Start with high-confidence cycling books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Running Machine
Keith Negley
French Revolutions
Tim Moore
Pedal Power
Allan Drummond
Mountains
Michael Barry, Michael Blann
Pedal Pusher
Mary Boone
100 Bike Rides of a Lifetime
Roff Smith
The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman
Harry Pearson
Birth of the Bicycle: a Bumpy History of the Bicycle in America 1819–1900
Sarah Nelson
Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die
Chris Santella
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
Lennard Zinn
How Bad Do You Want It?
Matt Fitzgerald
Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
