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2025

• Triumphs, Treachery and Toilet Rolls by Francis Lee and Bill Bradshaw – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• La Vie Jamais Racontée by Nancy Gillen – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Getting Out by Jonathan Campion – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Seve Ballesteros’s Touch of Class by Kenny Reid – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Tri Again by Chris Sheard – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Namaste, Geezer by Shekhar Bhatia – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Jurgen Said to Me by Dan Morgan – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• One Shilling by Matthew Caldwell and Alan Dein – Winner of Illustrated Sport Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Cricketers of 1945 by Christopher Sandford – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Forgotten Pioneers by Giles Wilcock – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• An Unusual Celebrity by Jeremy Lonsdale – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Batting for Time by Ben Bloom – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Flares Up by Niamh McAnally – Winner of the Independent Press Award Award

2024

• A Culture of Kits – Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Best Cover Award
• Batting for Time by Ben Bloom – Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• An Unusual Celebrity by Jeremy Lonsdale – Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• The Batmaker of Copenhagen by Tim Brooks – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Faces on a Wall by Andrew Radd – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Pretty Poly by Alex Ireland – Shortlisted for the 2024 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize
• The Match by Piero Trellini – Winner of Best Football Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Homecoming by Jane Purdon – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Blue was the Colour by Andy Hamilton – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Match Fit by Johnnie Lowery – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Playing for the Shirt by Michael Clifford – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards

2023

• Hope and Glory by Anthony Broxton – Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
• Black Swan Summer by Max Bonnell – Australian Cricket Society’s Cricket Book of the Year
• Scrum Queens by Ali Donnelly – Shortlisted for the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize
• Dear John by John Lloyd with Phil Jones – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Elephant in the Stadium by Arunabha Sengupta – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Heart of Midlothian, 51 Shirts by Grant Young – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Cup by Richard Whitehead – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Roger Federer Effect by Simon Cambers and Simon Graf – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Warrior by Tris Dixon – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Scrum Queens by Ali Donnelly – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Brazil 1970 by Samindra Kunti – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Between Overs by Michéle Savidge – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Flares Up by Niamh McAnally – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Power of Belief by Beth Shriever and Sarah Juggins – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Between Overs by Michéle Savidge – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Swallows and Hawke by Richard Parry and André Odendaal – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• The Elephant in the Stadium by Arunabha Sengupta – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Laker and Lock by Christopher Sandford – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award

2022

• The Elephant in the Stadium by Arunabha Sengupta – Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• The Colours of Cricket by Philip Brown – Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Love of the Game by Ricky Hill with Adrian Durham – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Never Surrender by Mark Peel – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The People’s Wimbledon by Richard Jones – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Always Believe by Olivier Giroud with Dominique Rouch – Winner of Best International Autobiography at the British Sports Book Awards
• Eighty at Eighty by Sir Geoff Hurst and Norman Giller – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Whose Game Is It Anyway? by Michael Calvin – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Miracle by Vasilis Sambrakos – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• My Seventy Years of Spurs by Norman Giller – Longlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• West Midlands Turf Wars by Steve Tongue – Longlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Too Black to Wear Whites by Jonty Winch and Richard Parry – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award

2021

• The Thin White Line by Nick Greenslade – Winner of the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Too Black to Wear Whites by Jonty Winch and Richard Parry – Shortlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Too Black to Wear Whites by Jonty Winch and Richard Parry – Shortlisted for the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History
• Out of the Darkness by Matt Piper and Joe Brewin – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches by Colin Shindler – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Unforgiven by Ashley Gray – Winner of Best Cricket Book at the British Sports Book Awards
• Dead Man to Iron Man by Paul Smith – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• How to Run a Football Club by Jim Keoghan – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• British Football’s Greatest Grounds by Mike Bayly – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Thin White Line by Nick Greenslade – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• The Unforgiven by Ashley Gray – Winner of the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches by Colin Shindler – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• The Hollow Crown by Mark Peel – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Cricketing Caesar by Mark Peel – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Gunner, My Life in Cricket by Ian Gould – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• If Not Me, Who? by Andrew Murtagh – Longlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award

2020

• The Unforgiven by Ashley Gray – Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
• Out of the Darkness by Matt Piper and Joe Brewin – Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
• A Life Behind the Lens, by Richard Pelham – Winner of the Sport Book Prize Renaud de Laborderie at the 2020 Sportel Awards
• Gunner, My Life in Cricket by Ian Gould – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• The Unforgiven by Ashley Gray – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Cricketing Caesar by Mark Peel – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches by Colin Shindler – Longlisted for the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award
• My Song Shall be Cricket, by Franklyn Stephenson and Dave Bracegirdle – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Even Heskey Scored, by Emile Heskey and Dean Eldredge – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Stories of Cricket’s Finest Painting, by Jonathan Rice – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• An A to Z of Football Collectibles, by Carl Wilkes – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Lap of Honour, by Tim Hain – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• A Life Behind the Lens, by Richard Pelham – Winner of Best Illustrated Book at the British Sports Book Awards
• A Tournament Frozen in Time, by Steven Scragg – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Natural, by David Tossell – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Even Heskey Scored, by Emile Heskey and Dean Eldredge – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Tangled Up in Blue, by Stephen O’Donnell – Longlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Pride of the Lionesses, by Carrie Dunn – Longlisted at the British Sports Book Awards

2019

• The Beautiful Badge, by M Routledge and E Wills – Winner of Best Illustrated Book at the British Sports Book Awards
• Waiting, by Richard Kelley – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Playing the Game, by Mark Peel – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Ambassadors of Goodwill, by Mark Peel – Shortlisted for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award

2018

• Pironi, by David Sedgwick – Shortlisted at the RAC Annual Book Awards
• The History Makers, by S Juggins and R Stainthorpe – Winner of Best Illustrated Book at the British Sports Book Awards
• Over and Out, by Steve Neal – Winner of the Best Cricket Book at the British Sports Book Awards
• Fearless Freddie, by Chris Evans – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Caught in the Middle, By Mike Procter and Lungani Zama – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Over and Out, By Steve Neal – Winner of the Cricket Writers’ Club Book of the Year Award

2017

• The Good Murungu, by Alan Butcher – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Richie, By Ian Heads and Norm Tasker – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• His Own Man, by Timothy Johnston and Donald Macgregor – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Running Hot & Cold, by Doug Richards – Best Book at the 2017 Running Awards

2016

• Chasing Points, by Gregory Howe – Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year
• Moody Blue, By Marco Negri and Jeff Holmes – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Iron Curtain, By Phil Larder and Nicholas Bishop – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards

2014

• The Great English Final, by David Tossell – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Can’t Sleep, Can’t Train, Can’t Stop, by Andy Holgate – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Can’t Sleep, Can’t Train, Can’t Stop, by Andy Holgate – Best Book at the 2014 Running Awards
• The Sergio Torres Story, by Sergio Torres – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• The Real Jeeves, by Brian Halford – Runner-up in the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Then Came Massacre, by Justin Parkinson – Long-listed for the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award
• Then Came Massacre, by Justin Parkinson – Cricket Web Best New Writer of the Year Award

2013

• The Valiant Cricketer, by Alan Hill – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards

2012

• It’s Not All About the Old Firm, by Scott Burns – The Scotsman’s Best Scottish Sports Read
• Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run, by Andy Holgate – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Tony Greig, by David Tossell – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Got, Not Got, By Derek Hammond and Gary Silke – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Sporting Chancer, By Ed Hawkins – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards

2011

• Animals, by Neil Clack – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards
• Following On, by David Tossell – Runner-up in the MCC and Cricket Society Book of the Year Award

2010

• When Freddie Became Jesus, by Jarrod Kimber – Shortlisted at the British Sports Book Awards.

2003

• The Server, by Spencer Vignes – Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year