Joanna Rowsell Shand: Full Circle – £20

Five world titles, four European golds, two record-breaking Olympic team pursuit wins… Joanna Rowsell Shand has been an integral part of the British Cycling’s recent track success.

The cleverly-named Full Circle tells the story of the recently-retired pursuit star’s life and career; living with alopecia and rising to become one of the country’s finest cycling talents.

Gravel Cycling: The Complete Guide to Gravel Racing and Adventure Bikepacking (Nick Legan) – £21.95

Gravel and adventure riding is booming – you only have to look around this year’s biggest trade shows to see how many brands are throwing their hats into the ‘road plus’ ring.

But what’s it all about, why has it become so popular, and where can you take your gravel grinding ambitions? Nick Legan’s Gravel Cycling is the ideal companion, full of route ideas for bikepacking and must-ride gravel events.

Britain’s Greatest Cycling Climbs Box Set (Simon Warren) – £50

Simon Warren’s Greatest Climbs series is the go-to source for information on Britain’s best ascents and the climb fanatic’s latest venture is perfect for any aspirational British cyclist.

If you want to learn more about the must-ride climbs in the UK, sorted by region and with photos, maps, factfiles and detailed climb descriptions, then look no further than this box set. The eight-volume anthology features 525 climbs, from north-west England to the south-east and from Scotland to Wales. The books are also available individually.

Ventoux: Sacrifice and Suffering on the Giant of Provence (Jeremy Whittle) – £16.99

Sticking with Europe’s iconic climbs, perhaps no other ascent is as revered around the cycling world as the Giant of Provence.

Mont Ventoux has staged some of cycling’s most epic battles; as well as being the slope on which Tom Simpson lost his life in 1967.

It has inspired novels and decided Grand Tours, and Jeremy Whittle’s Ventoux details how it has become such an infamous climb – including interviews with Eddy Merckx, Nicole Cooke and Lance Armstrong.

Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep: The Tale of the First Tour de France (Peter Cossins) – £14.99

The first ever Tour de France paved the way for some of cycling’s greatest tales, but the race itself – and its founding – was an epic tale in its own right that deserves to be told.

So that’s exactly what Peter Cossins has done, blending background information on how the race came to be with blow-by-blow accounts of the action.

Race winner Maurice Garin may be just a name in the history books to many, but Cossins ensures he and his peers come to life in Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep.

Fuelling the Cycling Revolution (Nigel Mitchell) – £16.99

Nigel Mitchell was at the heart of the rise of both British Cycling and Team Sky, serving as chief nutritionist.

Now at Cannondale-Drapac, Fuelling the Cycling Revolution, reveals some of the nutritional strategies that have helped power the world’s finest riders to the top of the sport. The book contains 24 recipes, from dinners to on-the-bike snacks, and race case studies to help give you a performance edge.

Steadfast: My Story (Lizzie Deignan) – £20

Lizzie Deignan (then Armitstead) started the 2016 season in stunning form – clad in the rainbow jersey of world champion, her performances in the Spring Classics raised expectations as she targeted Olympic gold in Rio in the summer.

Then herworld fell in – a third anti-doping whereabouts failure almost saw her banned, and though one was of those missed tests was eventually struck from the record, the subsequent media leak saw her star fall.

Steadfast is Britain’s queen of the road fighting back – revealing the inside story of what really happened in the build-up to Rio, alongside detailing the ups and downs of being at the pinnacle of women’s cycling.

Ask A Pro (Phil Gaimon) – £16.99

Phil Gaimon’s Ask A Pro, or Ask a Pro: Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America’s Foremost Cycling Sage to give it the full title, takes a sideways glance at life in the pro peloton.

The former Cannondale pro has kept busy in retirement, including a monthly Q&A ‘Ask A Pro’ column.

That forms the heart of this book, with questions on everything from changing tyres to getting your friends to accept your freshly-shaven legs back.

Fabian Cancellara – £36

Unlike a standard autobiography, Fabian Cancellara is a richly-illustrated look back at Spartacus’ career instead, with the man himself annotating the best photographs of his illustrious career.

The book looks at 20 career-defining moments, chosen and described by the Swiss legend himself, in a book dubbed ‘the official goodbye to his fans’