15 Best cycling books like Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains by Max Leonard

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Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains

By: Max Leonard

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious—a…

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Cover of Chris Hoy: The Autobiography by Chris Hoy

1. Chris Hoy: The Autobiography

By: Chris Hoy

4.06

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

The first Briton to win three Olympic golds at the same Games, Scotland’s Chris Hoy is a genuine sp… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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2. Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal

By: Daniel Friebe

3.97

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

For 14 years between 1965 and 1978, Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx simply devoured his rivals, their h… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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3. Draft Animals

By: Phil Gaimon

3.60

Format: 246 pages,

From the author of the cult favorite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro, the story of one man's… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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4. 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

5. 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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6. Eat, Sleep, Ride

By: Paul Howard

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Armed with wit and humour, an internationally acclaimed cycling writer tackles the longest mountain… read more

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7. The World of Cycling According to G

By: Geraint Thomas

4.60

Format: None pages,

Sit back or saddle up as double Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Geraint Thomas g… read more

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8. Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation

By: Aili McConnon , Andres McConnon

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the gr… read more

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9. Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France

By: Richard Moore

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Tour de France is sport's most compelling battle -- an annual cauldron of heroism and treachery… read more

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10. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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11. Scenes from My Life: A Memoir

By: Michael K. Williams

4.49

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling by Alex Dowsett

12. Bloody Minded: My Life in Cycling

By: Alex Dowsett

4.55

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 – CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR'Immensely readable and revea… read more

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

13. 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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  • nonfiction
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14. The Green Bullet: The rise, fall and resurrection of Alejandro Valverde and Spanish cycling’s corruption

By: Matt Rendell

3.62

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

New from award-winning author Matt Rendell, an examination of the phenomenal success of Alejandro V… read more

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  • cycling
Cover of Climbers: How the Kings of the Mountains conquered cycling by Peter Cossins

15. Climbers: How the Kings of the Mountains conquered cycling

By: Peter Cossins

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why h… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • cycling
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16. Monuments

By: Peter Cossins

3.67

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling’s one-day tests t… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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17. The War on Wheels: Inside the Keirin and Japan's Cycling Subculture

By: Justin McCurry

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Experience the thrilling world of Japanese cycling and the keirin , which has evolved from post-war… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists by Michael Hutchinson

18. Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists

By: Michael Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprising… read more

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  • nonfiction
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"I lived in a world where, one way or another, everything was divided into things that might make me faster and things that might make me slower. Pretty much anything pleasant fell into the second cat…"

-Michael Hutchinson, Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists

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19. Full Gas: How to Win a Bike Race – Tactics from Inside the Peloton

By: Peter Cossins

3.94

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

** WINNER OF THE CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2019 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS**So … read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of The Ronde: Inside the World's Toughest Bike Race by Edward Pickering

20. The Ronde: Inside the World's Toughest Bike Race

By: Edward Pickering

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Every April, up to a million fans line the streets of Flanders to watch one of cycling's most excit… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • cycling
Cover of Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains by Max Leonard

21. Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains

By: Max Leonard

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious—a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3.60

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