Call it the Bookie Prize. The longlist for this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award includes:
Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
A Book of Heroes: Or a Sporting Half Century by Simon Barnes
No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack by Errol Christie with Tony McMahon
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend by Catrine Clay
The Grudge: Scotland vs. England, 1990 by Tom English
Tea With Mr Newton: 100,000 Miles, The Longest Protest March in History by Rob Hadgraft
A Last English Summer by Duncan Hamilton
Blood Knots by Luke Jennings
Liston & Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King by Bob Mee
Beware of the Dog: Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All by Brian Moore
We Ate All the Pies by John Nicholson
Blood, Sweat and Treason by Henry Olonga
Bounce: How Champions Are Made by Matthew Syed
Book2Book reported that the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award "is the world's longest established and most valuable literary sports-writing prize. As well as a £22,000 [US$34,728] cash prize, the winning author will receive a £2,000 William Hill bet, a hand-bound copy of their book, and a day at the races." The shortlist will be announced October 26 and the winner honored in London November 30.