14 must-read biography books like Driving Ambition - My Autobiography: The road to the top by Andrew Strauss

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Driving Ambition - My Autobiography: The road to the top

By: Andrew Strauss

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrew Strauss, one of the most successful and respected England cricket captains of the modern era…

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1. Coming Back to Me

By: Marcus Trescothick

4.06

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

In this true-life sporting memoir of one of the best batsman in the game who stunned the cricket wo… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
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2. The Confession

By: John Grisham

3.91

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFirst time in paperbackAn innocent man is about to be executed.Only a g… read more

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"He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"He had blown the trumpet for so long that no one heard it anymore."

-John Grisham, The Confession

"Good God, Keith." "Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance..."

-John Grisham, The Confession

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3. Liar's Poker

By: Michael Lewis

4.15

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more

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  • biography
"Buy potatoes,"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."

-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

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4. Long Walk to Freedom

By: Nelson Mandela

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
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5. Wishful Drinking

By: Carrie Fisher

3.82

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitabl… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
"I just have basically too much personality for one person, and not quite enough for two"

-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

"And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual."

-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

"You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously."

-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

"No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away."

-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

6. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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7. Autobiography: Kevin Pietersen

By: Kevin Pietersen

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The fascinating life story of professional cricketer Kevin Pietersen, MBE, from his childhood in So… read more

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8. Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew

By: Shehan Karunatilaka

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Some remember his impressive career stats ... others recall his on-field arrogance. Some say he fix… read more

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9. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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10. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more

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"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

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11. 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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  • autobiography
  • biography
"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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12. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • biography
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13. The Prophet and the Idiot

By: Jonas Jonasson

3.65

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hu… read more

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14. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

By: Janice Hallett

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more

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15. Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

By: Adam Kay

3.91

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing p… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
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16. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

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17. 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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18. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

By: Ben Macintyre

4.26

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more

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  • biography
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19. The Kingdom

By: Jo Nesbø

3.84

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Roy and Carl have spent their whole lives running from the darkness in their past, but when Carl fi… read more

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20. The Wolf You Feed

By: Andrew Webster

4.20

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

'the greatest coach in Australian sports history . . . an extraordinary man' Matthew JohnsWayne Ben… read more

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  • biography
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21. Broadly Speaking

By: Stuart Broad

3.84

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

Stuart Broad is the ultimate competitor - someone addicted to the pressures of Test cricket, the bi… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
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22. Booth

By: Karen Joy Fowler

3.83

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more

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"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"

-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth

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23. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles

By: Peter Brown

3.53

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more

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  • biography
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24. Sultan: A Memoir

By: Wasim Akram

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bo… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
"In fact, I was shortly to be chosen for my first tour to New Zealand. Again, I had Javed, now restored to captaincy, to thank. I was immediately anxious. I could not drive. I had neither money of my …"

-Wasim Akram, Sultan: A Memoir

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25. The Jealousy Man and Other Stories

By: Jo Nesbø

3.65

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A veritable crime lover’s delight from a true master of mystery and suspense. Experience the #1 New… read more

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26. Driving Ambition - My Autobiography: The road to the top

By: Andrew Strauss

3.57

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrew Strauss, one of the most successful and respected England cricket captains of the modern era… read more

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  • autobiography
  • biography
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27. My Sporting Life: Memories, moments and declarations

By: Michael Parkinson

3.79

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

'Like my father before me, I believe that both the playing and watching of sport can teach us impor… read more

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28. Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

"The truth is what we say the truth is . . . " Former detective Ray Lennox is determined to sta… read more

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29. Bazball: The Inside Story of a Test Cricket Revolution

By: Lawrence Booth

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of how England transformed the way Test cricket is played. After one win in 17 … read more

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30. Keeping Quiet: The Autobiography

By: Paul Nixon

3.77

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing roo… read more

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  • autobiography
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31. Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero

By: Leo McKinstry

4.26

Format: 371 pages, Kindle Edition

Few modern British sportsmen have fascinated the public more than Geoff Boycott. In this first comp… read more

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  • biography

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Marcus Trescothick

4.06

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Nelson Mandela

3.78

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Carrie Fisher

3.82

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4.36

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