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Guy's This Sporting Life 50

A selection of books about sport, more from a literary or biographical perspective than autobiographical or coaching manuals
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Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life (Alex Bellos)
Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life
1
Alex Bellos
The Natural (Bernard Malamud)
The Natural
2
Bernard Malamud
Amongst the Thugs (Bill Buford)
Amongst the Thugs
3
Bill Buford
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend (Catrine Clay)
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend
4
Catrine Clay
Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero (Charles Sprawson)
Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
5
Charles Sprawson
The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Football (David Goldblatt)
The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Football
6
David Goldblatt
The Games a Global History of the Olympics (David Goldblatt)
The Games a Global History of the Olympics
7
David Goldblatt
This Sporting Life (David Storey)
This Sporting Life
8
David Storey
Brilliant Orange (David Winner)
Brilliant Orange
9
David Winner
Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports (Edward Brooke-Hitching)
Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports
10
Edward Brooke-Hitching
Only the Goalkeeper to Beat (Francis Hodgson)
Only the Goalkeeper to Beat
11
Francis Hodgson
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseba (Frank Deford)
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseba
12
Frank Deford
How Soccer Explains the World (Franklin Foer)
How Soccer Explains the World
13
Franklin Foer
At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing (George Kimball)
At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing
14
George Kimball
Paper Lion (George Plimpton)
Paper Lion
15
George Plimpton
The Cricket War: The Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket (Gideon Haigh)
The Cricket War: The Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
16
Gideon Haigh
The Esquire Book of Sportswriting (Greg Williams)
The Esquire Book of Sportswriting
17
Greg Williams
Friday Night Lights (H. G. Bissinger)
Friday Night Lights
18
H. G. Bissinger
McIlvanney on Boxing (Hugh McIlvanney)
McIlvanney on Boxing
19
Hugh McIlvanney
CB Fry: King of Sport - England's Greatest All Rounder; Captain of Cricket, Star Footballer... (Iain Wilton)
CB Fry: King of Sport - England's Greatest All Rounder; Captain of Cricket, Star Footballer...
20
Iain Wilton
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro (Joe McGinnis)
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro
21
Joe McGinnis
Calcio: A History of Italian Football (John Foot)
Calcio: A History of Italian Football
22
John Foot
The Meaning of Cricket (Jon Hotten)
The Meaning of Cricket
23
Jon Hotten
Ali (Jonathan Eig)
Ali
24
Jonathan Eig
Angels With Dirty Faces (Jonathan Wilson)
Angels With Dirty Faces
25
Jonathan Wilson
Inverting the Pyramid (Jonathan Wilson)
Inverting the Pyramid
26
Jonathan Wilson
Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
Seabiscuit
27
Laura Hillenbrand
The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It (Lawrence S. Ritter)
The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
28
Lawrence S. Ritter
Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football (Michael Cox)
Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football
29
Michael Cox
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Michael Lewis)
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
30
Michael Lewis
Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby)
Fever Pitch
31
Nick Hornby
The Fight (Norman Mailer)
The Fight
32
Norman Mailer
A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport (Ramachandra Guha)
A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
33
Ramachandra Guha
Picador Book of Cricket (Ramchandra Guha)
Picador Book of Cricket
34
Ramchandra Guha
The First London Olympics:1908 (Rebecca Jenkins)
The First London Olympics:1908
35
Rebecca Jenkins
Bouts of Mania (Richard Hoffer)
Bouts of Mania
36
Richard Hoffer
The Boys of Summer (Roger Kahn)
The Boys of Summer
37
Roger Kahn
Calypso Cricket (Roland Fishman)
Calypso Cricket
38
Roland Fishman
The Sixteenth Round (Rubin Carter)
The Sixteenth Round
39
Rubin Carter
The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars (Sebastian Abbot)
The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
40
Sebastian Abbot
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