10 Best memoir books like Ordinary Joe by Joe Schmidt

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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…

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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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
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2. Long Walk to Freedom

By: Nelson Mandela

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Red: My Autobiography by Gary Neville

3. Red: My Autobiography

By: Gary Neville

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

The sensational, brutally honest autobiography of the legendary Manchester United captain. No playe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

4. 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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5. The Test: My Autobiography

By: Brian O'Driscoll

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

This is the long-awaited autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll. … read more

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6. My Own Words

By: Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Mary Hartnett , Wendy W. Williams

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993--a witty, en… read more

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7. Me

By: Elton John

4.33

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"It was insanity, but it sounded romantic."

-Elton John, Me

"You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate."

-Elton John, Me

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8. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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9. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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  • irish literature
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10. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

By: Ryan Holiday

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

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11. A Funny Life

By: Michael McIntyre

4.20

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller.Laugh along with Michael McIntyre as he lifts the curtain on his… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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12. The Laws of Human Nature

By: Robert Greene

4.37

Format: 624 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power comes the definitive new book… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Fo each weakness there is a corresponding strength."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Results are important, but the way they are achieved, the process, is equally important."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"Rationality is not a power you are born with but one you acquire through training and practice."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

"So often we think that power has changed people, when in fact it simply reveals more of who they are."

-Robert Greene, The Laws of Human Nature

Cover of Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis

13. Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails

By: Yanis Varoufakis

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

In Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, activist Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance min… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Matrix is a reflection of our times, or at least our anxieties. It reveals our fear of a mechanization so complete, of a commodification of our bodies and enslavement of our minds so successful, …"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails

"...a cynical person is someone who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Our societies tend to make us all cynics. And no one is more cynical than the economist who sees exchange va…"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails

"Bürokrasi, Ordu ve Ruhban Sınıfı Borç, para, inanç ve devlet el ele yürür. Borç olmadan tarımsal fazlalığı yönetmenin kolay yolu yoktur. Borcun ortaya çıkışıyla paranın yıldızı parlamaya başladı. Anc…"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails

"Like any ecosystem, a modern economy cannot survive without recycling. Just as animals and plants are continually recycling the oxygen and carbon dioxide that the other provides, so too must workers …"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails

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14. Champagne Football: The Rise and Fall of John Delaney and the Football Association of Ireland

By: Mark Tighe

4.40

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own p… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
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15. The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game

By: Roddy Collins

4.28

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
Cover of Rise: The Brand New Autobiography by Siya Kolisi

16. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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17. Walking with Ghosts

By: Gabriel Byrne

4.11

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of ima… read more

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  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
"So the days passed into weeks and the weeks into months, and gradually she too faded until many years later when I came across a photograph of us together on a hillside in Greece, our only holiday. A…"

-Gabriel Byrne, Walking with Ghosts

Cover of Behind the Mask: My Autobiography by Tyson Fury

18. Behind the Mask: My Autobiography

By: Tyson Fury

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A Manchester lad from Irish Traveller stock, born three months premature and weighing just a pound … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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19. I, Robot: How to Be a Footballer 2

By: Peter Crouch

4.02

Format: 261 pages, Kindle Edition

**A Daily Mail Book of the Year**What happens on the pitch is only half the story. Being a football… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way by David Coulthard

20. The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way

By: David Coulthard

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*HOW DOES A PIT CREW CHANGE FOUR WHEELS IN 1.9 SECONDS?AND WHAT DOES TH… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
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22. Throwing the Book

By: Wayne Barnes

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Wayne Barnes - one of the most-experienced international referees in history and criminal barrister… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Punters: How Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever by Aaron Rogan

23. Punters: How Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever

By: Aaron Rogan

4.10

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From cheeky high-street bookmaker to billion-dollar the incredible story behind Paddy Power’s unst… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
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24. Fuel

By: Sean O'Brien

3.68

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

'He's one of the best players I've ever played with. As a forward, I'd say he's the best.' Johnny S… read more

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25. 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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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
Cover of Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle by Nigel Owens

26. Nigel Owens: The Final Whistle

By: Nigel Owens

4.17

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

It's rare for a referee in any sport to be popular, yet Nigel Owens has always courted strong affec… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of My Autobiography by Rory Best

27. 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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28. 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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  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • irish literature
Cover of Four Years in the Cauldron: Telling the Extraordinary Story of America in Crisis by Brian O’Donovan

29. Four Years in the Cauldron: Telling the Extraordinary Story of America in Crisis

By: Brian O’Donovan

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTÉ's Washingt… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Rugby Rookie: Stepping up a level, Stepping back in time by Gerard Siggins

30. Rugby Rookie: Stepping up a level, Stepping back in time

By: Gerard Siggins

4.92

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Book 9 in the acclaimed Rugby Spirit series. Eoin's back playing rugby, but this time he feels out… read more

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31. The Leadership Star: A Practical Guide to Building Engagement

By: Brian Hartzer

3.54

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover how to unlock your team's potential The Leadership A Practical Guide to Building Engage… read more

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4.51

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