8 must-read biography books like The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris

Cover of The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris

The Boy on the Shed

By: Paul Ferris

4.38

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardThe Sunday Times Sports Book of the Y…

If you liked the biography plot in The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Birdsong

By: Sebastian Faulks

4.32

Format: 632 pages,

Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be r… read more

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2. Undisputed Truth

By: Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world--an… read more

Similar categories in Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography

3. Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches

By: Carlo Ancelotti

0.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing … read more

Similar categories in Carlo Ancelotti's Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Soccernomics by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

4. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year by David Hepworth

5. 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

By: David Hepworth

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by t… read more

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  • nonfiction

6. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

By: Chris Anderson , David Sally

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more

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7. 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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8. Gazza : My Story

By: Hunter Davies , Paul Gascoigne

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Almost as soon as Gazza burst on to the scene at Newcastle United, the young Geordie was the centre… read more

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9. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

10. David Jason: My Life

By: David Jason

3.44

Format: 330 pages,

National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013 The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britai… read more

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11. Fever Pitch

By: Nick Hornby

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more

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Cover of Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge

12. Eye For An Eye

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.09

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

RIGHT OR WRONG? Only nine criminals in the UK have been granted lifelong anonymity. Their crimes … read more

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Cover of Clean Kill (Dan Shepherd #20) by Stephen Leather

13. Clean Kill (Dan Shepherd #20)

By: Stephen Leather

4.53

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

Terrorists have shot down a British helicopter in West Africa and taken the crew hostage. Their liv… read more

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

14. 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 Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • ireland
Cover of When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football by Jon Henderson

15. When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football

By: Jon Henderson

3.80

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2019 Long before perma-tanned football agents and… read more

Similar categories in Jon Henderson's When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of First Man In: Leading from the Front by Ant Middleton

16. First Man In: Leading from the Front

By: Ant Middleton

4.02

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

No one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant … read more

Similar categories in Ant Middleton's First Man In: Leading from the Front book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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17. 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 Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of The Boy on the Shed by Paul Ferris

18. The Boy on the Shed

By: Paul Ferris

4.38

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardThe Sunday Times Sports Book of the Y… read more

Similar categories in Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • biography
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • ireland
Cover of Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia by David  Arrowsmith

19. Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia

By: David Arrowsmith

4.47

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football.Narcoball uncovers the… read more

Similar categories in David Arrowsmith's Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • sports
Cover of Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football by Glenn Hoddle

20. Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football

By: Glenn Hoddle

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Glenn Hoddle's Playmaker: My Life and the Love of Football book and Paul Ferris's The Boy on the Shed

  • autobiography
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Ollie: The Autobiography of Ian Holloway by Ian Holloway

21. Ollie: The Autobiography of Ian Holloway

By: Ian Holloway

3.99

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Ollie is more than just a football book - this is a story of personal grit and determination. Ian H… read more

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  • football

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Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson , Larry Sloman

3.93

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Carlo Ancelotti

0.00

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Soccernomics

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4.67

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1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

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3.83

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Bear Grylls

3.66

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Ross Edgley

4.33

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Mark 'Billy' Billingham

4.24

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