14 Top biography books like The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race by Ben Fogle

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The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

By: Ben Fogle

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The Times Whe…

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1. The World According to Clarkson (World According to Clarkson, #1)

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson. Je… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Clarkson's The World According to Clarkson (World According to Clarkson, #1) book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way by Richard Branson

2. Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

By: Richard Branson

3.77

Format: 67 pages,

"Oh, screw it, let's do it." That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly mo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Branson's Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen, Tine Verbič

3. A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets

By: James Bowen , Tine Verbič

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

The moving, uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the gin… read more

Similar categories in James Bowen's A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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4. Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic

By: Bear Grylls

3.10

Format: 151 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Bear Grylls's Facing the Frozen Ocean: One Man's Dream to Lead a Team Across the Treacherous North Atlantic book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • adventure
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5. Who’s That Girl?

By: Mhairi McFarlane

4.08

Format: 581 pages, Paperback

An achingly funny story from the author of the bestselling You Had Me At Hello What's the one thing… read more

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6. Race to the Pole

By: Ben Fogle , None

3.59

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

For the first time since Scott's ill-fated race to Antarctica against Amundsen in 1913, a handful o… read more

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7. The Dalai Lama's Cat

By: David Michie

3.12

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

"'Oh! How adorable! I didn't know you had a cat!' she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many peo… read more

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8. The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

By: Bill Bryson

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and loving sequel to a hilarious and loving classic of travel writing: Notes from a S… read more

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9. Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey

By: Ed Stafford

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length… read more

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10. Touching Distance

By: None , None

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Double Olympic gold-medal winner, James Cracknell. His story before and after his life-changing acc… read more

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11. On the Edge

By: Richard Hammond , None

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and best-loved television presenters. On September 20,… read more

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12. Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1)

By: Jeremy Clarkson

4.15

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Jeremy's farm. It's an idyllic spot, offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bu… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm (Diddly Squat, #1) book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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13. Ascent into Hell

By: Fergus White

4.48

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

There is but one aim: the summit, the summit of Mount Everest. What starts with a trouble-free tre… read more

Similar categories in Fergus White's Ascent into Hell book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
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14. 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

Similar categories in Chris van Tulleken's Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • nonfiction
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15. MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

By: Paloma Faith

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'The most raw, funny and liberating look at what it is to be a woman.' – FEARNE COTTON'Gritty, funn… read more

Similar categories in Paloma Faith's MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
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16. The Book of Beginnings

By: Sally Page

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story … read more

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17. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

Similar categories in Christian Lewis's Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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18. The Mistress

By: Valerie Keogh

3.85

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

She wants what you have... Hannah Parker is a woman who always gets what she wants. When her … read more

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19. Because of You

By: Dawn French

3.88

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock . . . midnight. The old millennium turns into the new. In the… read more

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20. Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

By: Sue Black

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow.… read more

Similar categories in Sue Black's Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • nonfiction
"Sometimes, a bone is just a coconut"

-Sue Black, Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind

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21. North Korea Journal

By: Michael Palin

3.85

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARYA glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as … read more

Similar categories in Michael Palin's North Korea Journal book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"My philosophy of travel, such as it is, is that the more difficult somewhere is to get to, the greater the prize to be won by getting there. But when the prize was North Korea, I found this was not a…"

-Michael Palin, North Korea Journal

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22. Running The World: 196 marathons in 196 countries, one record-breaking adventure

By: Nick Butter

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

'Superb - a great book to fuel your wanderlust.' Mark Beaumont--- In 2019, Nick Butter became the f… read more

Similar categories in Nick Butter's Running The World: 196 marathons in 196 countries, one record-breaking adventure book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh

23. Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was m… read more

Similar categories in Monisha Rajesh's Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
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24. Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

By: Jason Fox

4.14

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This is a true story. The events depicted took place during the last decade in an unnamed warzone. … read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"All across the mission, dozens of horror stories were being written. I just had to deal with mine."

-Jason Fox, Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

"The fact that I was considered part of that elite group, and the idea that other people could rely on me, too, felt life-affirming... I told myself, Mate, you’re good at a job where you have to work …"

-Jason Fox, Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

Cover of Endgame (Killing Eve #3) by Luke Jennings

25. Endgame (Killing Eve #3)

By: Luke Jennings

3.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As Villanelle returns to face her childhood demons and the Russian winter, Eve finds herself on the… read more

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Cover of Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone by Nimsdai Purja

26. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

By: Nimsdai Purja

4.18

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781529312249. In Beyond Possible Nimsdai Purja tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Nimsdai Purja's Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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27. Eastern Horizons

By: Levison Wood

4.21

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitch-hike from England to India through Russia, Iran, … read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • adventure
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28. The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

By: Ben Fogle

4.34

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.' The Times Whe… read more

Similar categories in Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race book and Ben Fogle's The Crossing. Conquering the Atlantic in the World's Toughest Rowing Race

  • biography
  • memoir
  • inspirational
  • adventure
  • travel
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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29. Towards the Within

By: Reece Willis

3.99

Format: 534 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes the further you distance yourself, the closer you are to the truth. What starts out as a … read more

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30. The Figurine

By: Victoria Hislop

4.14

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light … read more

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31. A Class Act (The Beddingfield Series, #1)

By: Julie Houston

4.33

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Preorder the first in a new series from bestselling author, Julie Houston! Robyn Allen is finally g… read more

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Bear Grylls

3.10

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Fergus White

4.48

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4.40

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3.30

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James O'Brien

4.29

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