5 must-read history books like The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway by Steve Silk

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The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

By: Steve Silk

3.86

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The Great North Road is Britain’s Route 66 – we’ve just forgotten how to sing its praises In 192…

If you liked the history plot in The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway by Steve Silk , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. New Europe

By: Michael Palin

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Michael Palin's New Europe starts with a simple idea: that only a couple of hours from home is a ha… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's New Europe book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
  • cycling
"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

3. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des … read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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4. A Small Town in Germany

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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5. My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31)

By: Georges Simenon

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a small-time crook is murdered on the Mediterranean island of Porquerolles it transpires he ha… read more

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6. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. Guard Her With Your Life

By: Joy Ellis

3.97

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

A GRIPPING NEW STANDALONE THRILLER FROM MULTI-MILLION SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS. Detective Sam H… read more

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8. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

By: Elise Downing

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more

Similar categories in Elise Downing's Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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9. Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

By: Mimi Anderson

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never i… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Anderson's Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
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10. Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon

By: Ian Mortimer

3.68

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

You might run for fitness. You might run for speed. But ultimately, running is about much more than… read more

Similar categories in Ian Mortimer's Why Running Matters: Lessons in Life, Pain and Exhilaration – From 5K to the Marathon book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
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11. Limitless: An Ultrarunner’s Story of Pain, Perseverance and the Pursuit of Success

By: Mimi Anderson

3.77

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits At the age of 55, record-breaking ultrarunner… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Anderson's Limitless: An Ultrarunner’s Story of Pain, Perseverance and the Pursuit of Success book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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12. Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness

By: Alastair Humphreys

4.44

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

‘Agile, wryly funny and wise’ Robert Macfarlane A search for nearby nature and wildness After years… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Humphreys's Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

By: Steve Silk

3.86

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

The Great North Road is Britain’s Route 66 – we’ve just forgotten how to sing its praises In 192… read more

Similar categories in Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • history
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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14. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

By: Stuart Maconie

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Maconie's The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. Walk Sleep Repeat

By: Stephen Reynolds

3.91

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

The continued musings of a hapless wanderer. Younger than Bill Bryson, smaller than Levison Wood, a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Reynolds's Walk Sleep Repeat book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
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16. Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors

By: Gail Muller

4.08

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Gail Muller was told she’d be in a wheelchair by the age of forty. At forty-one she set out to hike… read more

Similar categories in Gail Muller's Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. Just Off For A Walk

By: Stephen Reynolds

4.03

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when a 37-year-old office worker, who exercises marginally less than the average chees… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Reynolds's Just Off For A Walk book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
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18. Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings

By: Simon Parker

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable and inspirational true story of how one man battled grief and anxiety, one pedal str… read more

Similar categories in Simon Parker's Riding Out: A Journey of Love, Loss and New Beginnings book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • travel
  • nonfiction
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19. Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country

By: Juliet Nicolson

3.44

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not st… read more

Similar categories in Juliet Nicolson's Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • memoir
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20. In All Weathers

By: Matt Gaw

4.09

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

An inspiring exploration of the power and beauty of British weather in all its wild and stormy form… read more

Similar categories in Matt Gaw's In All Weathers book and Steve Silk's The Great North Road: London to Edinburgh – 11 Days, 2 Wheels and 1 Ancient Highway

  • nonfiction
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21. The Nomad En Suite

By: Stephen Reynolds

3.99

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The third instalment from arguably the ninth most famous Stephen Reynolds in the world. This genera… read more

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  • nonfiction

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Michael Palin

3.87

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4.10

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Bill Bryson

3.42

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Bill Bryson

3.84

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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Christopher McDougall

3.84

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The Longest Race: A Lifelong Runner, an Iconic Ultramarathon, and the Case for Human Endurance

Ed Ayres

3.44

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Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

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Hal Koerner

4.20

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