12 Best football books like Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England by David Hartrick

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Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England

By: David Hartrick

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Silver Linings examines an historic and unforgettable period in the history of England's national f…

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1. Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power

By: Simon Kuper

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death … read more

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2. Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina

By: Jonathan Wilson

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi ... Argentina i… read more

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3. Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.92

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to h… read more

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"Seven thousand years is just one day at a time"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

4. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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5. Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football's Lost Genius

By: None

4.00

Format: 201 pages,

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6. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

By: Rolf Potts

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

Vagabondingis about taking time off from your normal life - from six weeks to four months to two ye… read more

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7. Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994

By: David Hepworth

4.25

Format: 512 pages, ebook

As heard on Radcliffe and Maconie, Danny Baker and Simon Mayo 'Fascinating from start to finish' Si… read more

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8. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

By: Michael Cox

3.88

Format: 496 pages,

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League… read more

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9. Cinema Speculation

By: Quentin Tarantino

4.06

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more

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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."

-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation

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10. 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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11. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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12. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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13. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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14. 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

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Cover of Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup by Duncan Hamilton

15. Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.54

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those… read more

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16. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

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17. The Cliff House

By: Chris Brookmyre

3.79

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Seven women. Seven sins. One night of judgment. Jen Dunne is forty-two and getting married for the … read more

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Cover of Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television by Peter Biskind

18. Pandora’s Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies that Broke Television

By: Peter Biskind

3.54

Format: None pages, Hardcover

We are now lucky enough to be living through the era of so-called Peak TV, in which television, in … read more

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19. Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football

By: Jon Spurling

4.31

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

A decade after the abolition of the maximum wage, a new generation of footballers and managers beca… read more

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Cover of On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend by Martin    O'Neill

20. On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend

By: Martin O'Neill

4.12

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Martin O’Neill has had one of the most incredible careers in football – winning European Cups, capt… read more

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21. The Accidental Footballer

By: Pat Nevin

4.10

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Pat Nevin never wanted to be a professional footballer. His future was clear, he'd become a teac… read more

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Cover of Test Match Special: Tall Tales – Our favourite stories from the commentary box (and more) by Jonathan Agnew

22. Test Match Special: Tall Tales – Our favourite stories from the commentary box (and more)

By: Jonathan Agnew

3.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Which bowlers did Vaughan lose sleep over? Who played the best pranks on his fellow team-mates? Whi… read more

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23. Played in Germany: A Footballing Journey Through a Nation's Soul

By: Kit Holden

4.54

Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition

Beyond the booze and the what football really tells us about Germany, the UEFA Euro 2024 hosts––––… read more

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Cover of Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds by Dominique Mielle

24. Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds

By: Dominique Mielle

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The hedge fund industry is a boys’ club, with hardly any female success stories to turn to. Damsel … read more

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Cover of Square Peg, Round Ball: Football, TV and Me: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023 by Ned Boulting

25. Square Peg, Round Ball: Football, TV and Me: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023

By: Ned Boulting

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

'What Ned hasn't seen on a sports TV channel isn't worth knowing about.' Gabby Logan 'From falling… read more

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Cover of Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England by David Hartrick

26. Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England

By: David Hartrick

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Silver Linings examines an historic and unforgettable period in the history of England's national f… read more

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Cover of Feed The Beast: Jon Parkin by Jon Parkin

27. Feed The Beast: Jon Parkin

By: Jon Parkin

3.91

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Spoilt. Overpaid. Ungrateful. Removed from reality. These words are often used to describe modern d… read more

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Cover of Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country by Juliet Nicolson

28. Frostquake: The Frozen Winter of 1962 and how Britain Emerged a Different Country

By: Juliet Nicolson

3.44

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not st… read more

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29. Kaiser!: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football

By: Rob Smyth

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

1980s Rio de Janeiro. There’s only one king in this city and he’s got the mullet, swagger and fake … read more

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Cover of Euro Summits: The Story of the Uefa European Championships 1960 to 2016 by Jonathan Brien

30. Euro Summits: The Story of the Uefa European Championships 1960 to 2016

By: Jonathan Brien

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Panenka's pearl of a penalty in Belgrade, van Basten's volley of a lifetime in Munich, Gazza's agon… read more

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Cover of Champagne Football: John Delaney and the Betrayal of Irish Football: The Inside Story by Mark Tighe

31. Champagne Football: John Delaney and the Betrayal of Irish Football: The Inside Story

By: Mark Tighe

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p… read more

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9 best-selling football books like Feed The Beast: Jon Parkin by Jon Parkin

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Harry Redknapp

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Carra: My Autobiography

Jamie Carragher

4.16

5000-1: The Leicester City Story: How We Beat the Odds to Become Premier League Champions

Alan Smith , Rob Tanner

2.00

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3.80

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