Best Cycling Books

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The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs
The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs 4.38 avg rating — 18,866 ratings
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The Rider
The Rider 4.23 avg rating — 7,724 ratings
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Racing Through the Dark
Racing Through the Dark 4.19 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
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Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France
Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France 4.26 avg rating — 2,613 ratings
5.
The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography
The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography 3.86 avg rating — 1,496 ratings
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We Were Young and Carefree
We Were Young and Carefree 4.01 avg rating — 912 ratings
7.
Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist
Rough Ride: Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist 4.11 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson
Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson 4.06 avg rating — 875 ratings
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Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike
Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike 3.88 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life 3.71 avg rating — 41,093 ratings
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Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation 4.14 avg rating — 2,261 ratings
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Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor
Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor 4.15 avg rating — 543 ratings
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Tomorrow, We Ride
Tomorrow, We Ride 4.37 avg rating — 204 ratings
14.
Boy Racer
Boy Racer 3.84 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
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Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever 4.06 avg rating — 3,864 ratings
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Cycling Home From Siberia
Cycling Home From Siberia 4.01 avg rating — 1,202 ratings
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Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain 4.14 avg rating — 7,701 ratings
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Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World
Hell on Two Wheels: An Astonishing Story of Suffering, Triumph, and the Most Extreme Endurance Race in the World 3.88 avg rating — 540 ratings
19.
The Escape Artist : Life from the Saddle
The Escape Artist : Life from the Saddle 4.06 avg rating — 283 ratings
20.
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,972 ratings
21.
Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong
Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong 4.04 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
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Miles from Nowhere
Miles from Nowhere 4.35 avg rating — 2,012 ratings
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In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist
In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist 4.10 avg rating — 749 ratings
24.
The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple
The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple 4.13 avg rating — 839 ratings
25.
Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel 4.08 avg rating — 559 ratings
26.
How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour De France
How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour De France 3.97 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
27.
Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France
Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France 3.70 avg rating — 772 ratings
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The Hour
The Hour really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283 ratings
29.
French Revolutions
French Revolutions
by: Tim Moore
3.82 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
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Riis
Riis 3.62 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro
Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro 4.23 avg rating — 2,203 ratings
32.
Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide
Be Brave, Be Strong: A Journey Across the Great Divide 4.31 avg rating — 801 ratings
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A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium
A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium 3.91 avg rating — 931 ratings
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The Belgian Hammer: Forging Young Americans into Professional Cyclists
The Belgian Hammer: Forging Young Americans into Professional Cyclists 3.76 avg rating — 111 ratings
35.
One More Kilometre and We're In The Showers
One More Kilometre and We're In The Showers 3.59 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Obree Way: A Training Manual for Cyclists
The Obree Way: A Training Manual for Cyclists 3.81 avg rating — 135 ratings
37.
Cat (McCabe Sisters, #1)
Cat (McCabe Sisters, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,659 ratings
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The Eagle of Toledo: The Life and Times of Federico Bahamontes, the Tour's Greatest Climber
The Eagle of Toledo: The Life and Times of Federico Bahamontes, the Tour's Greatest Climber 3.76 avg rating — 68 ratings
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A Race for Madmen: The History of the Tour de France
A Race for Madmen: The History of the Tour de France 3.89 avg rating — 415 ratings
40.
Chris Hoy: The Autobiography
Chris Hoy: The Autobiography
by: Chris Hoy
4.08 avg rating — 355 ratings
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Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape: The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the Tour de France
Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape: The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the Tour de France 3.71 avg rating — 412 ratings
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Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road 3.87 avg rating — 5,880 ratings
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Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold
Go, Gwen, Go: A Family's Journey to Olympic Gold 3.99 avg rating — 354 ratings
44.
The Breakaway
The Breakaway 4.22 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Team 7-Eleven: How an Unsung Band of American Cyclists Took on the World - And Won
Team 7-Eleven: How an Unsung Band of American Cyclists Took on the World - And Won 3.96 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages
Etape: The untold stories of the Tour de France's defining stages 4.29 avg rating — 877 ratings
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Gold
Gold 3.71 avg rating — 16,773 ratings
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Bicycle Diaries
Bicycle Diaries 3.51 avg rating — 7,017 ratings
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Arctic Glass
Arctic Glass 4.11 avg rating — 72 ratings
50.
Effective Cycling, seventh edition
Effective Cycling, seventh edition 3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings
51.
The Sweat of the Gods: Myths and Legends of Bicycle Racing
The Sweat of the Gods: Myths and Legends of Bicycle Racing 4.09 avg rating — 125 ratings
52.
Roads Were Not Built For Cars
Roads Were Not Built For Cars 4.13 avg rating — 89 ratings
53.
The Climb: My Story
The Climb: My Story 4.22 avg rating — 2,291 ratings
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Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists
Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists 4.14 avg rating — 854 ratings
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My World
My World 3.72 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
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Ten Points
Ten Points 3.95 avg rating — 269 ratings
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The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton
The Secret Cyclist: Real Life as a Rider in the Professional Peloton 3.65 avg rating — 728 ratings
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Project Rainbow: How British Cycling Reached the Top of the World
Project Rainbow: How British Cycling Reached the Top of the World 3.84 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Between the Lines: The Autobiography
Between the Lines: The Autobiography 3.86 avg rating — 535 ratings
60.
Lapize... Now There Was an Ace
Lapize... Now There Was an Ace 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating — 6,620 ratings
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Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure
Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure
by: Tom Doig
3.41 avg rating — 153 ratings
61.
The Ras: The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race
The Ras: The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race
by: Tom Daly
3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
61.
No Wrong Turns: Cycling the World, Part One: Paris to Sydney
No Wrong Turns: Cycling the World, Part One: Paris to Sydney 4.45 avg rating — 823 ratings
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100 Tours 100 Tales
100 Tours 100 Tales 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The World of Cycling According to G
The World of Cycling According to G 4.11 avg rating — 1,985 ratings
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The Lost Cyclist
The Lost Cyclist 3.49 avg rating — 880 ratings
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Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History
Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
69.
One Man and His Bike: A Life-changing Journey All the Way Around the Coast of Britain
One Man and His Bike: A Life-changing Journey All the Way Around the Coast of Britain 4.33 avg rating — 2,074 ratings
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Four Cheeks to the Wind: The Story of a Two Year Transcontinental Bicycle Ride
Four Cheeks to the Wind: The Story of a Two Year Transcontinental Bicycle Ride 3.86 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Bike Rides Out of Pittsburgh
Bike Rides Out of Pittsburgh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist 3.79 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
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Bicycles & Tricycles: A Classic Treatise on Their Design and Construction
Bicycles & Tricycles: A Classic Treatise on Their Design and Construction 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
74.
Bicycle: The History
Bicycle: The History 3.86 avg rating — 229 ratings
75.
At Speed
At Speed 3.86 avg rating — 848 ratings
75.
Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story
Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story 4.17 avg rating — 664 ratings
75.
Bicycling Science
Bicycling Science really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 242 ratings
75.
Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream
Draft Animals: Living the Pro Cycling Dream 4.33 avg rating — 2,228 ratings
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Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands, and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide
Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands, and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide 3.75 avg rating — 578 ratings
79.
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance 4.30 avg rating — 949 ratings
81.
Bikes in Space Volume 2
Bikes in Space Volume 2
by: Elly Blue
3.99 avg rating — 87 ratings
81.
Helden van de Tour
Helden van de Tour 4.20 avg rating — 251 ratings
83.
Velopedia: The infographic book of cycling
Velopedia: The infographic book of cycling 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
84.
23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory
23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Record-Breaking Victory 3.68 avg rating — 443 ratings
84.
Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team
Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team
by: Tim Lewis
3.74 avg rating — 407 ratings
86.
Need for the Bike
Need for the Bike 4.28 avg rating — 407 ratings
86.
Viva La Vuelta!: The Story of Spain's Great Bike Race
Viva La Vuelta!: The Story of Spain's Great Bike Race 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Bikes in Space
Bikes in Space
by: Elly Blue
3.68 avg rating — 75 ratings
89.
Mountain higher: Europe's Extreme, Undiscovered and Unforgettable Cycle Climbs
Mountain higher: Europe's Extreme, Undiscovered and Unforgettable Cycle Climbs 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
90.
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle
Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle 3.63 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
91.
Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France
Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France 3.82 avg rating — 319 ratings
92.
The Story of the Tour de France Volume 2: 1965-2007
The Story of the Tour de France Volume 2: 1965-2007 3.99 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Unfinished Business: The Inspirational Story of True Grit and Determination as Dex Tooke and His Crew Attempt to Conquer the Race Across America
Unfinished Business: The Inspirational Story of True Grit and Determination as Dex Tooke and His Crew Attempt to Conquer the Race Across America
by: Dex Tooke
3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
94.
Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong
Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong 3.92 avg rating — 2,950 ratings
95.
My Time
My Time 3.58 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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The Spring Classics: Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races
The Spring Classics: Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings
97.
The Srampagmano Tales
The Srampagmano Tales 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Pedalare! Pedalare!
Pedalare! Pedalare!
by: John Foot
3.94 avg rating — 170 ratings
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The Story of the Giro d'Italia: A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy, Volume 1: 1909-1970
The Story of the Giro d'Italia: A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy, Volume 1: 1909-1970 4.15 avg rating — 60 ratings
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The Eagle of the Canavese: Franco Balmamion and the Giro d'Italia
The Eagle of the Canavese: Franco Balmamion and the Giro d'Italia 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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