21 must-read nonfiction books like Drive of a Lifetime by Jamie Whincup

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Drive of a Lifetime

By: Jamie Whincup

4.03

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

With success comes challenges, and Jamie has always had a target painted squarely on his rear spoil…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Drive of a Lifetime by Jamie Whincup , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Open

By: J.R. Moehringer , Andre Agassi

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever … read more

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  • nonfiction
"Control what you can control."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"We talk about things. We talk about nothing."

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"The most animated talks we have are about…things"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

"When they hand me the trophy I think about vomiting into it"

-J.R. Moehringer, Open

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2. The Poet X

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more

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"Pero, tú no eres fácil."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."

-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

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3. The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire

By: David Deida

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Ultimate Spiritual Guide for Men What is your true purpose in life? What do women really want? … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Unmasked

By: Turia Pitt

4.05

Format: 144 pages,

Whether via the numerous media reports, 60 Minutesspecials, Women's Weeklycover stories or her firs… read more

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  • nonfiction

5. Hell West and Crooked

By: Tom Cole

4.40

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Hell West and Crooked is the autobiographical account of a young Englishman's life in the Outback d… read more

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6. True Spirit: The Aussie Girl Who Took On The World

By: Jessica Watson

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

The personal story of the youngest person to sail around the world single handedly from October 200… read more

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7. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

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8. Boy Swallows Universe

By: Trent Dalton

4.34

Format: 474 pages, Paperback

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more

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"Don't fuckin' swear."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"Most things people say don't need to be said."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."

-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe

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9. The Happiest Man on Earth

By: Eddie Jaku

4.62

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered hi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"It is never too late to be kind, polite, and a loving human being."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"You see, your food is not enough. There is no medicine for your morals. If your morals are gone, you go."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"Supranti, vien maisto nepakanka. Žlugusiai moralei vaistų nėra. Kai nebelieka moralės, nebelieka ir tavęs."

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

"May you always have love to share, may you always have health to spare and may you always have friends that care"

-Eddie Jaku, The Happiest Man on Earth

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10. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

By: Emma Carey

4.38

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. Heartstrong

By: Ellidy Pullin

4.61

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

'If not with you, then for you.' 'It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin k… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Showing Up

By: Nedd Brockmann

4.34

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger

13. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"

-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

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14. The Nowhere Child

By: Christian White

3.99

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter Christian White… read more

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15. Badness

By: Gary Jubelin

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

The sequel to the #1 Bestseller I Catch Killers As a cop, I used to sit on one side of the inte… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Did I Ever Tell You This? by Sam Neill

16. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover Thrawn’s origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars tr… read more

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"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we as the Ascendancy to d…"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we ask the Ascendancy to …"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship." "Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed. "So where a…"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

Cover of 537 Days of Winter: A Tale of Resilience, Endurance and Humanity while Stranded in Antarctica During the Pandemic by David Knoff

18. 537 Days of Winter: A Tale of Resilience, Endurance and Humanity while Stranded in Antarctica During the Pandemic

By: David Knoff

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you were stranded in the coldest place on earth as the world you knew back hom… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings by Dylan Alcott

19. Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings

By: Dylan Alcott

4.12

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The astonishing life of Australia's most inspirational athlete Not long after he was born in 1990, … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory by Owen Wright

20. Against the Water: A surfing champion's inspirational journey to Olympic glory

By: Owen Wright

4.35

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The gut-wrenching story of how one of Australia’s finest surfers overcame a brain injury and despai… read more

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  • nonfiction
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21. When the Ship Hits the Fan

By: Rob Anderson

3.98

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Captain Rob Anderson spills the beans on a lifetime of incidents, accidents and shenanigans of ever… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Storm Within: The Autobiography of a Legend by Cameron  Smith

22. The Storm Within: The Autobiography of a Legend

By: Cameron Smith

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Honest, enthralling, and incredibly intimate, the autobiography of Cameron Smith is a revealing ins… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. My Journey to the World Cup

By: Sam Kerr

3.44

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Follow Sam Kerr’s incredible journey from playing Aussie Rules as a kid to becoming one of the worl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Rip Curl Story

By: Tim Baker

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

50 years of perfect surf, international business, wild characters and the search for the ultimate r… read more

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25. Endurance: The Toby Price Story

By: Toby Price

4.54

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

The Australian bush has conjured up some crazy legends, but the rise and rise of two-time Dakar cha… read more

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26. Backup is Three Hours Away: A raw account of remote area policing

By: Mark Tregellas

4.41

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Embark on a gripping adventure with Mark 'Trigger' Tregellas in Backup is Three Hours Away, a true … read more

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27. Drive of a Lifetime

By: Jamie Whincup

4.03

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

With success comes challenges, and Jamie has always had a target painted squarely on his rear spoil… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Nicky Winmar: My Story by Nicky Winmar

28. Nicky Winmar: My Story

By: Nicky Winmar

4.41

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Thirty years after creating one of the most memorable moments in sporting history, Indigenous AFL l… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. The Strong Man: A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink

By: Grant Edwards

4.00

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful story of life under fire and one man's journey back from the brink  Grant Edwards was on… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Logan Martin: Journey to Gold

By: Logan Martin

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Olympic gold medalist, X-Games legend and world champion Logan Martin shares his inspiring journey … read more

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31. Best Seat in the House

By: Neil Crompton

4.41

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Racer and broadcaster Neil Crompton has had the best seat in the house for the last 40 years of Aus… read more

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  • nonfiction

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4.16

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4.38

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4.23

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