20 must-read biography books like Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon

Cover of Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon

Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik

By: Brian R. Solomon

4.34

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The captivating story of how The Sheik captured the imagination of a generation, conquered the wres…

If you liked the biography plot in Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore by Terry Funk, Scott E. Williams

1. Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore

By: Terry Funk , Scott E. Williams

4.23

Format: 510 pages,

He's been a fixture in professional wrestling for five decades. He's plied his trade around the wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography

2. The Stone Cold Truth

By: Steve Austin , None , None , None , None , J.R. Ross , Dennis Brent

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Wrestling with the Devil: The True Story of a World Champion Professional Wrestler - His Reign, Ruin, and Redemption by Lex Luger, John D. Hollis

3. Wrestling with the Devil: The True Story of a World Champion Professional Wrestler - His Reign, Ruin, and Redemption

By: Lex Luger , John D. Hollis

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

Lex Luger, wrestling megasensation and three-time world heavyweight champion, ruled the ring for ye… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography

4. Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules

By: A.J. Mendez Brooks

3.45

Format: 94 pages,

Three-time WWE Diva's Champion A.J. Brooks' Crazy is My Superpoweris a literary memoir chronicling … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography

5. Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling

By: Jim Ross , Paul O'Brien

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who ha… read more

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6. Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE

By: Pat Patterson , Bertrand Hébert , None

3.62

Format: 192 pages,

"Pat is one of the greatest mentors I've ever had in the world of sports-entertainment." -- Dwayne … read more

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7. Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of the ECW

By: Scott E. Williams

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW offers a frank, balanced look at the evol… read more

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8. No Is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life

By: Chris Jericho , Paul Stanley

3.46

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Three-time New York Timesbestselling author and six-time WWE champion Chris Jericho shares 20 of hi… read more

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9. The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea

By: Chris Jericho , Peter T. Fornatale

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author, wrestler, metal rocker, and over-the-top media personality sh… read more

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Cover of The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror by Frank DiMatteo

10. The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror

By: Frank DiMatteo

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

From the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Ga… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

11. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever by Tim Hornbaker

12. Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever

By: Tim Hornbaker

3.93

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

For decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regiona… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant by Bertrand Hébert

13. The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant

By: Bertrand Hébert

4.13

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

A definitive and exhaustive biography Is there a way to find truth in the stuff of legend? You may… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of MOX by Jon Moxley

14. MOX

By: Jon Moxley

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair by Tim Hornbaker

15. The Last Real World Champion: The Legacy of "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

By: Tim Hornbaker

3.89

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

For more than a century, professional wrestling has cultivated some of the most eccentric and compe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon

16. Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik

By: Brian R. Solomon

4.34

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

The captivating story of how The Sheik captured the imagination of a generation, conquered the wres… read more

Similar categories in Brian R. Solomon's Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik book and Brian R. Solomon's Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl by Rebecca Quin

17. Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

By: Rebecca Quin

4.51

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. B… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will complete you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will destroy you"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

"Then and there, I vowed to lose weight so I might have a chance of actually being like my mom when I grew up. But then I got hungry and sad and just wanted pizza. Beauty was my mom's domain. Pizza wa…"

-Rebecca Quin, Becky Lynch: The Man—Not Your Average Average Girl

Cover of There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE by Brian Gewirtz

18. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE

By: Brian Gewirtz

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania by Brad Balukjian

19. The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania

By: Brad Balukjian

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn’t listen.   From the bestselling author of… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

20. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling by Tod Gordon

21. Tod is God: The Authorized Story of How I Created Extreme Championship Wrestling

By: Tod Gordon

4.09

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The uncensored inside story of ECW’s founder Tod Gordon’s journey from jewelry store owner to one o… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW by Guy Evans

22. Nitro: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW

By: Guy Evans

4.28

Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition

Reviews "The most definitive, well written and thoroughly researched book on the rise and fall of W… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Lance Rogoff

23. Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

By: Natasha Lance Rogoff

4.15

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

"In this thrilling debut, television producer and filmmaker Rogoff recounts her mission to bring Se… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues by Matt Jackson

24. Young Bucks: Killing the Business from Backyards to the Big Leagues

By: Matt Jackson

4.25

Format: 304 pages, ebook

"The Young Bucks are two guys who not only beat the odds to become one of the greatest, most popula… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife by Brad Balukjian

25. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James  Patterson

26. All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row

By: James Patterson

3.86

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reac… read more

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  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

27. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage by Jon Finkel

28. Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage

By: Jon Finkel

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Oooohhh yeahhhh! Macho The Life of Randy Savage is the sensational, definitive biography of the Wr… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs by Steven Bell

29. Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs

By: Steven Bell

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Dynamite and Davey is the explosive story of cousins Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith, who broke … read more

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  • biography
Cover of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves

30. The Book of Elsewhere

By: Keanu Reeves

3.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Flowers for Adrian: The Life and Death of Adrian Adonis by John Ellul

31. Flowers for Adrian: The Life and Death of Adrian Adonis

By: John Ellul

3.92

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

Flowers for Adrian is a detailed and engaging look at the life, death and legacy of professional wr… read more

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17 Best audiobook books like Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling's Original Sheik by Brian R. Solomon

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Death of the Territories: Expansion, Betrayal and the War that Changed Pro Wrestling Forever

Tim Hornbaker

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant

Bertrand Hébert

4.13

Transform Your Habits

MOX

Jon Moxley

4.30

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Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore

Terry Funk , Scott E. Williams

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

Bret Hart

4.25

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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season

Rich Cohen

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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