14 must-read nonfiction books like What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story by Emily Chappell

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What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

By: Emily Chappell

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Emily Chappell was never meant to be a cycle courier. She planned to earn her living using her mind…

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1. Bliss

By: Katherine Mansfield

3.72

Format: 70 pages, Mass Market Paperback

But in her bosom there was still that bright glowing place—that shower of little sparks coming from… read more

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  • lgbt
"But the pear tree was as lovely as ever and as full of flower and as still."

-Katherine Mansfield, Bliss

"¿Es que no puede haber una forma de manifestarlo sin parecer “beodo o trastornado"

-Katherine Mansfield, Bliss

"I am so glad you like them', said he, staring at his feet. 'They seem to have got so much whiter since the moon rose.' And he turned his lean sorrowful long face to Bertha. 'There is a moon, you know…"

-Katherine Mansfield, Bliss

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2. 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 Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
  • bicycles
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3. A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey

By: Chrissie Wellington , Lance Armstrong

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

In 2007, Chrissie Wellington shocked the triathlon world by winning the Ironman World Championships… read more

Similar categories in Chrissie Wellington's A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey book and Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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4. The Impossible Dead

By: Ian Rankin

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com… read more

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5. Them: Adventures with Extremists

By: Jon Ronson

4.27

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industryand So Yo… read more

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6. Hangover Square

By: Patrick Hamilton

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Hamilton (1904-1962) captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romanticall… read more

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7. The Rider

By: Sam Garrett , Tim Krabbé

3.50

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in the Netherlands in… read more

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8. NW

By: Zadie Smith

3.67

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

Set in northwest London, Zadie Smith's brilliant tragicomic novel follows four locals--Leah, Natali… read more

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9. One Man and His Bike

By: Mike Carter

4.11

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

What would happen if you were cycling to the office and just kept on pedalling? Mike Carter needed … read more

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10. This Road I Ride: Sometimes It Takes Losing Everything to Find Yourself

By: Juliana Buhring

3.43

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Juliana Buhring had been mired in a dark hole of depression after the death of a man she loved, and… read more

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11. In Ascension

By: Martin MacInnes

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

An astonishing novel about a young microbiologist investigating an unfathomable deep vent in the oc… read more

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"I questioned what else I had already missed so far, in my own life, simply through the limits of my character."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"Once he had committed to this life, there was no way he could get out of it. He was angry at us, his daughters, because the financial demands of our existence bound him to it."

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"I kind of love it. It's so macabre. The reason we haven't seen or heard from anything off-world is that reaching off-world status is a civilisational death knell. Life either gets stuck there or dest…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

"The air was thick with teeming life, just as the oceans and the rivers were. A spoonful of seawater or a pinch of soil between your fingers held billions of living things. We were blind to this out o…"

-Martin MacInnes, In Ascension

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12. Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country

By: John Kampfner

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A provocative and entertaining exploration of the country that Britons love to hate by one of our m… read more

Similar categories in John Kampfner's Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country book and Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

  • nonfiction
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13. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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14. Termush

By: Sven Holm

3.31

Format: 119 pages, Paperback

Introduced by Jeff VanderMeer, welcome to a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this post-apoca… read more

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"An inspired lie could be preferred to a malignant truth."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"I must ask myself whether I am not colouring what I see with my own views."

-Sven Holm, Termush

"- I do have some faith in democracy, but I don't think that this vote can be regarded as a matter of course as democratic. The voters knew too little about the alternatives. - They are always Ill-inf…"

-Sven Holm, Termush

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15. Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

By: Josie Shapiro

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved … read more

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16. SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

By: Jenny Tough

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of a six-continent journey of self-discovery Jenny Tough is an endurance athl… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Tough's SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life book and Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
  • bicycles
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18. Weird Fucks

By: Lynne Tillman

3.17

Format: None pages, None

Fiction. Women's Studies. Art by Amy Sillman. The long out-of-print 1978 novella by the brilliant L… read more

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19. The Midlife Cyclist: The Road Map for the +40 Rider Who Wants to Train Hard, Ride Fast and Stay Healthy

By: Phil Cavell

4.10

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell, explores the growing trend of middle-aged and o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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20. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

By: Deena Kastor

4.36

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

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21. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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  • lgbt
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22. Neon Roses

By: Rachel Dawson

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her co… read more

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  • lgbt
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23. Intermezzo

By: Sally Rooney

4.34

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.… read more

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24. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

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25. 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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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • cycling
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26. Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination

By: Jenny Tough

4.04

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

It s time we celebrated women in adventure What does "toughness" mean to you? Perhaps it's being… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"I have always felt that adventures are about connection and daring, albeit my traditional view was that it was a solitary quest and one where fears were stuffed down to be tamed alone. I would say th…"

-Jenny Tough, Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination

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27. Are You Happy Now

By: Hanna Jameson

3.47

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

At a New York City wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to be happy.Yun ha… read more

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  • lgbt
"He wondered if a love not properly expressed mutated into something jagged and unwieldy like metal, something that could kill you."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Oh shit, because it was never a good time to realize you really liked someone. Realizing you really liked someone meant knowing on some level it was going to hurt."

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Deep down, people know just how unlikely their unhappiness is. The only thing we can at least be honest about is we want things to work out, and that's what these stories are really about. It's not a…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

"Yun wanted to collapse under the weight, the unbearable weight of knowing he had to carry on moving, continue to try, to wake up day after day and do this, do everything. He didn’t want to die, he ju…"

-Hanna Jameson, Are You Happy Now

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28. Four Seasons in Japan

By: Nick Bradley

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation… read more

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"Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"You don’t have to, though,’ his friend said, with a tilt of his head. ‘You can do whatever you like, man. It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"But the important thing is that you turn up, you get out your pen, and you draw one small thing, one line at a time. That’s how you achieve something big."

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

"I remember looking out into that dark night sky, and I remember feeling something I hadn’t in a long time – I want to live. Having found myself that close to death, I suddenly knew that I wasn’t read…"

-Nick Bradley, Four Seasons in Japan

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29. Bewildered

By: Laura Waters

4.31

Format: None pages, None

WINNER OF 2021 ASTW BEST TRAVEL BOOK (Australian Society of Travel Writers) What would move you … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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30. What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

By: Emily Chappell

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Emily Chappell was never meant to be a cycle courier. She planned to earn her living using her mind… read more

Similar categories in Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story book and Emily Chappell's What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story

  • biography
  • memoir
  • lgbt
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
  • bicycles
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31. Around The World In 80 Days

By: Mark Beaumont

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world.On Monday 18th September 20… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • cycling

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3.91

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3.80

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4.40

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Anna McNuff

3.69

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Raynor Winn

4.33

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4.40

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