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If you loved Twelve Summers by Adam Zwar, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Cricket, Topic, Sports, and Humor.

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

The Wit of Cricket Second Innings — Barry Johnston

The Wit of Cricket Second Innings

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Mr Unbelievable — Chris Kamara

Mr Unbelievable

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

The Ashes According to Bumble — David Lloyd

The Ashes According to Bumble

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Bat, Ball and Field The Elements of Cricket — Jon Hotten

Bat, Ball and Field The Elements of Cricket

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

If It Was Raining Palaces I’d Get Hit by the Dunny Door The Ashes Travails of a Whingeing Pom — Nigel Henderson

If It Was Raining Palaces I’d Get Hit by the Dunny Door The Ashes Travails of a Whingeing Pom

Nigel Henderson

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

A Handful of Summers — Gordon Forbes

A Handful of Summers

Themes: Cricket • Sports • Humor

Unlimited Overs A Season of Midlife Cricket — Roger Morgan-Grenville

Unlimited Overs A Season of Midlife Cricket

Roger Morgan-Grenville

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Cricket’s Funniest Jokes — Jim Chumley

Cricket’s Funniest Jokes

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Thanks, Johnners An Affectionate Tribute to a Broadcasting Legend — Jonathan Agnew

Thanks, Johnners An Affectionate Tribute to a Broadcasting Legend

Themes: Cricket • Sports • Humor

The Bluffer’s Guide to Cricket — James Trollope

The Bluffer’s Guide to Cricket

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Arm-ball to Zooter A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket — Lawrence Booth

Arm-ball to Zooter A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket

Themes: Cricket • Topic • Sports

Pride and Pinstripes The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life’s Challenges — Mel Stottlemyre

Pride and Pinstripes The Yankees, Mets, and Surviving Life’s Challenges

Mel Stottlemyre

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

All for a Few Perfect Waves The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora — David Rensin

All for a Few Perfect Waves The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Running for My Life My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond — Warrick Dunn

Running for My Life My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Straw Finding My Way — Darryl Strawberry

Straw Finding My Way

Darryl Strawberry

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville My Life in NASCAR — Bill Elliott

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville My Life in NASCAR

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

The Downhill Lie A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport — Carl Hiaasen

The Downhill Lie A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Reborn in the USA An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home — Roger Bennett

Reborn in the USA An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

The Range Bucket List The Golf Adventure of a Lifetime — James Dodson

The Range Bucket List The Golf Adventure of a Lifetime

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Yankee for Life My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes — Bobby Murcer

Yankee for Life My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float — Farley Mowat

The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry — Will Blythe

To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

The Awesome Game One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey — Dave Hill

The Awesome Game One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

Tiger, Meet My Sister… And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said — Rick Reilly

Tiger, Meet My Sister… And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said

Themes: Topic • Sports • Humor

If Twelve Summers by Adam Zwar is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Cricket, Topic, Sports and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Barry Johnston, Chris Kamara, David Lloyd, Jon Hotten, and others.

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