8 best-selling cycling books like Colombia Es Pasion!: How Colombia's Young Racing Cyclists Came of Age by Matt Rendell

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Colombia Es Pasion!: How Colombia's Young Racing Cyclists Came of Age

By: Matt Rendell

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, a…

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1. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

By: Joe Simpson

4.23

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvi… read more

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"Life can deal you an amazing hand. Do you play it steady, bluff like crazy or go all in?"

-Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

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2. Open

By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more

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"Control what you can control."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"The most animated talks we have are about…things"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

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3. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more

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"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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4. Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong

By: David Walsh

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From award-winning journalist David Walsh, the definitive account of the author's twelve-year quest… read more

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5. The Feast of the Goat

By: Mario Vargas Llosa , Edith Grossman

4.33

Format: 475 pages, Paperback

Haunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns… read more

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"باور نمی کردم که او به دوست قدیمی خودش نارو بزند. خب دیگر، سیاست یعنی همین، آدم روی جنازه دیگران جلو می رود."

-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat

"They had forgotten the abuses, the murders, the corruption, the spying, the isolation, the fear: horror had become myth. Everybody had jobs and there wasn't so much crime."

-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat

"миллионы людей, одурманенные пропагандой и отсутствием информации, отупевшие от догматизма и изоляции от внешнего мира, лишенные свободы и воли, а от страха—даже и любопытства, пришли к угодничеству …"

-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat

"Într-o clasificare după merite, pe primul loc se află militarii. Îşi fac datoria, se ţin foarte puţin de intrigi, nu pierd timpul. Apoi, tăranii. (…) Urmează funcţionarii, întreprinzătorii, comercian…"

-Mario Vargas Llosa, The Feast of the Goat

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6. The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Olympic 100m Final

By: Richard Moore

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The 1988 Seoul Olympics hosted what has been described as both "the dirtiest race of all time" and … read more

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7. Chapinero

By: Andrés Ospina

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

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8. Notes from a Small Island

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to … read more

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9. Reflections on the Psalms

By: C.S. Lewis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more

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10. 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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11. The Day of the Jackal

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. The Jackal. A tall, blond… read more

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"It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad."

-Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

12. A Walk in the Woods

By: Bill Bryson

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Subtitle: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Geor… read more

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13. Silverview

By: John Le Carré

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In Silverview, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past s… read more

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"Sometimes the whole of marriage was a cover story."

-John Le Carré, Silverview

"Een radicaal is een radicaal. Het maakt niet uit of het een ex-communist is of een ex-wat dan ook. Het is en blijft dezelfde man. Je manier van denken verandert niet omdat die tot een andere conclusi…"

-John Le Carré, Silverview

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14. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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15. Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography

By: Rob Wilkins

4.68

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.' At the tim… read more

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16. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

By: Tom Holland

4.26

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more

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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"

-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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17. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

By: Michael J. Sandel

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more

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"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"

-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

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18. Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

By: Stephen Walker

4.57

Format: 512 pages, ebook

09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny … read more

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19. Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was

By: Daniel Friebe

4.31

Format: 610 pages, Kindle Edition

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most natu… read more

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Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

20. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

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21. It's Better to Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Seth Wickersham

4.34

Format: 544 pages, ebook

Over two unbelievable decades, the New England Patriots were not only the NFL’s most dominant team,… read more

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22. Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia

By: Michael Crawley

4.20

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2021 'Inspiring' The Guardian 'Excellent' Runner's Wo… read more

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23. The Racer

By: David Millar

4.22

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What is it really like to be a racer?What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of th… read more

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24. God is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling's Great Wasted Talent

By: Andy McGrath

3.98

Format: None pages, ebook

The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by Willia… read more

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25. Outbreak (Luke Carlton #3)

By: Frank Gardner

3.97

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge throug… read more

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26. Three Weeks, Eight Seconds: The Epic Tour de France of 1989

By: Nige Tassell

4.24

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The 1989 Tour de France is arguably the greatest ever. It saw American rider Greg LeMond overturn a… read more

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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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28. Kingdom on Fire: Kareem, Wooden, Walton, and the Turbulent Days of the UCLA Basketball Dynasty

By: Scott Howard-Cooper

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Blood in the Garden and Three-Ring Circus comes a bold narrative history of the… read more

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29. Le Fric: Family, Power and Money: The Business of the Tour de France

By: Alex Duff

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The fascinating and unknown story of the Tour de France's ever-changing relationship with money and… read more

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30. Colombia Es Pasion!: How Colombia's Young Racing Cyclists Came of Age

By: Matt Rendell

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, a… read more

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31. The Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory

By: Richard Moore

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the the 100-meter finals. H… read more

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