17 Top biography books like The Racer by David Millar

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The Racer

By: David Millar

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of th…

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1. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics book and David Millar's The Racer

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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2. Draft Animals

By: Phil Gaimon

3.60

Format: 246 pages,

From the author of the cult favorite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro, the story of one man's… read more

Similar categories in Phil Gaimon's Draft Animals book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh

3. Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong

By: David Walsh

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist David Walsh, the definitive account of the author's twelve-year quest… read more

Similar categories in David Walsh's Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist by Richard  Moore

4. In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist

By: Richard Moore

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of Britain's best-ever cyclist, this book looks to unravel the puzzle surround… read more

Similar categories in Richard Moore's In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of My Time by William Fotheringham, Bradley Wiggins

5. My Time

By: William Fotheringham , Bradley Wiggins

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On 22 July 2012 Bradley Wiggins became the first British man ever to win the Tour de France. In an … read more

Similar categories in William Fotheringham's My Time book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Thomas Dekker - mijn gevecht by Thijs Zonneveld

6. Thomas Dekker - mijn gevecht

By: Thijs Zonneveld

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thomas Dekker (1984) heeft genoeg van de leugens. Zijn echte verhaal is nog nooit verteld. De waarh… read more

Similar categories in Thijs Zonneveld's Thomas Dekker - mijn gevecht book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of Sahara by Michael Palin, Basil Pao

7. Sahara

By: Michael Palin , Basil Pao

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, travel from the North to the S… read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's Sahara book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages by Richard  Moore

8. Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages

By: Richard Moore

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take readers on a virtual Tour de France, … read more

Similar categories in Richard Moore's Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages book and David Millar's The Racer

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris by George Hincapie, Craig Hummer

9. The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris

By: George Hincapie , Craig Hummer

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Trading on the sterling reputation that enabled him to survive a widely publicized doping confessio… read more

Similar categories in George Hincapie's The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling

10. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

By: Daniel Coyle , Tyler Hamilton

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Secret Racei… read more

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11. Pole to Pole

By: Michael Palin

2.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

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12. The World of Cycling According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages,

Sit back or saddle up as double Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Geraint Thomas g… read more

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13. Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist

By: Paul Kimmage

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory--wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de… read more

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14. Tour de Force

By: Mark Cavendish

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. " That was perhaps the last race of my career..."' Dee… read more

Similar categories in Mark Cavendish's Tour de Force book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was by Daniel Friebe

15. Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was

By: Daniel Friebe

4.31

Format: 610 pages, Kindle Edition

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most natu… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Friebe's Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step by Ryan Hall

16. Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step

By: Ryan Hall

3.93

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Journey with Olympian and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall as he reflects on the joys… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Hall's Run the Mile You're In: Finding God in Every Step book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Orbital by Samantha Harvey

17. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

Similar categories in Samantha Harvey's Orbital book and David Millar's The Racer

  • audiobook
"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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18. Travellers in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.05

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The e… read more

Similar categories in Julia Boyd's Travellers in the Third Reich book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"One odd thing Yencken noticed was how much blonder the nation had become since he was last there. According to official statistics over 10 million packets of hair dye were sold in 1934"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"In Dresden, Sylvia Morris witnessed the ransacking of the Jewish department store - Etam's [on Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938]. 'Dresden had been peaceful and not pro-Nazi so this was a major event,'…"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

"[William Edward Burghardt] Du Bois saw things rather differently. He argued that it was entirely because of Hitler that Germany had in fact already ‘lapsed into Bolshevism’. In his view, the Nazi gov…"

-Julia Boyd, Travellers in the Third Reich

Cover of The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey by Geraint Thomas

19. The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

By: Geraint Thomas

4.20

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike… read more

Similar categories in Geraint Thomas's The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet by Jenny Graham

20. Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet

By: Jenny Graham

4.56

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

16 countries, 124 days and 18,000 miles. This is the story of one woman's solo lap of the planet by… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Graham's Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton by The Secret Cyclist

21. The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

By: The Secret Cyclist

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Who is The Secret Cyclist and why all the secrecy? "Every public aspect of our lives is so tight… read more

Similar categories in The Secret Cyclist's The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
"To me, cycling can be glorious and it can be grubby, but quite often, it’s neither. It’s just pedalling for hours and hours for relatively little in return."

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

"It takes a special kind of person to want to be a professional cyclist. If you have another opportunity, such as university, you really have to think long and hard about it, because unless you’re ver…"

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

"If you want to know the truth about the latest equipment, don’t ask a pro. At least not one that’s speaking on the record. We’re told what to use and we have to be positive about it, even when it suc…"

-The Secret Cyclist, The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton

Cover of The Racer by David  Millar

22. The Racer

By: David Millar

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of th… read more

Similar categories in David Millar's The Racer book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling by Dan Martin

23. Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling

By: Dan Martin

3.93

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is Dan Martin's long-awaited autobiography, full of 'the warmth, sharp insights and vivid col… read more

Similar categories in Dan Martin's Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent by Andy McGrath

24. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

By: Andy McGrath

3.98

Format: None pages, ebook

The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more

Similar categories in Andy McGrath's God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED by Steve Cummings

25. The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED

By: Steve Cummings

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR*The gripping and revealing au… read more

Similar categories in Steve Cummings's The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network by Laura Laker

26. Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network

By: Laura Laker

4.59

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A unique journey around the UK's National Cycle Network and one journalist's quest to investigate t… read more

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Cover of 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting

27. 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

By: Ned Boulting

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film… read more

Similar categories in Ned Boulting's 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession book and David Millar's The Racer

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of Mountains According to G by Geraint Thomas

28. Mountains According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribula… read more

Similar categories in Geraint Thomas's Mountains According to G book and David Millar's The Racer

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • cycling
Cover of At Speed by Mark Cavendish

29. At Speed

By: Mark Cavendish

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mark Cavendish is quite simply the biggest thing in cycling and the biggest thing in British sport.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Cavendish's At Speed book and David Millar's The Racer

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
  • audiobook
Cover of Magic Spanner by Carlton Kirby

30. Magic Spanner

By: Carlton Kirby

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Mr Cycling, Eurosport commentator Carlton Kirby, offers an expert, behind-the-scenes view of the wo… read more

Similar categories in Carlton Kirby's Magic Spanner book and David Millar's The Racer

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography by Matt Rendell

31. The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography

By: Matt Rendell

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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4.15

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4.17

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3.41

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3.93

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Anna McNuff

3.69

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Raynor Winn

4.33

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Elise Downing

4.03

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