The final chapter on the festive season

Another year, another sack of books.

This was the autumn that saw the long-anticipated arrival of Brian ODriscolls autobiography, as well as another volume in Roy Keanes life story.

Big hitters, but the quality wasnt confined to names that are usually picked out in the bright lights on Broadway.

If your tastes run to the less illuminated sports, then 2014 served you pretty well, too.

The traditional complaint about sports books is that they favour those headline-setters rather than the niche interests, though publishers are fond of pointing out just how popular those big names can be (the first instalment of Keanes autobiography, for instance, was for some time, the biggest-selling book in Ireland. Note the absence of the word sports in that sentence).

Were not book publishers, though, so we had a broader sweep this year. Dont be shy about picking up one or two of the recommendations here when youre on that last-minute blitz through the shops.

Big names or not, you wont regret it.

GAA

Hell for Leather: A Journey Through Hurling in 100 Games

Authors: Ronnie Bellew and Dermot Crowe

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