23 must-read nonfiction books like Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket by Vic Marks

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Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket

By: Vic Marks

3.91

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

What follows, which explores some of the charms, the quirks and the peculiar allure of cricket from…

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Cover of Back From the Brink: The Autobiography by None, Paul McGrath

1. Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

By: None , Paul McGrath

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The autobiography of this Irish soccer player is not a football story but a human story that goes f… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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2. The Places in Between

By: Rory Stewart

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Paperback

In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Pers… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The Fall of the House of Fifa: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

By: David Conn

3.63

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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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. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

By: Ben Macintyre

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that … read more

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  • nonfiction

6. A Beautiful Game: My Love Affair with Cricket

By: Mark Nicholas

3.97

Format: 480 pages,

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7. Remembering Richie

By: Richie Benaud

4.07

Format: 640 pages, ebook

A tribute to Richie Benaud and a celebration of his life A compilation of the very best writing fro… read more

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8. A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

By: Mark Galeotti

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Russia’s epic and dramatic story told in an accessible, lively and short form, using the country's … read more

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  • nonfiction
"History always wins."

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

"As ever, though, facts take second place when it comes to building narratives of power and authority"

-Mark Galeotti, A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
"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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10. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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11. The cricket war: The inside story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket

By: Gideon Haigh

3.94

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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12. Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket

By: Stefan Szymanski

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

One of the bestselling authors of Soccernomics, Stefan Szymanski, teams up with the award-winning c… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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13. It's Always Summer Somewhere: A Matter of Life and Cricket

By: Felix White

4.56

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Felix White, for reasons often beyond him, has always been deeply in love with cricket. His passion… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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14. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

By: K.J. Parker

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along… read more

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"The men of Sirupat weren't fighters because they didn't want to be, and in my book there's no higher praise than that--and that's the main reason, when you come to think of it, why women are so infin…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

"Where you always go wrong is trying to persuade people with facts and arguments. It's why you can only write comedy. What gets people going is stuff that doesn't mean shit but sounds great. Blood, to…"

-K.J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (Corax Trilogy #1)

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16. Meantime

By: Frankie Boyle

3.54

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the loca… read more

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17. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage

By: Nick de Semlyen

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Football and How to Survive It by Pat Nevin

18. Football and How to Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL this new book is even better. There were times a… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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19. The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer

By: Christopher Clarey

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This  New York Times  bestselling biography tells the life story of the most iconic men's tennis pl… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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20. Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party

By: Michael Cragg

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Using the arrival of the Spice Girls as a jumping-off point, this fascinating new narrative will ex… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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23. Oi Key: Tales of a Journeyman Cricketer

By: Rob Key

4.02

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Ex-England batsman Rob Key is one of the wittiest pundits on TV. Whether it's a drizzly day-nighter… read more

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24. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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25. One Long and Beautiful Summer: A Short Elegy For Red-Ball Cricket

By: Duncan Hamilton

4.18

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

*A MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING SPORTS WRITER*'Hamilton's book is a marvel . . . I'm not sure he could wr… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Firestarter: Me, Cricket and the Heat of the Moment by Ben Stokes

26. Firestarter: Me, Cricket and the Heat of the Moment

By: Ben Stokes

3.64

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

Ben Stokes is not cast in the same mould as the vast majority of English cricketers. Fiery, combati… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket

By: Vic Marks

3.91

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

What follows, which explores some of the charms, the quirks and the peculiar allure of cricket from… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3 by david-frith

28. Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series: England Vs. Australia 1932-3

By: david-frith

4.24

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

In 1932, England’s cricket team, led by the haughty Douglas Jardine, had the fastest bowler in the … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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29. On Cricket

By: Mike Brearley

3.85

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

'A treasure of recollections and reactions, talking heroes, controversies and big themes' i paper … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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30. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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31. Year in the Sun

By: Michael Vaughan

3.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Described as the most exciting batsman to emerge since David Gower retired, Michael Vaughan provide… read more

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