6 Best sports books like Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime by Rob Eastaway

Cover of Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime by Rob Eastaway

Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

By: Rob Eastaway

4.30

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British c…

If you liked the sports plot in Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime by Rob Eastaway , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

1. Magic for Liars

By: Sarah Gailey

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magical. She is perfectly happy with her life. She has an almost-… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Magic for Liars book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

"Fucking Mages."

-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars

"If you need to hurry...you’re already too late."

-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars

"the bags under my eyes were definitely well past the carry-on limit"

-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars

"A twenty-five-cent word sprang unbidden into my mind: “noctilucent."

-Sarah Gailey, Magic for Liars

Cover of Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) by Alexander McCall Smith

2. Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.98

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Older cover edition of 9780349116655. In 1999 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2) book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

"Africa had a way of coming back and simply covering everything up again."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"It was easy to make a difference to other people’s lives, so easy to change the little room in which people lived their life."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no."

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

"Perhaps if you don't know there's a gap, you don't worry about it. If you were a millipede, a tshongololo , crawling along the ground would you look at the birds and worry about not having wings? Pro…"

-Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #2)

Cover of 20th Century Ghosts by Christopher Golden, Joe Hill

3. 20th Century Ghosts

By: Christopher Golden , Joe Hill

3.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of short stories. Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and kno… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Golden's 20th Century Ghosts book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

4. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

By: Simon Winchester

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

With riveting insight and detail, Simon Winchester crafts a fascinating glimpse into one man's tort… read more

Similar categories in Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Beowulf by Unknown, Seamus Heaney

5. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

Similar categories in Unknown's Beowulf book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

6. The Great Railway Bazaar

By: Paul Theroux

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining… read more

Similar categories in Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier

7. The Flight of the Falcon

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.16

Format: 315 pages, ebook

"In du Maurier's fiction, she unflinchingly exposed hard truths." --Times(UK) As a young guide for … read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's The Flight of the Falcon book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov, Ronald Wilks, None

8. The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904

By: Anton Chekhov , Ronald Wilks , None

3.91

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

This collection contains the following thirteen stories: The House with the Mezzanine Peasants Man … read more

Similar categories in Anton Chekhov's The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

9. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

By: Joe Navarro , Marvin Karlins

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

He says that's his best offer. Is it? She says she agrees. Does she? The interview went great--or d… read more

Similar categories in Joe Navarro's What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • nonfiction
Cover of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, China Miéville, S.T. Joshi

10. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

Similar categories in H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

11. Zen in the Art of Writing

By: Ray Bradbury

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more

Similar categories in Ray Bradbury's Zen in the Art of Writing book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

12. Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five bril… read more

Similar categories in Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

13. Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

By: Lars Mytting

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it's a book abo… read more

Similar categories in Lars Mytting's Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

14. The Modern Scholar: Geology: The Story of Earth

By: None

3.34

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Dr. Zeigler presents an overview of Earth's history--all 6 billion years--while investigating the m… read more

Similar categories in None's The Modern Scholar: Geology: The Story of Earth book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

15. QB: My Life Behind the Spiral

By: Jeff Benedict , None

4.00

Format: 112 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Jeff Benedict's QB: My Life Behind the Spiral book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

16. The Martian Chronicles

By: Ray Bradbury

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more

Similar categories in Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

17. Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1)

By: Michael Moorcock

3.90

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders i… read more

Similar categories in Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné (Elric, #1) book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

18. The History of Jazz

By: Ted Gioia

4.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world, and it was born in one of the most colo… read more

Similar categories in Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

19. A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24)

By: Ian Rankin

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The brand-new John Rebus thriller from the #1 international bestseller Ian Rankin. John Rebus st… read more

Similar categories in Ian Rankin's A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works by Nathan Leamon

20. Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

By: Nathan Leamon

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Times Best Sports Books 2021 - 'the sporting nerd's book of the year' 'Fascinating and insig… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Leamon's Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket by Stefan Szymanski

21. Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket

By: Stefan Szymanski

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of the bestselling authors of Soccernomics, Stefan Szymanski, teams up with the award-winning c… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

22. Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

By: Henry Kissinger

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and… read more

Similar categories in Henry Kissinger's Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • history
  • nonfiction
"Well before the end of the 20th century however print had lost its former dominance. This resulted in, among other things, a different kind of person getting elected as leader. One who can present hi…"

-Henry Kissinger, Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

Cover of No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings by Noah Rasheta

23. No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings

By: Noah Rasheta

4.45

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

Presented in a practical Q&A format, No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners is the most clear-cut intro… read more

Similar categories in Noah Rasheta's No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato

24. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

By: Mariana Mazzucato

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more

Similar categories in Mariana Mazzucato's The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Midnight Lock (Lincoln Rhyme, #15) by Jeffery Deaver

25. The Midnight Lock (Lincoln Rhyme, #15)

By: Jeffery Deaver

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

When a woman arrives home to her Manhattan apartment to find that her personal items have been rear… read more

Similar categories in Jeffery Deaver's The Midnight Lock (Lincoln Rhyme, #15) book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

Cover of Ito Junji's Cat Diary by Junji Ito

26. Ito Junji's Cat Diary

By: Junji Ito

4.24

Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition

The representative of Japanese horror comics, Junji Ito = horror manga author J. J, a dog person, w… read more

Similar categories in Junji Ito's Ito Junji's Cat Diary book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • nonfiction
"The road to cat wand mastery is long and treacherous indeed!"

-Junji Ito, Ito Junji's Cat Diary

Cover of Crooked River (Pendergast, #19) by Douglas Preston

27. Crooked River (Pendergast, #19)

By: Douglas Preston

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Doug Preston and Lincoln Child return with their next blockbu… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's Crooked River (Pendergast, #19) book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

"Pendergast thought for a moment. Finally, his silvery eyes turned to her. “Failure is always useful."

-Douglas Preston, Crooked River (Pendergast, #19)

Cover of Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing by Andy Martino

28. Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

By: Andy Martino

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the po… read more

Similar categories in Andy Martino's Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy For Red-Ball Cricket by Duncan Hamilton

29. One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy For Red-Ball Cricket

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.18

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

*A MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING SPORTS WRITER*'Hamilton's book is a marvel . . . I'm not sure he could wr… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Hamilton's One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy For Red-Ball Cricket book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime by Rob Eastaway

30. Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

By: Rob Eastaway

4.30

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British c… read more

Similar categories in Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Meaning of Cricket: or How to Waste Your Life on an Inconsequential Sport by Jon Hotten

31. The Meaning of Cricket: or How to Waste Your Life on an Inconsequential Sport

By: Jon Hotten

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Cricket is a strange game. It is a team sport that is almost entirely dependent on individual perfo… read more

Similar categories in Jon Hotten's The Meaning of Cricket: or How to Waste Your Life on an Inconsequential Sport book and Rob Eastaway's Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

  • sports
  • nonfiction

13 must-read nonfiction books like Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime by Rob Eastaway

Transform Your Habits

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

2.67

The Great Railway Bazaar

Paul Theroux

3.70

Transform Your Habits

What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

Joe Navarro , Marvin Karlins

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Hitting Against the Spin: How Cricket Really Works

Nathan Leamon

4.27

View all the books

20 Best fiction books like A Heart Full of Headstones (Inspector Rebus, #24) by Ian Rankin

Transform Your Habits

Blood Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Bleeding Hearts

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Witch Hunt

Ian Rankin , Jack Harvey

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.