Best cricket biography books

We’ve read and reviewed all of this year’s best cricket books – from biographies and cricket history books, to more light-hearted tomes – and here we’re picking out the best dozen

Cricket lovers really are spoil for choice when trying to pick out cricket books to read.

Surely no other sport boasts the quality of the written word that cricket can muster?

It's perhaps a consequence of those long, hazy summer days of yore that attracts the finest minds to produce cricket books at a rate quicker than Jonny Bairstow accumulates runs.

So whether you're buying for your own entertainment or on the hunt for a perfect cricket gift, you'll find the pick of this year's best cricket books right here.

We've read and reviewed all of this year's best cricket books – from biographies and cricket history books, to more light-hearted tomes – and here we’re picking out the dozen best.

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