The Wisden Book of the Year

Since 2003, Wisden’s reviewer has selected a Book of the Year, representing their personal view of the best new cricket book seen during the year. The winners have been as follows:

2009 Harold Larwood: The authorized biography of the world's fastest bowler by Duncan Hamilton
A tender and moving account of the man used as Bodyline's chief weapon.

2008 Sweet Summers: The Classic Cricket Writing of J. M. Kilburn edited by Duncan Hamilton
A collection of the former Yorkshire Post correspondent’s finest writings.

2007 Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns by Stephen Chalke
Biography of the former Warwickshire all-rounder who was a mentor to the young Ian Botham.

2006 Brim Full of Passion by Wasim Khan
An Asian cricketer’s account of his struggle to establish himself in first-class cricket.

2005 On and Off the Field by Ed Smith
Deep-thinking diary of a season for Kent and England.

2004 No Coward Soul by Stephen Chalke and Derek Hodgson
Biography of the unsung Yorkshire and England medium-pacer Bob Appleyard.

2003 Bodyline Autopsy by David Frith
The complete story of the controversial 1932-33 Ashes series.

Any new cricket book received by Wisden will be listed in the next edition of the almanack, and considered for review. It will also be treated as a submission for Wisden Book of the Year.

Please send review copies to:

The Editor
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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