12 Best Soccer Books
Goal: Find the best Soccer books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best soccer books" and study the top 5+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
12 Best Soccer Books
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Fever Pitch
by Nick Hornby
Inverting The Pyramid
The History of Soccer Tactics
by Jonathan Wilson
Among the Thugs
by Bill Buford
How Soccer Explains the World
An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by Franklin Foer
Soccernomics
Why England Loses; Why Germany, Spain, and France Win; and Why One Day Japan, Iraq, and the United States Will Become Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
by Simon Kuper
The Ball is Round
A Global History of Soccer
by David Goldblatt
The Miracle of Castel di Sangro
A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy
by Joe McGinniss
Brilliant Orange
The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer
by David Winner
Morbo
The Story of Spanish Football
by Phil Ball
The Beckham Experiment
How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America
by Grant Wahl
The Damned Utd
by David Peace
The Fix
Soccer and Organized Crime
by Declan Hill
Sources
- 1
Ten great books about soccer to read during COVID-19 and beyond - SoccerWire
soccerwire.com
- 2
Top 10 soccer books to read while in self-isolation – Canadian Premier League
canpl.ca
- 3
Top soccer books to pass the time | MLSSoccer.com
mlssoccer.com
- 4
The 18 Best Soccer Books Of All Time | The18
the18.com
- 5
The Ultimate Guide To the Best Soccer Books - World Soccer Talk
worldsoccertalk.com
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