![]() | White Storm: The Story of Real Madrid (Mainstream Sport) by Phil Ball
Buy used from: $8.28 Phill Ball's experience as a Spanish journalist gives this book a feel of authenticity.
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![]() | Dynamo: Triumph and Tragedy in Nazi-Occupied Kiev by Andy Dougan
Buy used from: $0.74 Another book on the effect that Nazi Germany had on the countries around it.
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![]() | Barca: A People's Passion by Jimmy Burns
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.42 A good history into one of the most prestigious clubs in football history.
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![]() | How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer
Buy used from: $2.54 A favorite of mine. Foer gives the reader a peice of soccer culture from everywhere. Very good.
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![]() | Bhoys, Bears and Bigotry: Rangers, Celtic and the Old Firm in the New Age of Globalised by Bill Murray
Buy used from: $33.88 A great look at the history of one of the best rivalries in sports -- Rangers and Celtic -- and the tenacity of each camp.
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![]() | Soccer Madness: Brazil's Passion for the World's Most Popular Sport by Janet Lever
Buy new: $17.71 / Used from: $3.00 Soccer in Brazil. Nothing more needs to be said.
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![]() | Motson's National Obsession: The Greatest Football Trivia Book Ever... by Adam Ward
Buy used from: $0.01 A specific trivia book with a British feel to it.
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![]() | Complete Encyclopedia of Soccer by Keir Radnedge
Buy used from: $0.75 If you don't know it, look it up -- It will be in this book.
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![]() | Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer by David Winner
Buy used from: $20.00 I'm truly a fan of the Dutch game and its revolutionary style -- Total Football -- that emerged in the 60s.
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![]() | Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe During the Second World War by Simon Kuper
Buy used from: $16.75 An interesting look at Germany's tyrannical influence on the game in Holland.
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![]() | Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper
Buy new: $13.17 / Used from: $5.55 A broad look at the game played across the world using a consistent theme -- hope and fear -- as a unifying force.
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![]() | Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism. by Andrei S. Markovits
Buy new: $15.48 / Used from: $5.47 Explains -- although it doesn't justify it for me -- why Americans have not gotten it yet.
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![]() | Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $2.97 Hooliganism.
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![]() | The Unique Treble by Alex Ferguson
Buy used from: $1.62 To most, The Treble is only a concept, a word. This book shows how Manchester turned that concept in to a reality.
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![]() | The Game of Their Lives (A Signet book) by Klein
Buy used from: $1.95 U.S.'s monumental defeat of England in the 1950 World Cup.
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![]() | The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones
Buy used from: $0.43 Fabulous. Until you read this, you have never known the truth of Italian soccer.
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![]() | My Favorite Year: A Collection of Football Writing
Buy used from: $0.99 A different view from Hornby's pen, it's great from a writing and footbal perspective.
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![]() | History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game
Buy new: $74.49 / Used from: $32.49 It is the single most comprehensive history of the game. Covering areas from cultures vs sports, club vs country, the best players....it's a monumental contribution to society. Yes, society.
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![]() | White Angels: Beckham, the Real Madrid and the New Football by John Carlin
Buy used from: $0.01 In the newest aspect of the game -- marketing -- this is an indicator of where the game in the 21st century has gone....and where it might go.
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![]() | The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy by Joe McGinniss
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.49 Blends the culture of Italy with the plurality of soccer viewed through a smaller club's eyes.
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![]() | Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano
Buy used from: $6.37 Short, three hundred word snipets allows access to those who do not know how important the game truly is to the people in South America..
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![]() | Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer's Fallen Star by Jimmy Burns
Buy used from: $0.09 A superb player whose boots were polished by the hand of God, his talant was only superceded by his life on the edge.
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![]() | Pele: His Life and Times by Harry Harris
Buy used from: $6.40 Must have a biography of Pele. He's, unequivically, the best of all-time.
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![]() | Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football by Tom Bower
Buy used from: $1.72 A dark side of the beautiful game.
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![]() | The Glory Game by Hunter Davies
Buy used from: $1.74 Almost 35 years later, it still feels wonderfully fresh. A great read.
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