Sport

Youth Shelf help sport

If you live and breathe sport, we've got a book for you.

Lists include a mix of fiction and non-fiction books, including biographies (non-fiction books are in italics).

All things sport ...

  • Youth Shelf help sport Gotta love this country! by Peter FitzSimons
  • Seriously ... you have to laugh: great yarns and tall tales from the sporting fields, dressing rooms and commentary boxes of Australia by Peter FitzSimons
  • The fair and the foul: inside our sporting nation by David Hill

 

Soccer

  • Kids Youth Shelf Help soccer Red mist: football's most shocking moments: red cards, dirty tackles, headbutts, pitch invaders and more by Phil Cartwright
  • Training secrets of the world's greatest footballers: how science is transforming the modern game by James Witts
  • My life in football: the autobiography by Kevin Keegan
  • Changing the game: football in Australia through my eyes by Ange Postecoglou
  • A-league: the inside story of the tumultuous first decade by John Stensholt & Shaun Mooney
  • Date me, Bryson Keller by Kevin van Whye

 

Football (Union, League, AFL, NFL)

  • Untitled design (13).png The captain's run: what it takes to lead the All Blacks by Gregor Paul
  • Belief by Marlion Pickett
  • No apologies: star netballer champion footballer only human by Sharni Layton
  • Tries, lies & meat pies by Sam Thaiday
  • 40 years of State of Origin: the magic, the moments, the memories by Martin Lenehan
  • Hard truth by Todd Carney
  • Unbroken by Alex McKinnon
  • The legend of Jesse Smoke: a novel by Robert Bausch

Cricket

  • Kids Youth Shelf Help Cricket The comeback summer: when Smith and Stokes got the magic back by Geoff Lemon
  • Cricket 2.0: inside the T20 revolution by Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde
  • My story by Michael Clarke
  • Perspective by Ellyse Perry
  • Playing it my way:  my autobiography by Sachin Tendulkar
  • The Test: a novel by Nathan Leamon

 

Basketball

  • Kids Youth Shelf Help Basketball Hoop dreams down under by Matt Logue
  • My story by Lauren Jackson
  • Legends: the best players, games, and teams in basketball by Howard Bryant
  • Take the shot by Susan Whitey

Cycling

  • Youth Shelf Help Cycling Wheels of Steele: the makings of a world champion by Steele Bishop
  • Cadel Evans: the long road to Paris – photos by Graham Watson

Surfing

  • Youth Shelf Help Surfing Golden daze: the best years of Australian surfing by Sean Doherty
  • Waves: pro surfers and their world by Thom Gilbert
  • She surf: the rise of female surfing by Lauren L. Hill
  • Live like Sally: the lifestyle of a champion surfer by Sally Fitzgibbons
  • Beyond the break by Darren Longbottom and Tim Rushby-Smith 

Wheelchair Racing

  • Youth Shelf Help Wheelchair racing Pushing the limits by Kurt Fearnley

Boxing

  • Youth Shelf Help boxing On the chin: a boxing education by Alex McClintock
  • The boxer by Nikesh Shukla

Swimming

  • Kids Youth Shelf Help swimming This is me by Ian Thorpe
  • Body Lengths by Leisel Jones with Felicity McLean 
  • Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

Baseball

  • Youth shelf help baseball Swing by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess

 

Gymnastics

  • Kids Youth shelf help gymnastics Break the fall by Jennifer Iacopelli