24 Best nonfiction books like The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels by James Hibbard

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The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels

By: James Hibbard

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A meditative love letter to the sport of cycling, revealing how cycling can shed new light on age-o…

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1. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle book and James Hibbard's The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

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2. The Climb: The Autobiography

By: David Walsh , Chris Froome

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in David Walsh's The Climb: The Autobiography book and James Hibbard's The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels

  • cycling
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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3. Thomas Dekker - mijn gevecht

By: Thijs Zonneveld

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thomas Dekker (1984) heeft genoeg van de leugens. Zijn echte verhaal is nog nooit verteld. De waarh… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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4. The Good Doctor

By: Damon Galgut

4.62

Format: None pages,

The internationally acclaimed novel, is the story of an idealistic medical graduate who arrives at … read more

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5. Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike

By: William Fotheringham

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

The first ever English-language biography of Eddy Merckx, the greatest cyclist of all time, by Will… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling

6. 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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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. A Man With One of Those Faces (The Dublin Trilogy Book 1)

By: Caimh McDonnell

3.28

Format: 5 pages,

The First time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul… read more

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9. American Pastoral

By: Philip Roth

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more

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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

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10. The Terraformers

By: Annalee Newitz

3.37

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted… read more

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11. The Maniac

By: Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more

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  • philosophy
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"

-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac

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12. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

By: Alex Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli

13. There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the move, Carlo Rovelli fo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"I don’t like to thank God: I like to wake in the morning, look at the sea and thank the wind, the waves, the sky, the fragrance of plants, the life that allows me to exist, the sun that rises."

-Carlo Rovelli, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

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14. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

By: Annie Duke

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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15. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World

By: John Vaillant

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

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17. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

By: Akala

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was whit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"The officer's question already let me know that in his eyes I was dirt; that is, matter out of place."

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"As long as whiteness is a metaphor for power, blackness must of course function as a metaphor for powerlessness, and as long as money whitens, poverty must blacken."

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"Are we really trying to encourage and normalise black academic excellence in the UK? Or would we prefer the extra cost of imprisonment and crime that comes further down the line after neglect, just s…"

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

"Real-life racism makes you paranoid, even in children it creates the dilemma of not knowing if someone is just being horrible in the ‘normal’ way, as people so often are, or if you are being ‘blacked…"

-Akala, Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

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18. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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19. The Buddha and the Bee: Biking through America's Forgotten Roadways on an Accidental Journey of Discovery

By: Cory Mortensen

4.09

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

I will ride my bike down a never-ending ribbon of asphalt wearing a backpack. A solo bike ride a… read more

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  • cycling
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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20. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle by Jody Rosen

21. Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle

By: Jody Rosen

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twent… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of The Midlife Cyclist: The Road Map for the +40 Rider Who Wants to Train Hard, Ride Fast and Stay Healthy by Phil Cavell

22. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler

23. Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living

By: David Fideler

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Se… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

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
  • 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. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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26. Borges and Me

By: Jay Parini

4.14

Format: 320 pages, None

An apprentice writer has an entirely unexpected encounter with literary genius Jorge Luis Borges th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
" Maxims & Other Quotes II Exactly how we deal with our souls was at this moment the only question I thought worth asking. 181 Borges: What I most admire about Whitman is that he created Walt Whitman,…"

-Jay Parini, Borges and Me

" Maxims & Other Quotes If you need an adjective or adverb, you're still fishing for he right noun or verb. 34 Was this a true story? It seemed somehow unimaginable, a fantasy of some kind. But he tol…"

-Jay Parini, Borges and Me

Cover of 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession by Ned Boulting

27. 1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

By: Ned Boulting

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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28. The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels

By: James Hibbard

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A meditative love letter to the sport of cycling, revealing how cycling can shed new light on age-o… read more

Similar categories in James Hibbard's The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels book and James Hibbard's The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels

  • memoir
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • cycling
Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

29. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
Cover of Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

30. Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment

By: Jason Schreier

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jas… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Brompton: Engineering for Change by Will Butler-Adams

31. The Brompton: Engineering for Change

By: Will Butler-Adams

4.27

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The story of how Brompton, the iconic folding bicycle that you can take anywhere—and that can take … read more

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  • nonfiction

8 must-read philosophy books like The Art of Cycling: Philosophy, Meaning, and a Life on Two Wheels by James Hibbard

Transform Your Habits

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Benjamín Labatut

4.34

Transform Your Habits

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Carlo Rovelli

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Annie Duke

4.18

Transform Your Habits

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger

3.92

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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

Owen Jones

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Establishment: And How They Get Away with It

Owen Jones

3.32

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Black and British: A Forgotten History

David Olusoga

3.98

Transform Your Habits

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Nikesh Shukla

4.32

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