William Hill Sports Book of the Year

[Stat Brother]

Can anyone beat 1.
It's not the one you think it is, it's the other one you think it is, and very good it was too.

Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top – A Biography by Philippe Auclair (Macmillan)
Stillness and Speed: My Story by Dennis Bergkamp (Simon & Schuster)
The Boys In The Boat: An Epic True-Life Journey to the Heart of Hitler’s Berlin by Daniel James Brown (Macmillan)
You Don’t Know Me, But… A Footballer’s Life by Clarke Carlisle (Simon & Schuster)
Running My Life: The Autobiography by Seb Coe (Hodder & Stoughton)
The Outsider: My Autobiography by Jimmy Connors (Bantam Press)
The Sports Gene: What Makes The Perfect Athlete by David Epstein (Yellow Jersey Press)
Dreams Do Come True: The Autobiography by Katherine Grainger (Andre Deutsch)
Immortal: The Approved Biography of George Best by Duncan Hamilton (Century)
Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld by Ed Hawkins (Bloomsbury)
I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Lagercrantz and Ruth Urbom (Penguin)
Fear And Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona Vs Real Madrid by Sid Lowe (Yellow Jersey Press)
Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang by Jamie Reid (Racing Post)
Henry Cecil: Trainer of Genius by Brough Scott (Racing Post)
The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong by Guido Mina di Sospiro (Yellow Jersey Press)
Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh (Simon & Schuster)
Domestique: The True Life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius and Tom Southam (Ebury Press)

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Want to read the Ibrahimovic book, and also - although not on this list - Andrea Pirlo's book which is soon to be translated into English. I think it is called, I Pass Therefore I Am. Or something like that.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Duncan Hamilton's profiles of sportsmen always get critical acclaim so he'll be in with a good shout. The Harold Larwood ('bodyline' etc) book was superb.

I enjoyed the Charley Wegelius book but fear it will get overlooked by the bigger names.

The David Walsh book should be a good read too, now his relentless expose job on Armstrong has been vindicated, I imagine its written with a mix of vitriol and satisfaction.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Duncan Hamilton's profiles of sportsmen always get critical acclaim so he'll be in with a good shout. The Harold Larwood ('bodyline' etc) book was superb.

I enjoyed the Charley Wegelius book but fear it will get overlooked by the bigger names.

The David Walsh book should be a good read too, now his relentless expose job on Armstrong has been vindicated, I imagine its written with a mix of vitriol and satisfaction.

I've read it. You are correct.

EDIT: Whether that makes it good depends rather on how much you like smug vitriol. I didn't much. Even though he was, of course, right. Nothing so bad as a smug smartarse.

 

[Stat Brother]

Duncan Hamilton's profiles of sportsmen always get critical acclaim so he'll be in with a good shout. The Harold Larwood ('bodyline' etc) book was superb.

I enjoyed the Charley Wegelius book but fear it will get overlooked by the bigger names.

The David Walsh book should be a good read too, now his relentless expose job on Armstrong has been vindicated, I imagine its written with a mix of vitriol and satisfaction.

I too really enjoyed Charley's book, it's been offered up as a prize for the fantasy winner.

I couldn't be doing with Walsh's book, it was all to much within the Lance-a-thon.

There's not much else in that list that appeals without strong NSC recommendations.

 

[Gwylan]

Duncan Hamilton's profiles of sportsmen always get critical acclaim so he'll be in with a good shout. The Harold Larwood ('bodyline' etc) book was superb.

One of the best sport books I've ever read, if the Best one is half as good, it will be a cracker