2023 Shortlists

FROM THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS
The Sunday Times

Autobiography of the Year

Dear John - FC
The First Half
BARRY HEARN MY LIFE
Lioness
Boleyn Boy
how (not) to be strong
On Days Like These
Calling the Shots

The Children’s Sports Book Prize

sponsored by The JP Marland Charitable Trust, in association with the National Literacy Trust
The Funny Life of Football
All to Play For
Cricket Superstars
The Legend of Sparkhill
50 times football changed the world
Planet Football
You Can Do It Marcus Rashford
Strong and Tough
The Heartaches'

Cricket Book of the Year

Unveiling Jazbaa
Different Class
An Island's Eleven
Crickonomics
Elephant in the Stadium - FC
Being Geoff Boycott

Cycling Book of the Year

CLIMBERS
The Break
Jan Ullrich
Two Wheels
Beryl
Chased by Pandas
Socios.com

Sports Entertainment Book of the Year

Touching the Heights
Square Peg, Round Ball
The Game
The Wood Life Jacket
BBC Sports Report
How to be a Football Manager
Cheers, Geoff!
How to be an Ex-footballer
Geoff Neal

Football Book of the Year

in association with the Football Writers' Association
Expected Goals
Two Brothers
Brazil 1970 - FC
Scheisse Kit Holden
Unsuitable for Females
The Silence of the Stands
England Football - The Biography
1999

The Vikki Orvice Award for New Women’s Sports Writing

The Power of Belief FC
A Woman's Game
Between Overs - FC
Flares Up - FC
The Year of the Robin
A DELICATE GAME
Rathbones

Illustrated Book of the Year

The Cup - FC
The Times World Cup Moments
81
51 Shirts
Remarkable Football Grounds
Old Liverpool FC
Three Lions on a Shirt
Football Murals
LoveReading

International Sports Book of the Year

Intensity
Warrior-FC
So Help Me Golf
Adrenaline
The Roger Federer Effect - FC
Francis Clark Financial Planning

Rugby Book of the Year

in association with the Rugby Union Writers' Club
World in their Hands
unforgettable
Steve Hansen The Legacy
Scrum Queens - FC
Fighting to Speak
Second Sight
Pinsent Masons

Sports Writing Award

Get It On
My Hidden Race
THE PEOPLE'S GAME
Long Golden Afternoon
Dreaming the Impossible
Everest 1922