11 Best biography books like Unguarded by Ronan O'Gara

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Unguarded

By: Ronan O'Gara

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Now, as h…

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1. An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor

By: Michael Smith

4.51

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the remarkable Tom Crean who ran away to sea aged 15 and played a memorable role in An… read more

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Cover of Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #3) by Andrzej Sapkowski

2. Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #3)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

3.77

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

The New York Timesbestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher. F… read more

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3. The Second Half

By: Roddy Doyle , Roy Keane

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of Manchester United and Ir… read more

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4. The Underground Railroad

By: Colson Whitehead

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves but especiall… read more

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5. A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages,

In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, ans… read more

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6. Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who h… read more

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7. Fatherland

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country i… read more

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8. Becoming A Lion

By: Johnny Sexton

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Johnny Sexton - the man who pulled the strings for the Lions - gives an intimate insight into the r… read more

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9. Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By: Stephen Hawking

4.28

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more

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"I use the word “God"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"This “Hawking temperature"

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."

-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Cover of The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch, #23; Harry Bosch Universe, #36) by Michael    Connelly

10. The Dark Hours (Renée Ballard, #4; Harry Bosch, #23; Harry Bosch Universe, #36)

By: Michael Connelly

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Has a killer lain dormant for years only to strike again on New Year’s Eve? LAPD Detective Renée Ba… read more

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11. Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

By: Billy Connolly

4.42

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals … read more

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"Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work."

-Billy Connolly, Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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12. My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

By: Joseph O'Connor

4.05

Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling author of Star of the Sea, a WWII-era “great escape” novel set in the Vatican… read more

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"Life schools you the way no catechism will."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"There are times when we must permit one another to lie."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"I was singing in Belfast the night the Luftwaffe firebombed the theatre. That's what you call a mixed review."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

"A religiously minded kid will often be good at lying awake all night because you need an imagination if you're going to believe."

-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief by Katriona O'Sullivan

13. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

By: Katriona O'Sullivan

4.61

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

As the middle of five kids growing up in dire poverty, the odds were low on Katriona O'Sullivan mak… read more

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Cover of Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession

14. Leonard and Hungry Paul

By: Ronan Hession

4.15

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more

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"You may wish to note the above"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

Cover of Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #34) by Michael    Connelly

15. Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #34)

By: Michael Connelly

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselli… read more

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Cover of Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2) by Stephen Fry

16. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

By: Stephen Fry

4.32

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such … read more

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"You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept that we have no will."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"Wicked men never learn, for wicked men have no interest in myths, legends, and stories. If they had they would learn from them and triumph, so we must be glad of their ignorance and dullness of wits."

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"You see?' said Prometheus. 'It is your fate to be Heracles the hero, burdened with labours, yet it is also your choice. You choose to submit to it. Such is the paradox of living. We willingly accept …"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

"A fine statue of a naked Theseus stands proudly today in Athens' central place of assembly, the city's hub, Syntagma Square. Even today he is a focus of Athenian identity and pride. The ship he broug…"

-Stephen Fry, Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)

Cover of Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography by Liam Brady

17. Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography

By: Liam Brady

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

"Being a footballer was my destiny." After being expelled from school for playing football for his … read more

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Cover of Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O'Reilly

18. Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

By: Séamas O'Reilly

4.13

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

A heart-warming and hilarious family memoir of growing up as one of eleven children raised by a sin… read more

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"Ann was as steady as rain and implacable as taxes. The kind of strong rooted Donegal woman you could imagine blithely tutting if her hair caught fire."

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It was this story, delivered in Robert's signature south Derry monotone, that had my dad in literal and figurative stitches in the amputation ward. Despite being a Catholic who loved and admired Pope…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

"It seems blasphemous that my mother's death even existed in the same reality as those moments that subsequently came to define my youth; taking the long way home from Nixon's Corner so I could listen…"

-Séamas O'Reilly, Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir

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19. Home Stretch

By: Graham Norton

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this “compelling, bighearted, emotionally precise page-turner” (Sunday Times), the New York Time… read more

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Cover of Rise: The Brand New Autobiography by Siya Kolisi

20. Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

By: Siya Kolisi

4.24

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘Siya's rise from humble beginnings to lifting that World Cup trophy is the stuff of fairytales.’ M… read more

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Cover of Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices by Keith Earls

21. Fight or Flight: My Life, My Choices

By: Keith Earls

4.35

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

  ★ AN POST IRISH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 WINNER! ★ Fight Or My Life, My Choices is the autob… read more

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22. The Battle

By: Paul O'Connell

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The revelatory autobiography of a rugby Paul O'Connell. There has never been a rugby player quite … read more

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Cover of My Autobiography by Rory Best

23. My Autobiography

By: Rory Best

4.01

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

'Extraordinary . . . great fun' Barry Egan, Irish Sunday Independent 'A wonderful story . . . vivi… read more

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Cover of Unguarded by Ronan O'Gara

24. Unguarded

By: Ronan O'Gara

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Now, as h… read more

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25. Ordinary Joe

By: Joe Schmidt

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

'He's a great coach. He lives and breathes the game. There's nothing he doesn't know' Brian O'Drisc… read more

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4.08

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