14 must-read cycling books like The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption by Matt Rendell

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The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption

By: Matt Rendell

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro V…

If you liked the cycling plot in The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption by Matt Rendell , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Shut Up, Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike

By: Jens Voigt , James D. Startt

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn’t a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although … read more

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2. Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France

By: Max Leonard

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Hardcover

If you complete a bike race of over 3,000 miles in last place, overcoming mountain ranges and merci… read more

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3. 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

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4. The Wettest County in the World

By: Matt Bondurant

3.77

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, "The Wettest County in… read more

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"Sure,but that don't mean I've got to go far away.On your own has nothing to do with distance."

-Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World

"...he had focused so long on the precision of the word, the utterance that was most unfettered by artful manipulation, that the thing had become mere style."

-Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World

"It amazed Forrest that so many men seemed to wake up in the morning needing some kind of beating or another, men saying and doing fantastic things for the sake of getting another man to smash his fac…"

-Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World

5. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

By: J.M. Barrie , Arthur Rackham

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Before he flew away to Neverland, the little boy who wouldn't grow up dwelt in the heart of London,… read more

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6. Caledonian Road

By: Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more

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7. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports

By: Guy Lawson

3.96

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more

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8. 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

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"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

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9. Lady's Well (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #20)

By: L.J. Ross

4.42

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER... When the ancient waters of Lady’s Well in the rural village of… read more

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10. Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)

By: Gregg Hurwitz

4.37

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep und… read more

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11. From The Ashes (DI Nick Dixon Crime, #14)

By: Damien Boyd

4.64

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

Long lives are being cut short in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series. … read more

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12. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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13. Stop Them Dead (Roy Grace #19)

By: Peter James

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A ruthless crime. A race against time. When a young farmer confronts intruders in the middle of … read more

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14. 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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15. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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16. To the Dogs

By: Louise Welsh

3.71

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

A TIMES BEST NEW CRIME FICTION OF THE MONTHJim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds, he is a bi… read more

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17. 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

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18. Beware the Past (DCI Matt Ballard, #1)

By: Joy Ellis

4.35

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

One terrible case always haunted detective Matt Ballard. Now many years later, the killer seems to … read more

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19. The Crash

By: Robert Peston

4.05

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

As the world falls apart, a deadly conspiracy comes together . . . London, 2007. It's summer in … read more

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20. Dead Sorry (Calladine & Bayliss #11)

By: Helen H. Durrant

4.43

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Looking for a brilliant best-selling crime mystery with great detectives? THE PAST COMES BACK TO… read more

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21. One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels

By: Jonathan Vaughters

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The new memoir tracing story of cycling since the 1980s, through the eyes of Jonathan Vaughters, fo… read more

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22. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

By: Stuart Maconie

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more

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23. Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling

By: Alex Dowsett

4.55

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 – CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR'Immensely readable and revea… read more

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24. 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

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25. 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

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26. 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

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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

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28. The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption

By: Matt Rendell

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro V… read more

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29. Climbers: How the Kings of the Mountains conquered cycling

By: Peter Cossins

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why h… read more

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30. Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain

By: Tim Moore

4.27

Format: None pages, ebook

Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero'… read more

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31. Sticky Bottle: The Cycling Year According to Carlton Kirby

By: Carlton Kirby

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'Entertaining, quirky and an enjoyable read' – Phil Liggett MBE 'A genuine one-off with a ready wi… read more

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