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What books does Roger Federer recommend?
Roger Federer's book recommendations pair a reverence for tennis history with a taste for a page-turner. The Swiss champion who held the world No. 1 ranking for 310 weeks and won 20 Grand Slam titles has named four titles, mostly in a single ATP Tour fan interview, ranging across biography, fiction, and history. He opens with respect for the past, writing in a foreword that "from my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known." On the fiction side, he's an admitted Dan Brown fan, praising Angels & Demons — "I'm a big history buff and it was really cool" — and The Da Vinci Code, alongside Lance Armstrong's memoir It's Not About the Bike, which he counts among his favorites.
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byRod Laver, Larry Writer
2013398 Pages“From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known.”
— Roger Federer
Source: Foreword to the 2013 edition
Angels & Demons
A Novel
byDan Brown
2000736 Pages(3,365,491)
“Probably Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I'm a big history buff and it was really cool because I was actually reading the book and it's based in various parts throughout Europe.”
— Roger Federer
Source: ATP Tour 'Fans Questions' Interview (2009)
byDan Brown
2003464 Pages(2,529,812)
“I read that and watched the movie, thought they were both great. Dan Brown's a great writer and you know the book had so many twists and turns.”
— Roger Federer
Source: ATP Tour 'Fans Questions' Interview (2009)
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byLance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
2000288 Pages“One of my favorite books I think is probably the one with Lance Armstrong.”
— Roger Federer
Source: ATP Tour 'Fans Questions' Interview (2009)
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What books does Roger Federer recommend?
Roger Federer's four recommendations are Rod Laver: A Memoir, Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, and Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.
What is Roger Federer's favorite book?
He points to a few. Of Angels & Demons he said, "I'm a big history buff and it was really cool," and he named Lance Armstrong's memoir among his favorites: "One of my favorite books I think is probably the one with Lance Armstrong."
Where do Roger Federer's book recommendations come from?
Most come from a 2009 ATP Tour 'Fans Questions' interview, where he discussed Dan Brown's novels and the Armstrong memoir. His praise for Rod Laver appears in the foreword he wrote for Laver's 2013 memoir.
Why does Roger Federer recommend Rod Laver: A Memoir?
Federer wrote the foreword for the 2013 edition, honoring the player he grew up admiring: "From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known."
What genres does Roger Federer read most?
His recommendations span history and biography alongside fiction — a mix of sporting memoirs and Dan Brown's historical thrillers, reflecting a self-described history buff who also enjoys a twist-filled novel.