Book Recommendations

[Trekhawk]

I have read a few good cycling books lately and wondered if anyone had any others they would like to recommend.

Here are the ones I have read and enjoyed so far:

Lance Armstrong's War - Daniel Coyle

A Significant Other - Matt Rendell

Heft On Wheels - Mike Magnuson

The Race - Dave Shields
The Tour - Dave Shields (Thanks for recommending these SK they were a great read and Dave Shields signed them both when we were at LRRH)

Bicycle Love - (these stories were all submitted to a writing contest Breakaway Books sponsored)

Metal Cowboy - Joe Kurmaskie

Chasing Lance - Martin Dugard.

[Nanci]

I did NOT like Inside the Postal Bus by, I think, Dave Barry.

I'm reading a book right now called 23 Days in July, about Lance's 6th TDF. Like a lot. Also about other riders.

I just finished "The Rider" by Tim Krabbe, which was very short, and I liked it a lot.

Travels With Lucy, by Chris Buerki. About a guy who rides from Florida to California with his dog in a trailer.

[SouthernBelle]

I did NOT like Inside the Postal Bus by, I think, Dave Barry.

Michael Barry. Dave Barry is a humor columnist formerly with the Miami paper.

[Nanci]

I think I have a _real_ Dave Barry book sitting at home, that I can't get into either!!

[Deanna]

A while ago I read a book, "Two Wheels: A Cycling Murder Mystery" by Greg Moody. I believe the author went on to write a whole series if you like mystery fiction.

[Cassandra_Cain]

I really enjoyed the Lance Armstrong's Wars book.

Good way to see the many faces of an individual....

[AllezGirl]

Miles From Nowhere by Barbara Savage

I could not put this down...for anyone who dreams of cycling around the world, this is a must read!

[Quillfred]

I am finishing a non-fiction that is great for those of us that are new to building distance:

"The Complete Book (usually this sends me running) of Long-Distance Cycling" by Edmund Burke and Ed Pavelka

There is much covered here and not the filler I have seen in other similar books.

[Veronica]

Bob Roll's book Bobke was a good read.
Outside the Lines is quite similar to Metal Cowboy, but enjoyable.

V.

[Lifesgreat]

Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel

I really like this collection of VERY short essays about his observations of cycling and cyclists.

I also liked 23 Days in July and Heft on Wheels.

[Nanci]

Ooh, I forgot one!! Downhill: the Life Story of a Gravity Goddess by Marla Strebb. I bet I've read that three or four times. Love it.

[Trekhawk]

WOW - thanks ladies. I nip out for a few hours (off to school so my youngest can meet his new teacher for Kindergarten) and get back to a million recommendations. OK maybe not a million but a good twenty or so.

A few books on this list I have seen and been tempted to get - French Revolutions and Gravity Goddess. Now I know they are good I will definitely read them.

Limewave - I have read The Memory of Running and loved it.

Quillred - I have The Complete Book of Long Distance Cycling and I agree its a good one.

Thanks again ladies. Im going to print out this thread so I can use it next time I visit the book shop.

[Nanci]

Trekhawk-

You can gets lots of books cheap if you find them at Amazon, then look under used books. There are almost always super good deals there on any book I'm looking for...

Nanci

[Trekhawk]

Trekhawk-

You can gets lots of books cheap if you find them at Amazon, then look under used books. There are almost always super good deals there on any book I'm looking for...

Nanci

Thanks for the tip Nanci - I will check it out.