7 must-read football books like Even Heskey Scored: Emile Heskey, My Story by Emile Heskey

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Even Heskey Scored: Emile Heskey, My Story

By: Emile Heskey

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revealing autobiography of former footballer Emile Heskey. One of Leicester's favourite sons, h…

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1. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

By: William Finnegan

4.27

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer Barbaria… read more

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"Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen."

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"I did not consider, even passingly, that I had a choice when it came to surfing. My enchantment would take me where it would."

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"Still, I wondered what Sam, mental illness and all, might have to tell us about adulthood. Why, for example, did it seem to be always receding as a concept, even as we got older?"

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

"But surfing always had this horizon, this fear line, that made it different from other things, certainly from other sports I knew. You could do it with friends, but when the waves got big, or you got…"

-William Finnegan, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

2. Autobiography: Kevin Pietersen

By: Kevin Pietersen

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

The fascinating life story of professional cricketer Kevin Pietersen, MBE, from his childhood in So… read more

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3. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more

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4. MUZZY: MY STORY

By: None , None

2.80

Format: None pages,

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5. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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6. And Away...

By: Bob Mortimer

4.33

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a hear… read more

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"Always enter your shoes before wearing them."

-Bob Mortimer, And Away...

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7. What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read

By: James Haskell

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Hilarious, and straight talking but also articulate and insightful – I… read more

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8. Football and How to Survive It

By: Pat Nevin

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'The good news for those who loved THE ACCIDENTAL this new book is even better. There were times a… 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. This Much is True

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.09

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

BAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury's Caramel Rabbit, creator of a … read more

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"...it is the vulnerabilities in people, rather more than their strengths, which allow us to love them."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

"And I was in love with him because, when he ended it, I can remember the feeling of being annihilated - a pure, wrenching grief and loss."

-Miriam Margolyes, This Much is True

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11. The Game: Player. Pundit. Fan.

By: Micah Richards

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game… read more

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12. Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend

By: Chris Kamara

4.30

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Foreword by Ben Shephard‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Time… read more

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13. On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend

By: Martin O'Neill

4.12

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Martin O’Neill has had one of the most incredible careers in football – winning European Cups, capt… read more

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14. Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC

By: Pep Lijnders

3.88

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

“OUR IDENTITY IS INTENSITY,” declares Liverpool FC assistant-manager Pep Lijnders in this compellin… read more

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Cover of Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography: The must-read autobiography from Liverpool’s beloved captain by Jordan Henderson

15. Jordan Henderson: The Autobiography: The must-read autobiography from Liverpool’s beloved captain

By: Jordan Henderson

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Born in Sunderland, Jordan Henderson began his football career there before moving to Liverpool in … read more

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16. Walshy – My Autobiography: Wouldn't It Be Good

By: Paul Walsh

3.62

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

If Paul Walsh played for your football team, you remembered him. The exciting, pacy, tricky striker… read more

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Cover of Even Heskey Scored: Emile Heskey, My Story by Emile Heskey

17. Even Heskey Scored: Emile Heskey, My Story

By: Emile Heskey

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The revealing autobiography of former footballer Emile Heskey. One of Leicester's favourite sons, h… read more

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18. A Large Measure of Snow: A Tale from Kinloch

By: Denzil Meyrick

4.06

Format: 133 pages, Kindle Edition

It's December 1967, and the town of Kinloch is cut off by heavy snow. With all roads closed, the on… read more

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19. Gurkha Brotherhood: A Story of Childhood and War

By: Kailash Limbu

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

'Sometimes my mind reaches back beyond the fear and the arid landscapes of war, to memories of chil… read more

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15 Best audiobook books like What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read by James Haskell

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

What a Flanker: The funniest sports biography you’ll ever read

James Haskell

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Too Many Reasons to Live

Rob Burrow

4.53

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Resilience

Ross Edgley

4.33

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