20 Best biography books like Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul Merson

Cover of Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul Merson

Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

By: Paul Merson

4.23

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards'brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... …

If you liked the biography plot in Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul Merson , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of The Second Half by Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane

1. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

Similar categories in Roddy Doyle's The Second Half book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Always Managing: My Autobiography by Harry Redknapp

2. Always Managing: My Autobiography

By: Harry Redknapp

3.92

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

The autobiography of one of the greatest living English soccer managers of his generation From kick… read more

Similar categories in Harry Redknapp's Always Managing: My Autobiography book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football

3. Craig Bellamy: GoodFella

By: Craig Bellamy

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

CRAIG BELLAMY is one of those footballers you can't ignore. If he plays for your team, you love him… read more

Similar categories in Craig Bellamy's Craig Bellamy: GoodFella book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

4. Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

By: Alex Ferguson

4.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The celebratory, revealing, inspiring, and entertaining autobiography of the greatest manager in th… read more

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5. The Gaffer: The Trials and Tribulations of a Football Manager

By: Neil Warnock

4.00

Format: None pages,

Ever wondered how a transfer deal is done? What a manager says during his pre-match team-talk? What… read more

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6. Addicted

By: Ian Ridley , Tony Adams

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Adams writes what it's like playing with the best players in the game, from Gazza to Dennis Bergkam… read more

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7. A Life in Football: My Autobiography

By: Ian Wright

4.29

Format: 120 pages,

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Cover of How They Broke Britain by James O'Brien

8. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

Similar categories in James O'Brien's How They Broke Britain book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of My Life in Red and White by Arsène Wenger

9. My Life in Red and White

By: Arsène Wenger

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more

Similar categories in Arsène Wenger's My Life in Red and White book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook

10. The People's Game: How Football Lost Its Way

By: Gary Neville

3.51

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

*OUT NOW* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ' Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing … read more

Similar categories in Gary Neville's The People's Game: How Football Lost Its Way book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
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11. Meantime

By: Frankie Boyle

3.54

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the loca… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Boyle's Meantime book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • audiobook
Cover of Troy Deeney: Redemption: My Story by Troy Deeney

12. Troy Deeney: Redemption: My Story

By: Troy Deeney

3.98

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

***'Footie book of the year.' - The SunTROY DEENEY is best known as Watford FC's former captain and… read more

Similar categories in Troy Deeney's Troy Deeney: Redemption: My Story book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Unbreakable by Ronnie O'Sullivan

13. Unbreakable

By: Ronnie O'Sullivan

3.90

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023 AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER… read more

Similar categories in Ronnie O'Sullivan's Unbreakable book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Broadly Speaking by Stuart Broad

14. Broadly Speaking

By: Stuart Broad

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Stuart Broad is the ultimate competitor - someone addicted to the pressures of Test cricket, the bi… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Broad's Broadly Speaking book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Lives of Brian by Brian Johnson

15. The Lives of Brian

By: Brian Johnson

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Brian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately repla… read more

Similar categories in Brian Johnson's The Lives of Brian book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of One: My Autobiography by Peter Schmeichel

16. One: My Autobiography

By: Peter Schmeichel

3.86

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Peter Schmeichel is an undisputed giant of the global game. He was a serial winner with Manchester… read more

Similar categories in Peter Schmeichel's One: My Autobiography book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
"I would say to any adult who stands on the sides yelling at players in a kids' game: grab hold of yourself. Remember the obvious. THESE ARE KIDS. These are little, vulnerable human beings with underd…"

-Peter Schmeichel, One: My Autobiography

Cover of The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan. by Micah Richards

17. The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

By: Micah Richards

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game… read more

Similar categories in Micah Richards's The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan. book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

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

18. 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

Similar categories in James Patterson's All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul Merson

19. Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

By: Paul Merson

4.23

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards'brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... … read more

Similar categories in Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend by Chris Kamara

20. Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend

By: Chris Kamara

4.30

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Foreword by Ben Shephard‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Time… read more

Similar categories in Chris Kamara's Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of No Spin: My Autobiography by Shane Warne

21. No Spin: My Autobiography

By: Shane Warne

3.89

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the start of his glittering career in 1992, to his official retirement from all formats of the… read more

Similar categories in Shane Warne's No Spin: My Autobiography book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin

22. The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

4.10

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teac… read more

Similar categories in Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Be a Football Manager by Ian Holloway

23. How to Be a Football Manager

By: Ian Holloway

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

*** SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 20… read more

Similar categories in Ian Holloway's How to Be a Football Manager book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of How to be an Ex-Footballer by Peter Crouch

24. How to be an Ex-Footballer

By: Peter Crouch

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The first truly insider guide to being a Premiership footballer, from Britain's funniest sporting i… read more

Similar categories in Peter Crouch's How to be an Ex-Footballer book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Behind the Mask: My Autobiography by Tyson Fury

25. Behind the Mask: My Autobiography

By: Tyson Fury

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound … read more

Similar categories in Tyson Fury's Behind the Mask: My Autobiography book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of I Love This Game by Patrice Evra

26. I Love This Game

By: Patrice Evra

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Patrice Evra's I Love This Game book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio by David Hepworth

27. Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio

By: David Hepworth

4.06

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'Th… read more

Similar categories in David Hepworth's Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Be Careful What You Wish For by Simon Jordan

28. Be Careful What You Wish For

By: Simon Jordan

4.19

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever dreamed of owning your boyhood football club? Be careful what you wish for...Simon Jordan grew… read more

Similar categories in Simon Jordan's Be Careful What You Wish For book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success by Andrew Cole

29. Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success

By: Andrew Cole

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

*INCLUDES A FOREWORD BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON*__________'I'm not sure whether life prepared me for foot… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Cole's Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • biography
Cover of Only Here For A Visit: A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories by Alan Brazil

30. Only Here For A Visit: A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories

By: Alan Brazil

3.94

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

'The only book that will give you a hangover' Chris Evans Breakfast Show---The hilarious, no holds … read more

Similar categories in Alan Brazil's Only Here For A Visit: A Life Lived to the Full – from Sporting Glories to Wild Stories book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

  • football
Cover of When Fury Takes Over: Life, the Furys and Me by John Fury

31. When Fury Takes Over: Life, the Furys and Me

By: John Fury

3.72

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

'MY DAD IS TRULY A MAN AMONGST MEN' - TYSON FURY'A knockout account of his wild and wayward life' –… read more

Similar categories in John Fury's When Fury Takes Over: Life, the Furys and Me book and Paul Merson's Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery

18 must-read audiobook books like Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery by Paul Merson

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

The People's Game: How Football Lost Its Way

Gary Neville

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Meantime

Frankie Boyle

3.54

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12 Best audiobook books like Be Careful What You Wish For by Simon Jordan

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

Transform Your Habits

My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

Transform Your Habits

The Trading Game: A Confession

Gary Stevenson

4.26

Transform Your Habits

First Man In: Leading from the Front

Ant Middleton

4.02

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