William Hill Sports Book of the YearLonglist

Given by William Hill

81 Works 10,405 Books 357 Reviews ½ 3.8
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award is the world's longest established and most valuable literary sports-writing prize. As well as a £23,000 cash prize, the winning author will receive show more a £2,000 William Hill bet, a hand-bound copy of their book, and a day at the races. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (35), Shortlist (154), Longlist (81)
Categories:
All, Cricket (1), No Category (80)
Years:
All, 2018 (6), 2017 (1), 2016 (8), 2015 (6), 2014 (5), 2013 (9), 2012 (8), 2011 (6), 2010 (7), 2009 (8), 2008 (6), 2007 (9), 2006 (2)

Longlist 81

WorkCategoryYear
Jenson Button: Life to the Limit: My Autobiography by Jenson Button2018
This Girl Ran: Tales of a Party Girl Turned Triathlete by Helen Croydon2018
You'll Never Walk by Andy Grant2018
The Card: Every Match, Every Mile by Steve Hill2018
The Test: A Novel by Nathan Leamon2018
The Mountains are Calling: Running in the High Places of Scotland by Jonny Muir2018
Feeling is the Thing that Happens in 1,000th of a Second: A Season of Cricket Photographer Patrick Eagar by Christian RyanCricket2017
Today We Die a Little!: The Inimitable Emil Zátopek, the Greatest Olympic Runner of All Time by Richard Askwith2016
No Nonsense: The Autobiography by Joey Barton2016
For the Glory: Eric Liddell's Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr by Duncan Hamilton2016
Watching the Wheels: My Autobiography by Damon Hill2016
How's Your Dad? by Mick Channon Jnr2016
Eat Sweat Play: How Sport can Change our Lives by Anna Kessel2016
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight2016
Mr. Darley's Arabian: High Life, Low Life, Sporting Life: A History of Racing in Twenty-Five Horses by Christopher McGrath2016
The Ugly Game: The Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup by Heidi Blake2015
Runner: A short story about a long run by Lizzy Hawker2015
A King in Hiding: How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion by Fahim Mohammad2015
The Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory by Richard Moore2015
My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey2015
Journeymen: The Other Side of the Boxing Business, A New Perspective on the Noble Art by Mark Turley2015
The Breakaway by Nicole Cooke2014
An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course by Oliver Horovitz2014
Stuck in a Moment: The Ballad of Paul Vaessen by Stewart Taylor2014
Undisputed Truth by Mike Tyson2014
Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson2014
Thierry Henry: Lonely at the Top: A Biography by Philippe Auclair2013
Stillness and Speed: My Story by Dennis Bergkamp2013
Running My Life: The Autobiography by Seb Coe2013
The Outsider: A Memoir by Jimmy Connors2013
Immortal by Duncan Hamilton2013
Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry by Sid Lowe2013
Henry Cecil: Trainer of Genius by Brough Scott2013
The Metaphysics of Ping Pong by Guido Mina di Sospiro2013
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius2013
That Near Death Thing: Inside the Most Dangerous Race in the World by Rick Broadbent2012
Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run by Matt Fitzgerald2012
The Footballer Who Could Fly by Duncan Hamilton2012
A Weight Off My Mind: My Autobiography by Richard Hughes2012
Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the Olympic 100m Final (Wisden Sports Writing) by Richard Moore2012
Between the Lines: My Autobiography by Victoria Pendleton2012
Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton2012
Jonny: My Autobiography by Jonny Wilkinson2012
Carlo Ancelotti: The Beautiful Games of an Ordinary Genius by Carlo Ancelotti2011
The Bicycle Book by Bella Bathurst2011
Gold Rush: Blood, Sweat, Tears and the Olympic Dream by Michael Johnson2011
The Smell of Football by Mick Rathbone2011
The Following Game by Jonathan Smith2011
Babysitting George by Celia Walden2011
A Book of Heroes: Or a Sporting Half Century by Simon Barnes2010
No Place to Hide by Errol Christie2010
The Grudge: Scotland vs. England, 1990 by Tom English2010
Tea with Mr Newton (Desert Island Athletics Histories) by Rob Hadgraft2010
Ali and Liston: The Boy Who Would Be King and the Ugly Bear by Bob Mee2010
We Ate All the Pies : How Football Swallowed Britain Whole by John Nicholson2010
Blood, Sweat and Treason: My Story by Henry Olonga2010
Eric Cantona by Philippe Auclair2009
We Could Be Heroes: One Van, Two Blokes and Twelve World Championships by Ben Dirs2009
The Last Champion: The Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson2009
The Years of the Locust by Jon Hotten2009
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 by Simon Kuper2009
Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties by Kevin Mitchell2009
Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography by Jackie Stewart2009
Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss2009
Black and Blue: How Racism, Drugs and Cancer Almost Destroyed Me by Paul Canoville2008
The First London Olympics: 1908 by Rebecca Jenkins2008
Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's Track Cycling Revolution by Richard Moore2008
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir by Haruki Murakami2008
A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness by Musa Okwonga2008
What sport tells us about life : Bradman's average, Zidane's kiss and other sporting lessons by E. T. Smith2008
A Very British Coop: Pigeon Racing from Blackpool to Sun City by Mark Collings2007
Bring Me the Head of Sergio Garcia by Tom Cox2007
Fight the Good Fight: From Vicar's Wife to Killing Machine by Catherine Fox2007
Believe in the Sign by Mark Hodkinson2007
The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo by Mark Law2007
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years by John Major2007
Tent Boxing: An Australian Journey by Wayne McLennan2007
In Search of Robert Millar: Unravelling the Mystery Surrounding Britain's Most Successful Tour De France Cyclist by Richard Moore2007
Determined: My Autobiography by Norman Whiteside2007
The Big If : The Life and Death of Johnny Owen by Rick Broadbent2006
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer by David Goldblatt2006

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