's off-the-record source. It was later revealed that Phil Jackson himself gave Smith much of his material, and several Bulls believe Horace Grant was a critical source as well. 

It should hardly surprise anyone who has read the book that such prominent members of the organization would have participated. While the literal "Jordan rules" were the set of defensive principles used by the Detroit Pistons against Chicago, the rules the book truly covered were the unwritten ones within the Bulls organization that Jordan was famous enough to live by. The tales of resentment within Chicago's locker room are startling to this day. 

But more than anything, "The Jordan Rules" was the first shred of evidence that Michael Jordan was not, in fact, perfect. Fans refused to believe much of Smith's reporting at the time, but slowly came to accept it as more and more came to light in the years that followed. "The Jordan Rules" serves as a seminal text on the subject of the NBA stardom, and its lessons likely apply just as much to your favorite team today. -- Quinn

3.'The Victory Machine," by Ethan Sherwood Strauss

If you need more crumbling-dynasty content, this is the book for you. And beyond the obvious parallel to "The Last Dance," shared themes include the cost of fame, behind-the-scenes power dynamics and the enormous difficulty inherent in sustaining team success. 

This is not an exhaustive retelling of the Golden State Warriors' last few years, with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson serving as the main characters. Instead, Strauss takes the reader on a tour of the cutthroat world in which everything miraculously came together and inevitably fell apart. Where the book succeeds the most is in describing the various forces chiseling away at the superteam's structure from the start. -- Herbert

4. "Tip Off," by Filip Bondy

It seems inconceivable now. Michael Jordan, perhaps the greatest player in NBA history, went No. 3 in his own draft class. The explanations have been repeated ad nauseam. Portland needed a center. Guards didn't lead champions at that point in history. Dean Smith artificially deflated Jordan's stats. 

The truth is more nuanced, and Bondy captures that in his excellent look not only at Jordan's draft process, but that of the entire legendary 1984 class. Come for the Jordan material, stay for the Charles Barkley stories. 

The book, by the way, is superior to "The84draft," the NBA TV documentary on the subject that touched on much of the same material 30 years later. -- Quinn

5. "The Sleuth," by Rick Telander for Sports Illustrated 

This profile, which ran in March of 1993, captures so much of Jerry Krause: The secrecy, the pathological work ethic, the lack of social graces, the ego. Krause was a brilliant basketball mind who rubbed Jordan and many others the wrong way but deserves to be understood in full, rather than as the villain in Jordan's story. 

Telander writes that "the hurt of the outsider is always there for Krause." Krause's wife, Thelma, says that "nobody knows how sensitive he is." 

For more Krause: K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports got ahold of excerpts from his unpublished, unfinished memoir. It's also worth listening to the podcast he did with ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, recorded just before his death in 2017, and reading David Aldridge's deep dive for NBA.com, reported just afterward. -- Herbert

6. "Rodman, For Better or Worse," the ESPN documentary

"The Last Dance" treats Rodman as a source of chaos whose importance to the story lies in Jordan's ability to contain him. In that sense, watching ESPN's "30 for 30" documentary on him afterward might feel like a spinoff, an unnecessary blowup of a character whose main beats have already been established. 

Ignore that instinct. While "The Last Dance" frames Rodman as a character, his own documentary grapples with his humanity. As over the top as he was at the time, "For Better or Worse" never loses sight of the nervous kid from Dallas just trying to find himself in a world that watched and judged his every move. -- Quinn

7. "The Long Life of Luc Longley," by Bryan Curtis for The Ringer

While many former Bulls have gone on media tours in the last five weeks, Luc Longley has remained silent, which will not surprise anyone who has read this 2018 profile. Longley likes his privacy, and he was turned off by Jordan's "casual wickedness" toward teammates, as Curtis describes it. He is currently living in Denmark, Western Australia, a tiny coastal town about five hours from his hometown of Perth.

Longley is an interesting character in the story of the Bulls. He didn't grow up an NBA fan, wasn't prepared for the culture of the league and lacked the unshakable confidence that defined many of his peers. He would have been a valuable voice in "The Last Dance" because, while he was on the inside, he retains the perspective of an outsider. Unfortunately, according to director Jason Hehir, he wasn't interviewed because, well, going to Australia is expensive. 

Also: If you figure out a way to buy Longley's 1996 memoir, "Running with the Bulls," which he refused to publish in the United States, please let me know. -- Herbert

8. "Eleven Rings," by Phil Jackson

"Eleven Rings" is, on a smaller scale, the Jackson-centric version of "The Last Dance." Jackson is hardly a reliable narrator, slanting the story in his favor just as much as Jordan has with the documentary, but there is no clearer look at the career of one of the NBA's greatest coaches. 

Though it details Chicago's entire run, it touches just about every era in NBA history, starting with Jackson's formative years playing for Red Holzman's Knicks and going all the way through his final championships with Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. In the process, it reveals how Jackson integrated Holzman's selfless style and his own studies in Eastern philosophy into Tex Winter's triangle offense and the excess of the highest levels of the NBA. -- Quinn

9. "The Dream Team Tapes," Jack McCallum's new podcast

I'm including this even though it's the equivalent of a blind retweet: Jack McCallum, who literally wrote the book on the Dream Team, narrated a podcast on the same subject, featuring never-before-heard audio from his interviews with everybody on the roster. The first two episodes will be released on Monday. 

Leading up this, McCallum did a Q&A with Sports Illustrated's Ben Pickman and appeared on ESPN's "The Lowe Post." -- Herbert

10. "How Scottie Pippen lifted Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls," by Zach Lowe for ESPN

A more recent entry, Lowe's wonderful profile of Pippen was published only days ago. "The Last Dance" takes great pains to remind you how hard Jordan was on his teammates, and were it not for Pippen's lighter touch, many likely would have withered under his brutal style of leadership. 

As valuable as Pippen was to Jordan on the court, he may have been even more important off of it. Their good cop, bad cop routine kept the Bulls balanced. "The Last Dance" is, at its core, a story of culture. Jordan needed Pippen to help their lesser teammates survive within the one he created. -- Quinn

11. Tex Winter and Phil Jackson explain the triangle

Did you know that Phil Jackson had a weekly talk show on WGN while he was coaching the Bulls? Did you know that, in 1992, Tex Winter appeared on that show to explain the triangle offense? Well, now you do:

I found this when I was revisiting Kelly Dwyer's 2015 column on Ron Harper, whose story -- overcoming his stuttering problem, completely reinventing himself as a player after tearing his ACL -- is sadly absent from "The Last Dance." Read that, too. Ron Harper forever. -- Herbert