Top Football Literature

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Fever Pitch
Fever Pitch 3.77 avg rating — 43,129 ratings
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Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport 3.95 avg rating — 19,464 ratings
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Kicking Goals Journal
Kicking Goals Journal
by: Sam Kerr
4.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Soccer in Sun and Shadow 4.20 avg rating — 8,615 ratings
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How Soccer Explains the World
How Soccer Explains the World 3.79 avg rating — 13,163 ratings
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The Damned Utd
The Damned Utd 4.14 avg rating — 8,788 ratings
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Beckham: My World
Beckham: My World 3.68 avg rating — 319 ratings
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Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics 4.14 avg rating — 12,915 ratings
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Solo: A Memoir of Hope
Solo: A Memoir of Hope
by: Hope Solo
3.99 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
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Capital Punishment (Hooligan #3)
Capital Punishment (Hooligan #3) 3.59 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Derby Days: Local Football Rivalries and Feuds (Hooligans #4)
Derby Days: Local Football Rivalries and Feuds (Hooligans #4) 3.58 avg rating — 908 ratings
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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football 4.05 avg rating — 3,507 ratings
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Managing My Life: My Autobiography
Managing My Life: My Autobiography 4.14 avg rating — 2,132 ratings
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England, My England (Hooligan #2)
England, My England (Hooligan #2) 3.57 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Eurotrashed : The Rise and Rise of Europe's Football Hooligans
Eurotrashed : The Rise and Rise of Europe's Football Hooligans 3.42 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Kicking Off: Why hooliganism and racism are killing football
Kicking Off: Why hooliganism and racism are killing football 3.35 avg rating — 31 ratings
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LS92
LS92 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!
A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!
by: Tim Parks
4.18 avg rating — 2,233 ratings
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Tor!: The Story of German Football
Tor!: The Story of German Football 4.24 avg rating — 952 ratings
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The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer 4.18 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
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Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
Soccer Against the Enemy: How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power 3.94 avg rating — 4,558 ratings
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The Crew
The Crew 3.44 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
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Top Dog
Top Dog 3.98 avg rating — 282 ratings
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March of the Hooligans
March of the Hooligans 3.51 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Everywhere We Go (Hooligan #1)
Everywhere We Go (Hooligan #1) 3.26 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Barmy Army: The Changing Face of Football Violence
Barmy Army: The Changing Face of Football Violence 3.60 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Rebellion: The Inside Story of Football's Protest Movement
Rebellion: The Inside Story of Football's Protest Movement 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football
Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football
by: Phil Ball
4.16 avg rating — 1,375 ratings
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My Favorite Year: A Collection of Football Writing
My Favorite Year: A Collection of Football Writing 3.65 avg rating — 620 ratings
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Calcio: A History of Italian Football
Calcio: A History of Italian Football
by: john-foot
4.17 avg rating — 1,702 ratings
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Ajax, the Dutch, the War : Football in Europe During the Second World War
Ajax, the Dutch, the War : Football in Europe During the Second World War 3.90 avg rating — 1,173 ratings
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If You're Second You Are Nothing: Ferguson and Shankly
If You're Second You Are Nothing: Ferguson and Shankly 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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This Love Is Not For Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez
This Love Is Not For Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez 4.18 avg rating — 904 ratings
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Birdsong on Holbeck Moor
Birdsong on Holbeck Moor 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Bournemouth 90
Bournemouth 90 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Wayne Rooney: My Decade in the Premier League
Wayne Rooney: My Decade in the Premier League 3.94 avg rating — 921 ratings
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Messi: A Biography
Messi: A Biography 4.14 avg rating — 621 ratings
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Sam Kerr Kicking Goals Collection
Sam Kerr Kicking Goals Collection
by: Sam Kerr
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Clough & Revie: The Rivals Who Changed the Face of English Football
Clough & Revie: The Rivals Who Changed the Face of English Football 3.80 avg rating — 59 ratings
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So Paddy Got Up: An Arsenal Anthology
So Paddy Got Up: An Arsenal Anthology 4.11 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography
Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography 4.07 avg rating — 2,905 ratings
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A Strange Kind of Glory: Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United
A Strange Kind of Glory: Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United 4.27 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Greavsie: The Autobiography
Greavsie: The Autobiography 4.08 avg rating — 277 ratings
44.
Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa
Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa 3.83 avg rating — 497 ratings
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Blessed - The Autobiography
Blessed - The Autobiography 3.80 avg rating — 1,021 ratings
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The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup
The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup 3.70 avg rating — 354 ratings
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The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich
The Lost Babes: Manchester United and the Forgotten Victims of Munich 3.78 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Red: My Autobiography
Red: My Autobiography 3.95 avg rating — 3,104 ratings
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The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy
The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy 4.21 avg rating — 4,599 ratings
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Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero
Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero 4.42 avg rating — 727 ratings
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Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport
Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport 3.96 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
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Futebol : The Brazillian Way of Life
Futebol : The Brazillian Way of Life 4.06 avg rating — 1,840 ratings
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Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football 4.08 avg rating — 1,487 ratings
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Angels versus Virgins
Angels versus Virgins 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Exposed at the Back
Exposed at the Back 3.32 avg rating — 41 ratings
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How to Watch Soccer
How to Watch Soccer 3.12 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
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Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager
Living on the Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager 3.82 avg rating — 883 ratings
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Gunpowder Soup
Gunpowder Soup 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Forged From The Love
Forged From The Love 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Outro Patamar: Análises sobre o Flamengo de 2019 e as lições para o futebol brasileiro
Outro Patamar: Análises sobre o Flamengo de 2019 e as lições para o futebol brasileiro 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
Hero of the Underground: A Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 620 ratings
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Gloria y tormento, la novela de José Leandro Andrade
Gloria y tormento, la novela de José Leandro Andrade 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Geoff Hurst, The Hand of God, and the Biggest Rows in World Football
Geoff Hurst, The Hand of God, and the Biggest Rows in World Football 3.67 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Jumpers for Goalposts: How Football Sold its Soul
Jumpers for Goalposts: How Football Sold its Soul
by: Rob Smyth
3.40 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Mourinho
Mourinho 3.61 avg rating — 218 ratings
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The Book of My Lives
The Book of My Lives 4.18 avg rating — 3,433 ratings
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A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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History of the World Cup: 1930-2010
History of the World Cup: 1930-2010 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Among the Thugs
Among the Thugs 4.12 avg rating — 10,152 ratings
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Soccer iQ Presents... High Pressure: How to Win Soccer Games by Smothering Your Opponent
Soccer iQ Presents... High Pressure: How to Win Soccer Games by Smothering Your Opponent
by: Dan Blank
4.32 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer
Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer 3.70 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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Baghdad FC: Iraq's Football Stor: A Hidden History of Sport and Tyranny
Baghdad FC: Iraq's Football Stor: A Hidden History of Sport and Tyranny 3.25 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Football Crazy
Football Crazy 3.41 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Sun and Other Stars
The Sun and Other Stars 3.92 avg rating — 689 ratings
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Soccer IQ: Things That Smart Players Do, Vol. 1
Soccer IQ: Things That Smart Players Do, Vol. 1
by: Dan Blank
4.27 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
71.
Bournemouth 90 (Eighties Leeds Book 1)
Bournemouth 90 (Eighties Leeds Book 1) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Red or Dead
Red or Dead 3.77 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
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The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong
The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong 3.72 avg rating — 3,472 ratings
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One Life
One Life 4.20 avg rating — 14,275 ratings
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Paris 75
Paris 75 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Mad for It
Mad for It 3.61 avg rating — 79 ratings
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The Nowhere Men
The Nowhere Men 3.71 avg rating — 1,413 ratings
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And She Laughed No More
And She Laughed No More 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings
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God Is Brazilian: Charles Miller, The Man Who Brought Football To Brazil
God Is Brazilian: Charles Miller, The Man Who Brought Football To Brazil really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper 3.92 avg rating — 551 ratings
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Thierry Henry - Lonely at the Top: A Biography
Thierry Henry - Lonely at the Top: A Biography 3.84 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Football Dynamo
Football Dynamo 3.85 avg rating — 139 ratings
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Farewell but Not Goodbye
Farewell but Not Goodbye 4.26 avg rating — 481 ratings
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The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble Through North-East Football
The Far Corner: A Mazy Dribble Through North-East Football 4.26 avg rating — 431 ratings
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Dynasty
Dynasty 4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Life at the Top
Life at the Top 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals
Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals 3.95 avg rating — 414 ratings
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Life Sentence
Life Sentence 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Spotland: The Sun Also Rises - And Other Football Stories
Spotland: The Sun Also Rises - And Other Football Stories 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime
The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime 3.81 avg rating — 836 ratings
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Wings of a Sparrow
Wings of a Sparrow 4.18 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Blue Moon: Down Among The Dead Men With Manchester City
Blue Moon: Down Among The Dead Men With Manchester City 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
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believe in the sign
believe in the sign 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You 4.25 avg rating — 544 ratings
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The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches 4.04 avg rating — 256 ratings
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