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The Sports Book Awards

The Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards in association with The Sunday Times, is the major annual promotion for sports writing and publishing. 

The awards exist to highlight the most outstanding sports books of the previous calendar year, to showcase their merits and to enhance their reputation and profile.

The Bob Willis Fund is the charity partner for the 2022 awards. The Bob Willis Fund has been set up to raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness, with the aim of achieving a national screening programme in the next 3-5 years. Please visit the Bob Willis Fund website for more information - Read more here 

Chairman & Founder of the Sport Book Awards David Willis

"Our Sports Book Awards event has stood the test of time and we are proud to be convening for the twentieth time to celebrate the very best sports book titles published in the calendar year 2021. There is a tremendous range and huge variety but the quality continues to grow..." Read More

Winner of The Sunday Times Autobiography of the Year Award 2023

Lioness: My Journey to Glory by Beth Mead

Lioness - My Journey to Glory : Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year - Beth Mead

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM EUROS CHAMPION AND BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR BETH MEADWINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2023With foreword by Ian Wright & afterword by Jermain DefoeBeth Mead is one of the world's most talented footballers - Golden Boot winner and Player of the Tournament at the UEFA Euro 2022, England Player of the Year...

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Winner of The Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award 2023

Unforgettable by Steve Thompson

Unforgettable : Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award - Steve Thompson

In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most destructive, repetitive impacts. But the triumphs came at a cost. When rugby union turned professional, Steve was plunged into a game where raw power meant everything.

Today, he remembers nothing about playing in that final.

In...

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Winner of the Pinsent Masons Sports Writing Award 2023

The People's Game: How to Save Football by Gary Neville

The People's Game: How to Save Football : THE AWARD WINNING BESTSELLER - Gary Neville

*OUT NOW*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Neville at his authentic best. [He] is the closest thing to a spokesman there is for English football.' Sunday Times 'Brilliant.' Mail on Sunday'Gary Neville usually talks a lot of sense, and writes it too . . . Neville's words are timely.' Henry Winter, The Times'The People's Game is [Gary's] call to mend football, harmed by the greed and selfishness of...

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Winner of The Vikki Orvice Award for New Women's Sport Writing 2023

A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football by Suzanne Wrack

A Woman's Game : The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football - Suzanne Wrack

***WINNER OF A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARD***A TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A truly important book.' MEGAN RAPINOE'Hardhitting and clear sighted.' THE TIMES'Impassioned . . . joyous.' SPECTATORDISCOVER THE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE LIONESSESThis is the astonishing history of women's football: from the game's first...

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Winner of the Socios.com Sports Entertainment Book of the Year Award 2023

The Wood Life: A Not so Helpful How - To Guide on Surviving Cricket, Life and Everything in Between by Mark Wood

The Wood Life : WINNER OF THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR - Mark Wood

*WINNER OF THE 2023 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR**FOREWORD BY BEN STOKES*Hallo - I'm Mark Wood. As an England and Durham cricketer who was born, raised and refined in Ashington, Northumberland, my life has been quite unique.

Over the course of my career so far, I've won an Ashes and a World Cup in an international career that at the time of writing is going on seven...

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Winner of the Children's Sports Book of the Year Award 2023

The Funny Life of Football by James Campbell

The Funny Life of Football - WINNER of The Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book of the Year 2023 - James Campbell

WINNER of the Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book Prize 2023"Every page is guaranteed to grab the imagination and it's the perfect thing for dipping into at half time." Love Reading 4 KidsA hilarious fact and fiction hybrid from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own. Want to know...

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Winner of the Heartaches' Cricket Book of the Year Award 2023

An Island's Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket by Nicholas Brookes

An Island's Eleven : The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket - Nicholas Brookes

SUNDAY TIMES CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023WISDEN CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023DEREK HODGSON BOOK AWARD 2023 (awarded by the Cricket Writers' Club)‘This is a great tale, and what’s more, it’s beautifully told.’ – Simon BarnesFrom Sathasivam to Sangakkara, Murali to Malinga, Sri Lanka can lay claim to some of the world’s most remarkable cricketers...

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Winner of the Cycling Book of the Year Award 2023

Beryl: In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete by Jeremy Wilson

Beryl - Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2023 : In Search of Britain's Greatest Athlete, Beryl Burton - Jeremy (Football Writer) Wilson

WINNER of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2023WINNER of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022WINNER OF THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A WATERSTONES BEST SPORTS BOOK OF 2022A DAILY MAIL SPORTS BOOK OF 2022Cyclist Beryl Burton - also known as BB - dominated her sport much as her male contemporary...

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Winner of the Geoff Neal Football Book of the Year Award 2023

1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That by Matt Dickinson

1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That - Matt Dickinson

WINNER OF FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD In 1999, Manchester United completed a unique Treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League - but more remarkable than that was how they did it, and the stories behind the historic achievement.

Matt Dickinson covered the whole story at the time, and...

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Winner of the Rathbones Illustrated Book of the Year Award 2023

Heart of Midlothian, 51 Shirts: Moments in Time by Grant Young

Heart of Midlothian; 51 Shirts : Moments in Time - Grant Young

Heart of Midlothian are a football club steeped in history, famous for their iconic maroon and white colours.

Author Grant Young takes us on a journey from the late 1950s to the Championship-winning season of 2020/21, experienced through 51 match shirts, each brought to life with a compelling story and stunning photographs.

Grant doggedly tracked down the shirts over a 20-year period to bring them...

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Winner of the International Sports Book of the Year Award 2023

So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game by Rick Reilly

So Help Me Golf : Why We Love the Game - Rick Reilly

*** WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***'fascinating, informative and revealing' Mail on SundayBeloved bestselling author and golf aficionado Rick Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity, trademark sense of humour, and vast knowledge of the game of golf in 80 original pieces about what it has meant to him and to others, and all the...

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Winner of the Francis Clark Rugby Book of the Year Award 2023

Unforgettable: Rugby, dementia and the fight of my life by Steve Thompson

Unforgettable : Winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Award - Steve Thompson

In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most destructive, repetitive impacts. But the triumphs came at a cost. When rugby union turned professional, Steve was plunged into a game where raw power meant everything.

Today, he remembers nothing about playing in that final.

In...

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Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Autobiography of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Pinsent Masons Sports Writing Award 2023

Shortlisted for The Vikki Orvice Award 2023 for New Women's Sports Writing

Shortlisted for the Socios.com Sports Entertainment Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Children's Sports Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for The Heartaches' Cricket Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Cycling Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Geoff Neal Football Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Illustrated Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the International Sports Book of the Year Award 2023

Shortlisted for the Francis Clarke Rugby Book of the Year Award 2023