9,141 book reviews and counting...

"nail-biting memoir..."

"a daring insider’s guide to the violent but complex world of ultra fans..."

"Stubborn, canny, diligent and affable, Best’s story captures the camaraderie of the team game..."

"Absence and incipient loss cloud Greenery..."

"a splendid account..."

"This description of Alex Honnold’s ascent without a safety rope is as gripping as a thriller..."

"he explores a new generation who have beaten poverty, violence and corruption..."

"as this gripping book reveals, the 1930s was the most thrillingly desperate climbing decade of all..."

"I loved The Summer Isles from page one..."

"If sports equals life – and vice-versa – to you, or someone you know, buy this collection. It’s a big ball of fun...."

"he sort of book that should be tackled from the comfort of a deep leather armchair in front of the fire at the Drones Club..."

"An exploration of the season in all its beauty and harshness proves a fascinating read...."

"I was interested in the book. Would I recommend it? It’s a points decision, not a knock-out...."

"His gifts of leadership and organisation are clearly remarkable: this is a man you would follow into the jungle. Or anywhere . . ...."

"it envelops the reader in a warm cosy glow, in which the shadows are always lengthening on a late afternoon in high summer..."

"the writing is so sharp it doesn’t matter much that we may be unfamiliar with many of the baseball, American football and basketball stars under Thompson’s microscope..."

"full of passion and candour and takes the reader right into the dressing room..."

"a worthwhile addition to the pugilistic library...."

"hilarious and shocking... I thought my opinion of the 45th president could not get any lower. I was wrong. ..."

"The 6ft 9in boxing volcano Tyson Fury wants us to see his sensitive side in this dramatic life story...."

"the remarkable and poetically written account of how Gange followed the west coast of the British Isles in a sea kayak from Shetland to the English Channel..."

"A high-energy survey of the politics and power brokers behind the world’s great populist sport..."

"Hamilton’s book is a marvel..."

"some glorious passages of natural history..."

"Warne is no fan of conventional wisdom...."

"Lara Prior-Palmer’s terrific account of entering the Mongol Derby on a whim..."

"the book comes with a beautiful wraparound cover illustrating 42 common shells..."