Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to Second Wind

The first volume in the Border Trilogy - the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.

Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.

The strange, compelling, sparkling, and mysterious universe of horse racing is depicted with such verve and originality, such tenderness, such clarity, and, above all, such sheer exuberance.