GILES LYON'S
TOP 10 CRICKET BOOKS
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Beginning in the Spring of 2002, The Guardian, the UK's most popular
newspaper began assembling a list of books to form the "Guardian Essential
Library." Dozens of writers were and are being asked to choose 10 essential
books from their respective fields. The Guardian began publishing these
lists on June 1, 2002. The following list was prepared by Giles Lyon, the
founder of Bodyline Books which specializes in Wisdens and all kinds of
cricket memorabilia. Mr. Lyon's comments on each of the books listed can
be read by HERE.
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| 1 |
David Foot |
Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket |
| 2 |
Mike Brearley |
The Art of Captaincy |
| 3 |
John Barclay |
The Appeal of the Championship: Sussex in
the Summer of 1981 |
| 4 |
F.S. Ashley-Cooper |
The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle 1772-1796 |
| 5 |
David Frith |
Bodyline Autopsy |
| 6 |
C.W. Alcock, ed. |
Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds |
| 7 |
Alan Ross |
Through the Caribbean |
| 8 |
Leslie Frewin |
The Best of Cricket Fiction (2 Volumes) |
| 9 |
J.H. Finglketon |
Brightly Fades the Don |
| 10 |
F.S. Ashley-Cooper |
Cricket Highways and Byways |