23 Best nonfiction books like Magic Spanner by Carlton Kirby

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Magic Spanner

By: Carlton Kirby

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Mr Cycling, Eurosport commentator Carlton Kirby, offers an expert, behind-the-scenes view of the wo…

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Cover of Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal by Daniel Friebe

1. Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal

By: Daniel Friebe

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx simply devoured his rivals, their h… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of The Climb: The Autobiography by David Walsh, Chris Froome

2. The Climb: The Autobiography

By: David Walsh , Chris Froome

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France by Ned Boulting

3. How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France

By: Ned Boulting

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Follow Ned Boulting's (occasionally excruciating) experiences covering the world's most famous two-… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist by Richard  Moore

4. In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist

By: Richard Moore

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

The compelling story of Britain's best-ever cyclist, this book looks to unravel the puzzle surround… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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5. Inside Team Sky: The Inside Story of Team Sky and Their Challenge for the 2013 Tour de France

By: David Walsh

3.63

Format: 224 pages, Unknown Binding

After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure was on t… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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6. Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages

By: Richard Moore

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In ETAPE, critically acclaimed author Richard Moore will take readers on a virtual Tour de France, … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling

7. The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

By: Daniel Coyle , Tyler Hamilton

4.01

Format: 217 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe Secret Racei… read more

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8. Ask a Pro: Everything You Should Be Scared to Know about Pro Cycling

By: Phil Gaimon

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

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9. Inside the Peloton: My Life as a Professional Cyclist

By: None

3.50

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The passionate, truthful story of life on the professional Tour by Ireland's finest cyclist and one… read more

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10. Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France

By: Richard Moore

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Tour de France is sport's most compelling battle -- an annual cauldron of heroism and treachery… read more

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11. Racing Through the Dark

By: David Millar , Jeremy Whittle

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

By his 18th birthday David Millar was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped… read more

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12. Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist

By: Paul Kimmage

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Paul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory--wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de… read more

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13. Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker

By: Mark Cavendish

4.00

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

'Boy Racer' steps behind the scenes of the Tour de France. It unmasks the exotic, contradictory, hy… read more

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14. Tour de Force

By: Mark Cavendish

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. " That was perhaps the last race of my career..."' Dee… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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15. The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

By: Geraint Thomas

4.20

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet by Jenny Graham

16. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Where There's a Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent by Emily Chappell

17. Where There's a Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent

By: Emily Chappell

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Emily Chappell's story of transformation into a cross-continental bike racer, pushing the limits of… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels by Jonathan Vaughters

18. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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19. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Chased by Pandas: My life in the mysterious world of cycling by Dan Martin

20. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent by Andy McGrath

21. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED by Steve Cummings

22. The Break: FEATURED ON THE NETFLIX SERIES TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED

By: Steve Cummings

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR*The gripping and revealing au… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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23. Mountains According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.02

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribula… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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24. At Speed

By: Mark Cavendish

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mark Cavendish is quite simply the biggest thing in cycling and the biggest thing in British sport.… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of My World by Peter Sagan

25. My World

By: Peter Sagan

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From 2015 to 2017, Peter Sagan achieved the seemingly he won three road race World Championships in… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Magic Spanner by Carlton Kirby

26. Magic Spanner

By: Carlton Kirby

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Mr Cycling, Eurosport commentator Carlton Kirby, offers an expert, behind-the-scenes view of the wo… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain by Tim Moore

27. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Around The World In 80 Days by Mark Beaumont

28. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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29. Africa Solo

By: Mark Beaumont

4.22

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Riding in the Zone Rouge: The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 – Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race by Tom Isitt

30. Riding in the Zone Rouge: The Tour of the Battlefields 1919 – Cycling's Toughest-Ever Stage Race

By: Tom Isitt

4.12

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

'An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace' GUARDIAN'Occasionally … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Geraint Thomas - How a Welshman Won The Tour De France by Phil Stead

31. Geraint Thomas - How a Welshman Won The Tour De France

By: Phil Stead

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The story of a Welsh cycling fan's 25-year love affair with le Tour de France, culminating in the j… read more

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Daniel Friebe

3.97

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The Climb: The Autobiography

David Walsh , Chris Froome

5.00

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How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France

Ned Boulting

4.62

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Richard Moore

4.04

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Michael Palin

4.17

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Rory Carroll

4.38

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