Wisden Book of the Year Winners

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.

Winners

	Who Only Cricket Know: Hutton’s Men in the West Indies 1953/54 by David Woodhouse 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This is Cricket: In the Spirit of the Game by Daniel Melamud 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steve Smith's Men by Geoff Lemon 4.36 avg rating — 575 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Clear Blue Sky by Jonny Bairstow 4.20 avg rating — 403 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Following On: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket by Emma John (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 191 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Test: My Life, and the Inside Story of the Greatest Ashes Series by Simon Jones really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 69 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan by Peter Oborne 4.24 avg rating — 195 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Driving Ambition - My Autobiography by Andrew Strauss 3.65 avg rating — 85 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy by Ed Hawkins 3.73 avg rating — 259 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fred Trueman: The Authorised Biography by Chris Waters 4.30 avg rating — 94 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cricketer's Progress: Meadowland to Mumbai by Eric Midwinter 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harold Larwood by Duncan Hamilton 4.46 avg rating — 338 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Summers: The Classic Cricket Writing of JM Kilburn by J.M. Kilburn 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tom Cartwright: The Flame Still Burns by Stephen Chalke 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brim Full of Passion: Wasim Khan - from the Ghetto to Pro Cricket and Beyond by Alan Wilkinson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashes 2005: The Greatest Test Series by Gideon Haigh 4.32 avg rating — 75 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On And Off The Field by Ed Smith 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Coward Soul: The Remarkable Story Of Bob Appleyard by Stephen Chalke 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodyline Autopsy: The Full Story of the Most Sensational Test Cricket Series - England Vs. Australia 1932-3 by David Frith 4.28 avg rating — 162 ratings Wisden Book of the Year (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars