Start with high-confidence cycling books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Running Machine
Keith Negley
Books on Bikes
F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell
Pedal Power
Allan Drummond
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Chris Raschka
The Biker Girls
Shehzil Malik
A Few Bicycles More
Christina Uss
Pedal Pusher
Mary Boone
Bessie the Motorcycle Queen
Charles R. Smith Jr.
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
Two Wheels
David Gibb
Maisy Goes on a Bike Ride
Lucy Cousins
How Bad Do You Want It?
Matt Fitzgerald
Ride Beside Me
Lucy Knisley
