8 must-read football books like Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football by Gary Lineker

Cover of Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football by Gary Lineker

Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

By: Gary Lineker

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

PRE-ORDER NOW Would a pre-book team-talk be useful before we begin? A few uplifting words to take w…

If you liked the football plot in Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football by Gary Lineker , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) by Spike Milligan

1. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

By: Spike Milligan

4.03

Format: 142 pages, Paperback

Adolf Hitler: My Part on His Downfall is volume One of Spike Milligan's outrageous, hilarious, lege… read more

Similar categories in Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1) book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
"They're all the rage, Cab Calloway wears one."

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"Some people live a nothing life: the most important thing they ever do is die. Thank God for eccentrics! Take Gunner Octavian Neat. He would suddenly appear naked in a barrack room and say, “Does any…"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

"...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Robert…"

-Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

Cover of Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography by Paul Merton

2. Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography

By: Paul Merton

3.70

Format: 339 pages,

Known for his intelligent and often surreal humour, Paul Merton's weekly appearances on BBC1's Have… read more

Similar categories in Paul Merton's Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me by Bernie Taupin

3. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me

By: Bernie Taupin

3.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, th… read more

Similar categories in Bernie Taupin's Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • nonfiction
Cover of Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

4. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Cover of The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets by Dawn French

5. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

Similar categories in Dawn French's The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1) by Richard  Coles

6. Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1)

By: Richard Coles

3.32

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rector… read more

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Cover of Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home by Jeremy Clarkson

7. Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Welcome back to Clarkson's farm. At the end of Jeremy's first year, Diddly Squat farm rewarded him … read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
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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

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  • humor
Cover of A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World by Rob Beckett

9. A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World

By: Rob Beckett

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television he’s the laddie… read more

Similar categories in Rob Beckett's A Class Act: Life as a Working-Class Man in a Middle-Class World book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince of Spies (Richard Prince, #1) by Alex Gerlis

10. Prince of Spies (Richard Prince, #1)

By: Alex Gerlis

4.20

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern… read more

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11. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • sports
  • nonfiction
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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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
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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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • nonfiction
Cover of Theroux the Keyhole by Louis Theroux

14. Theroux the Keyhole

By: Louis Theroux

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Come round to Louis Theroux’s house where the much-loved TV documentary-maker, podcaster and bestse… read more

Similar categories in Louis Theroux's Theroux the Keyhole book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War by Al Murray

15. Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War

By: Al Murray

4.10

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War in particular has always run para… read more

Similar categories in Al Murray's Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • nonfiction
Cover of The God Desire by David Baddiel

16. The God Desire

By: David Baddiel

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Jews Don’t Count ‘ A hugely heartfelt, funny, kind, fascinating, hum… read more

Similar categories in David Baddiel's The God Desire book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
"But also, the cynic may have to accept something else. That he, as a human, is not exceptional. He might have to accept that perhaps, when you look at how animals, certainly mammals, behave – how the…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Martin Amis once said, of death, that ‘after forty, it’s a full-time job looking the other way’. I sometimes wonder if, at any adult age, it’s also a full-time job – although a less conscious one – l…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Some religious ideas may be on the decline, but not, I would say, human exceptionalism. Fewer people might believe in God than they used to, yet, although veganism is on the rise, most of us are stil…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

"Because another thing we look away from, in the killing of animals, is just how much they are like us. One of the things the internet has done is circulate, on a vast scale, short films of animals be…"

-David Baddiel, The God Desire

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17. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ambush (Michael Bennett, #11) by James  Patterson

18. Ambush (Michael Bennett, #11)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a set-up, taking an officer down-and… read more

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19. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders by Ben Aitken

20. The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders

By: Ben Aitken

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

When Ben Aitken- a millennial Bill Bryson- learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday in… read more

Similar categories in Ben Aitken's The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
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21. The Extra Mile

By: Kevin Sinfield

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary memoir from Rugby League's greatest and most inspirational player The Extra Mi… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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22. How to Be a Footballer

By: Peter Crouch

4.10

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous beha… read more

Similar categories in Peter Crouch's How to Be a Footballer book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

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

23. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

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

24. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

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

25. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football by Gary Lineker

26. Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

By: Gary Lineker

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

PRE-ORDER NOW Would a pre-book team-talk be useful before we begin? A few uplifting words to take w… read more

Similar categories in Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

27. How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

By: Tifo - The Athletic

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer 'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Liar Liar (Detective Harriet Blue, #3) by James  Patterson

28. Liar Liar (Detective Harriet Blue, #3)

By: James Patterson

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Detective Harriet Blue is clear about two things. Regan Banks deserves to die. And she’ll be the on… read more

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Cover of Everything is Everything: A Memoir of Love, Hate & Hope by Clive Myrie

29. Everything is Everything: A Memoir of Love, Hate & Hope

By: Clive Myrie

4.31

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

As a Bolton teenager with a paper round, Clive Myrie read all the newspapers he delivered from cove… read more

Similar categories in Clive Myrie's Everything is Everything: A Memoir of Love, Hate & Hope book and Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

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

30. 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 Gary Lineker's Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football

  • sports
  • football
Cover of The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World by Dom Joly

31. The Conspiracy Tourist: Travels Through a Strange World

By: Dom Joly

3.69

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Dom Joly sets off on his travels again, immersing himself in the strange world of conspiracies. On … read more

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  • nonfiction

13 Best humor books like Behind Closed Doors: Life, Laughs and Football by Gary Lineker

Transform Your Habits

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (War Memoirs, #1)

Spike Milligan

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography

Paul Merton

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

Dawn French

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

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21 Best fiction books like Murder Before Evensong (Canon Clement, #1) by Richard Coles

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A Spoonful Of Murder (Liz, Pat and Thelma, #1)

J.M. Hall

3.18

Transform Your Habits

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Murder on Lake Garda

Tom Hindle

3.55

Transform Your Habits

The Trial

Rob Rinder

4.24

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