Big Sporting Read

The Reading Agency and BBC Arts has launched the Big Sporting Read, with a list of 25 titles celebrating a landmark summer of sport. The campaign aims to use the power of sport to inspire readers across the UK, highlighting the links between sporting excellent, reading, health and wellbeing.

Here are the titles available at Kirklees Libraries.

Updated June 26, 2024
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The extra mile
Sinfield, Kevin
Paper Book
The extraordinary memoir of the sporting icon, devoted friend to Rob Burrow, and fundraising hero who has inspired the nation in his fight against MND WINNER OF THE 2024 SPORTS BESTSELLER AWARD AND OVERALL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SUNDAY TIMES...
A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football
Wrack, Suzanne
Paper Book
The astonishing history of the rise, fall, and rise again of women's football, from the late 19th century to the present day.
Unbelievable : from my childhood dreams to winning Olympic gold
Ennis, Jessica
Paper Book
Beryl: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton
Wilson, Jeremy
Paper Book
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022. Winner of The Times Sports Books of The Year 2022. A Financial times Best Sports Book of 2022. Cyclist Beryl Burton dominated her sport much as her male contemporary Eddy Merckx, with a longevity that surpasses sporting legends like...
Coffee first, then the world : one woman's record-breaking pedal around the planet
Graham, Jenny (Endurance cyclist)
Paper Book
SELECTED FOR THE BBC AND READING AGENCY'S BIG SPORTING READ 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 - CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT 'An amazing adventure... I was left in total awe' - Lorraine...
Coming up for air : what I learned from sport, fame and fatherhood
Daley, Tom
Paper Book
Longlisted for Autobiography of the Year, Sports Book Awards 2022 The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller 'Honest and moving - everything a memoir should be' The Sun 'An illuminating look at what it takes to be an Olympian ... in this story, passion reigns supreme' Cosmopolitan<...
Don't tell me you're afraid
Catozzella, Giuseppe
Paper Book
Incredible true story retold as a beautifully moving novel.
Eat, Drink, Run: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad
Gordon, Bryony
Paper Book
The new hilarious and inspirational memoir from Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author Bryony Gordon. 'A courageous account that will inspire us all - bloody brilliant' Fearne Cotton 'An honest and damn funny book about daring to dream,...
Carrie Soto Is Back: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
Jenkins Reid, Taylor
Paper Book
***NEW NOVEL ATMOSPHERE COMING JUNE 2025 - PREORDER NOW*** From the bestselling author of MALIBU RISING, DAISY JONES & THE SIX and THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO 'It made me cry twice, and when I finished reading, I had to sit for a minute with...
How (not) to be strong
Scott, Alex
Paper Book
From the football cages of East London to broadcasting to millions, the engine powering Alex Scott's remarkable journey has always been her resilience. But thanks to a 'push-through mentality' the world has only ever seen the 'strong' side of Alex Scott. Now Alex is ready to lower the shield. In How...
Our life on ice
Torvill, Jayne
Paper Book
When Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean kneeled down together on the ice in Sarajevo in February 1984 for the start of their famous Bolero routine, more than 24 million people in Britain tuned in to watch them to see if they could win Olympic gold. Four minutes and 28 seconds later, the crowd went...
Proud: My Autobiography
Thomas, Gareth
Paper Book
The inspiring true story of one of the first professional athletes to come out while still playing Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero and a sports icon. He was a leader of men, the captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an...
The boys in the boat : an epic journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin
Brown, Daniel
Paper Book
The Boys in the Boat is the story of Joe Rantz, a charismatic young man born dirt poor in the woods of Washington State, who dreams of escaping the challenges of the Great Depression, and a complicated family life full of painful memories. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight...
Unseen academicals
Pratchett, Terry
Paper Book
'This isn't just football, it's Discworld football. Or, to borrow another phrase, it's about life, the Universe and everything' The Times The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants...
Western Lane
Maroo, Chetna
Paper Book
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' - Sally Rooney, author of Normal PeopleA 'Book of the Year' in The Economist, The...
Fearless : adventures with extraordinary women
Minchin, Louise
Paper Book
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT 'Incredibly moving and inspiring' Gabby Logan 'It's brilliant - I loved it' Lorraine Kelly 'Brilliant ... impressive and vividly told' The Times 'Louise is...
A fan for all seasons : a journey through life and sport
Harvey, Jon
Paper Book
A BBC Arts & The Reading Agency's Big Sporting Read selection 'Warm, sad and funny... There is something very eccentric and British about A Fan for All Seasons' - Sunday Times A hilarious, heartfelt, nostalgia-infused story of sport, loss and the...

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