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Dec 6, 2008: How to distil over a century of cricket literature into half a bookshelf's worth? A recap of our series on recommended cricket literature
The Fast Men
Nov 29, 2008: Frith's history of fast bowling is encyclopaedic, but also fittingly brisk and concise
Sir Donald Bradman: A Biography
Nov 24, 2008: Rosenwater's books lacks Bradman's input - maybe that's why it's the best of the biographies of the great man
Boycs
Nov 15, 2008: Leo McKinstry provides a balanced, nuanced view of one of cricket's most complex characters
Anyone but England
Nov 8, 2008: Marqusee places cricket's evolution in a historical perspective and reveals the inevitability of the changes the sport has gone through in recent times
Autobiography
Nov 1, 2008: Cardus may not have been the best cricket writer ever, but his autobiography certainly is the best-written cricket book of them all
Cricket Beyond the Bazaar
Oct 25, 2008: Coward's book played a significant part in demystifying the subcontinent for Australian cricketers and cricket watchers
Mystery Spinner
Oct 18, 2008: Gideon Haigh's biography of Iverson painstakingly unearths the story of a talented misfit
Beyond Bat and Ball
Oct 11, 2008: Reading David Foot's warm, conversational profiles of cricketers is like sharing in the camaraderie of a dressing room
The Development of West Indies Cricket
Oct 4, 2008: A perceptive, prescient look at West Indies cricket and its decline
The Willow Wand
Sep 27, 2008: In an attempt to separate cricket reality from myth, Derek Birley ruthlessly questions, if not busts outright, many of the game's idyllic beliefs
46 Not Out
Torrential eloquence, concealed sadness
Sep 20, 2008: In his writing Robertson-Glasgow always toiled for the right word and the arresting simile, evoking a world of grace and ease
Can't Bat, Can't Bowl, Can't Field
Sep 13, 2008: Unlike far too many cricket writers, Johnson refuses to take the game too seriously - and thank goodness for that
Australia 55
Big pictures, artfully painted
Sep 6, 2008: Alan Ross is often classed as a cricket belletrist - with good reason. And this book is among his finest works
Wodehouse at the Wicket
Aug 30, 2008: Wodehouse didn't write too much on the game, but what there is is an unalloyed delight
War Minus the Shooting
Aug 23, 2008: In this narrative of the 1996 World Cup, context means more than the final wicket
John Arlott: A Memoir
Aug 16, 2008: Arlott wasn't perfect and this book, by his son, readily admits so
Australian Summer
Aug 9, 2008: Cardus' account of the 1936-37 Ashes tour gives rein to his desire to write about more than just the cricket
Cricket: A History of Its Growth and Development Throughout the World
Aug 2, 2008: An admirable attempt to "tell the full history of the game"
WG Grace: A Life
Jul 26, 2008: Serious scholarship and unflagging zest make this biography one of cricket's best life stories
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