If you liked
Books like Peter Duck
Loved Peter Duck by Arthur Michell Ransome? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from sport, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
10 books · ranked
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1
Open
A tennis champion's startlingly honest memoir, including how much he hated the game; one of the best sports books ever written.
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The boy's own book
Chapter headings are: – Games with marbles – Games with Toys – Games with Balls – Sports of Agility and Speed – Sports with Toys – Miscellaneous Sports – Deaf and Dumb Alphabet – Archery – Cricket – G
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Hans Brinker
First edition with Louis Rhead pictures ...1924... Harper & Brothers
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Seabiscuit
An undersized horse lifts Depression-era America; a beautifully told underdog story.
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5
Friday Night Lights
A season with a Texas high-school football team and the town that lives for it; a classic of reportage.
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Born to Run
Ultra-runners, a hidden tribe and the case that humans are built to run; infectious and fun.
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The Sports Gene
Nature versus training in elite performance; a thoughtful, myth-busting look at talent.
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AMC White Mountain guide
"For over 100 years, hikers have relied on AMC's White Mountain Guide. The most trusted resource for the hiking trails of the magnificent White Mountains of New Hampshire and Maine, this new edition h
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Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak
One of the great works of mountaineering literature- long out of print and now reissued with a new introduction by Joe Simpson.The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the f
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Back Spin
Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar go