6 Best football books like The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes

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The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories

By: Simon Hughes

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A stellar selection of former Liverpool players including John Barnes, Nigel Spackman, and Ronnie M…

If you liked the football plot in The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. 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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  • 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

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2. Carra: My Autobiography

By: Jamie Carragher

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Jamie Carragher is one of the most charismatic footballers of his generation. Adored by the fans, h… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

3. Gerrard: My Autobiography

By: Steven Gerrard

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions, not only as the inspirational captain of Liverpool FC, but as… read more

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4. 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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5. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

By: Joe Haldeman

4.14

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ali… read more

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"Don't worry about that, Man, just make out my ticket."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch"

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

"Doctors don’t seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop."

-Joe Haldeman, The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)

6. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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7. Disgrace

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in post-apartheid South Africa, J. M. Coetzee's searing novel tells the story of David Lurie, a… read more

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8. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

By: Michael Chabon

3.95

Format: None pages,

Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, h… read more

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9. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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10. The Murder After the Night Before

By: Katy Brent

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Something bad happened last night. My best friend Posey is dead. The police think it was a tragic a… read more

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11. Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story

By: Raphael Honigstein

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

JüKlopp's coaching career began in the German second tier at the unfashionable club of FSV Mainz 0… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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12. The Maleficent Seven

By: Cameron Johnston

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

When you are all out of heroes, all that's left are the villains. Black Herran was a dread demon… read more

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Cover of Rush: The Autobiography: Liverpool's Greatest Striker, Liverpool's Greatest Era, The True Story by Ian Rush

13. Rush: The Autobiography: Liverpool's Greatest Striker, Liverpool's Greatest Era, The True Story

By: Ian Rush

3.60

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The story of one of Liverpool’s greatest soccer goal scorers, from his beginnings as a rough-edged … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1) by Richard Osman

14. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)

By: Richard Osman

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more

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Cover of The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes

15. The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories

By: Simon Hughes

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A stellar selection of former Liverpool players including John Barnes, Nigel Spackman, and Ronnie M… read more

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  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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16. Life in a Jungle: My Autobiography

By: Bruce Grobbelaar

4.09

Format: 412 pages, Kindle Edition

Bruce Grobbelaar is the most decorated goalkeeper in Liverpool FCs 125-year history. And yet, quest… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • football

6 Best nonfiction books like The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Carra: My Autobiography

Jamie Carragher

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Bring the Noise: The Jürgen Klopp Story

Raphael Honigstein

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Rush: The Autobiography: Liverpool's Greatest Striker, Liverpool's Greatest Era, The True Story

Ian Rush

3.60

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16 must-read nonfiction books like Rush: The Autobiography: Liverpool's Greatest Striker, Liverpool's Greatest Era, The True Story by Ian Rush

Transform Your Habits

Not Dead Yet: The Memoir

Phil Collins

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Mr. Nice

Howard Marks

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Steven Gerrard: My Liverpool Story

Steven Gerrard

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Carra: My Autobiography

Jamie Carragher

4.16

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