2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year – Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year has been announced and is as follows:

• The Boys In The Boat: An Epic True-Life Journey to the Heart of Hitler’s Berlin by Daniel James Brown (Macmillan)
• The Sports Gene: What Makes The Perfect Athlete by David Epstein (Yellow Jersey Press)
• Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld by Ed Hawkins (Bloomsbury)
• I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Lagercrantz and Ruth Urbom (Penguin)
• Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang by Jamie Reid (Racing Post)
• Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh (Simon & Schuster)

 

The winner, to be announced live on BBC Radio 4?s Front Row on Wednesday 27 November, will receive a £25,000 cash prize, a £2,500 William Hill bet, a hand-bound copy of their book, and a day at the races.