my favourite sports books
in honour of the Olympics kicking off in Paris, here's a selection of great sports books
I’m sat watching Fiji run riot at the Olympic rugby 7s. It’s been a spectacular summer of sport and while it’s being crowned in the perfect manner with our oldest sporting spectacle, I thought I’d celebrate by sharing my picks of my favourite sports books.
Sports and books have been my life’s twin passions. I left sport behind a while ago now but the connection has never really been severed, despite how in a mildly ironical twist, the TikTok account I set up with the initial aim of promoting my own sporty books has taken me further and further away from sport, instead sharing the literature and nonfiction I tend to read.
But this sporting summer has me feeling like reconnecting with athletic pursuits so here’s a list of fantastic sports books that span genre, discipline and athletic endeavour. Some are about the greatest athletes, some are about journeymen you probably haven’t heard of. They’re all great.
(my own sports books are…. here!)