20 must-read soccer books like The Quality of Madness by Tim Rich

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The Quality of Madness

By: Tim Rich

4.12

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

'We were all considered mad, Marcelo was thought mad. My grandfather, my father, Maria Eugenia, my …

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Cover of My Turn: The Autobiography by Johan Cruyff

1. My Turn: The Autobiography

By: Johan Cruyff

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his … read more

Similar categories in Johan Cruyff's My Turn: The Autobiography book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Fear and Loathing in La Liga by Sid Lowe

2. Fear and Loathing in La Liga

By: Sid Lowe

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Fear and Loathing in La Liga is the definitive history of the greatest rivalry in world sport: FC B… read more

Similar categories in Sid Lowe's Fear and Loathing in La Liga book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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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

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
"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

Cover of Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography by Guillem Balagué

4. Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography

By: Guillem Balagué

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Otra manera de ganar es la primera biografía de Pep Guardiola, y la única en haber entrado a la int… read more

Similar categories in Guillem Balagué's Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power by Simon Kuper

5. 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

Similar categories in Simon Kuper's Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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6. 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

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

7. Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches

By: Carlo Ancelotti

0.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing … read more

Similar categories in Carlo Ancelotti's Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership

8. Pep Guardiola: The Evolution

By: None , Martí Perarnau

3.69

Format: 88 pages,

read more

Similar categories in None's Pep Guardiola: The Evolution book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
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9. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

By: Phil Jackson , Hugh Delehanty

3.69

Format: 98 pages, Audio CD

During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson w… read more

Similar categories in Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • leadership
Cover of The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football by Nige Tassell

10. The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football

By: Nige Tassell

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves an FA Cup upset: a smug Premier League team being knocked out by plucky underdogs. I… read more

Similar categories in Nige Tassell's The Bottom Corner: A Season with the Dreamers of Non-League Football book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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11. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

12. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

By: Chris Anderson , David Sally

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more

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13. Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich

By: None

3.29

Format: None pages,

Marti Perarnau was given total access to Bayern Munich during season 2013-14. This book represents … read more

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14. 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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15. Fever Pitch

By: Nick Hornby

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no pr… read more

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16. My Life in Red and White

By: Arsène Wenger

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his … read more

Similar categories in Arsène Wenger's My Life in Red and White book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
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17. Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

By: Michael Cox

4.37

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

18. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

Similar categories in Simon Kuper's The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul by Jonathan  Wilson

19. The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.07

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho lead their teams out to face each other in the 17… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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20. Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

By: Christoph Biermann

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinke… read more

Similar categories in Christoph Biermann's Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United by Phil Hay

21. And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United

By: Phil Hay

4.33

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2021/22 SEASON THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERThe behind-the-s… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hay's And it was Beautiful: Marcelo Bielsa and the Rebirth of Leeds United book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • football
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22. How to Be a Footballer

By: Peter Crouch

4.10

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

'Very funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous beha… read more

Similar categories in Peter Crouch's How to Be a Footballer book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America by Christopher Hylland

23. Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America

By: Christopher Hylland

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Tears at La Bombonera is author Christopher Hylland's six-year journey living, working, and traveli… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Hylland's Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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24. Be Careful What You Wish For

By: Simon Jordan

4.19

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever dreamed of owning your boyhood football club? Be careful what you wish for...Simon Jordan grew… read more

Similar categories in Simon Jordan's Be Careful What You Wish For book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman by Jonathan Sayer

25. Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman

By: Jonathan Sayer

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On the second oldest football pitch in the world, Jonathan Sayer stands atop a beer crate to addres… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Sayer's Nowhere to Run: The Ridiculous Life of a Semi-Professional Football Club Chairman book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • sports
  • football
Cover of Be Good, Love Brian: Growing up with Brian Clough by Craig Bromfield

26. Be Good, Love Brian: Growing up with Brian Clough

By: Craig Bromfield

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Craig Bromfield was just 13 years old when Brian Clough, on a whim, took him and his older brother … read more

Similar categories in Craig Bromfield's Be Good, Love Brian: Growing up with Brian Clough book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • football
Cover of Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You by Jonathan  Wilson

27. Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.25

Format: 550 pages, Kindle Edition

The final word on Brian CloughIn this first full, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an inti… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
Cover of Pep's City: The Making of a Superteam by Pol Ballús

28. Pep's City: The Making of a Superteam

By: Pol Ballús

4.04

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Over three seasons in England, Pep Guardiola has built something the Premier League has never seen … read more

Similar categories in Pol Ballús's Pep's City: The Making of a Superteam book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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29. The Quality of Madness

By: Tim Rich

4.12

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

'We were all considered mad, Marcelo was thought mad. My grandfather, my father, Maria Eugenia, my … read more

Similar categories in Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • biography
  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • leadership
Cover of How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution by Ian Graham

30. How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution

By: Ian Graham

4.36

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein'Deserves a place among the great mo… read more

Similar categories in Ian Graham's How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Potter, Hopcutt and a desk in East London: The story of Östersunds FK’s European Adventure by George Mallett

31. Potter, Hopcutt and a desk in East London: The story of Östersunds FK’s European Adventure

By: George Mallett

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Potter, Hopcutt and a Desk in East London charts the improbable rise of Östersunds FK (OFK) from th… read more

Similar categories in George Mallett's Potter, Hopcutt and a desk in East London: The story of Östersunds FK’s European Adventure book and Tim Rich's The Quality of Madness

  • football

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My Turn: The Autobiography

Johan Cruyff

3.62

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Fear and Loathing in La Liga

Sid Lowe

4.30

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Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

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Guillem Balagué

4.07

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My Life in Red and White

Arsène Wenger

3.63

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Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being

Romesh Ranganathan

3.87

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Raphael Honigstein

4.11

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Peter Kay

4.23

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