16 must-read biography books like The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin

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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…

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Cover of Mack the Life: The Autobiography by Lee Mack

1. Mack the Life: The Autobiography

By: Lee Mack

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, heartfelt and hilarious insight into the life of one of our most popular comedians.   … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mack's Mack the Life: The Autobiography book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Back From the Brink: The Autobiography by None, Paul McGrath

2. Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

By: None , Paul McGrath

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The autobiography of this Irish soccer player is not a football story but a human story that goes f… read more

Similar categories in None's Back From the Brink: The Autobiography book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina by Jonathan  Wilson

3. Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina

By: Jonathan Wilson

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi ... Argentina i… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

4. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945

By: Max Hastings

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly globa… read more

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5. Autobiography

By: Morrissey

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder … read more

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6. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • scotland
  • audiobook
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8. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • audiobook
Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

9. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

Similar categories in Rory Carroll's There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) by Ambrose Parry

10. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • scotland
  • audiobook
Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

11. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

Similar categories in Simon Kuper's The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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12. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Edmondson's Berserker! book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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13. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

Similar categories in Jarvis Cocker's Good Pop, Bad Pop book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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14. The Long Knives

By: Irvine Welsh

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Justice can be a blunt instrument "Men like him usually tell the story. In business. Politics. Medi… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • scotland
  • audiobook
"We're all confused youths, pal. We just get better at covering it up."

-Irvine Welsh, The Long Knives

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15. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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16. Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That

By: Dylan Jones

3.74

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), p… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Jones's Faster Than A Cannonball: 1995 and All That book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • nonfiction
Cover of Echoes: A memoir continued . . . by Will Sergeant

17. Echoes: A memoir continued . . .

By: Will Sergeant

4.27

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERScenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but… read more

Similar categories in Will Sergeant's Echoes: A memoir continued . . . book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

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

18. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • audiobook
Cover of On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend by Martin    O'Neill

19. On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend

By: Martin O'Neill

4.12

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Martin O’Neill has had one of the most incredible careers in football – winning European Cups, capt… read more

Similar categories in Martin O'Neill's On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

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

20. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke

21. I Wanna Be Yours

By: John Cooper Clarke

4.17

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Poet Laureate of Punk, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. A… read more

Similar categories in John Cooper Clarke's I Wanna Be Yours book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

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

22. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Two Brothers by Jonathan  Wilson

23. Two Brothers

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.27

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades … read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Two Brothers book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other by John  Preston

24. Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other

By: John Preston

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The unforgettable story, decades before Ted Lasso, of the real-life Watford Football Team, transfor… read more

Similar categories in John Preston's Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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25. Animal House

By: James Brown

3.93

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Music, Magazines & MayhemBetween 1994 and 1997, James Brown's loaded magazine became the the must-b… read more

Similar categories in James Brown's Animal House book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • nonfiction
Cover of Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club FROM THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL PODCAST by Kevin Day

26. Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club FROM THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL PODCAST

By: Kevin Day

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'A very funny book that tackles some serious football issues.' Gary Lineker 'Witty and wise.' Clar… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Day's Unfit and Improper Persons: An Idiot’s Guide to Owning a Football Club FROM THE PRICE OF FOOTBALL PODCAST book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman by Jonathan Sayer

27. Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman

By: Jonathan Sayer

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to addres… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Sayer's Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

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

28. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • football
Cover of The Holy Vible: The Book the Bible Could Have Been by Elis James

29. The Holy Vible: The Book the Bible Could Have Been

By: Elis James

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'Elis and John are my go-to place when I need a bloody good laugh. Properly funny!' Sarah Millican … read more

Similar categories in Elis James's The Holy Vible: The Book the Bible Could Have Been book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

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

30. 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 Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

Cover of My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations by Michael Parkinson

31. My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations

By: Michael Parkinson

3.79

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

'Like my father before me, I believe that both the playing and watching of sport can teach us impor… read more

Similar categories in Michael Parkinson's My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations book and Pat Nevin's The Accidental Footballer

  • nonfiction

18 best-selling audiobook books like The Accidental Footballer by Pat Nevin

Transform Your Habits

Mack the Life: The Autobiography

Lee Mack

3.75

Transform Your Habits

My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Meantime

Frankie Boyle

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

Alan Partridge

4.27

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18 best-selling audiobook books like Berserker! by Adrian Edmondson

Transform Your Habits

Bonkers: My Life in Laughs

Jennifer Saunders

3.85

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

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