eight essential books on the starting line

24 Hours of Le Mans, 1923-2023: 100 years of legends, Denis Bernard, Basile Davoine, Julien Holtz and Gérard Holtz, Gründ editions

The editor’s favorite with the beautiful book that serves as a reference in this very special centenary year. A 330-page book that combs through the history of the event with attention to detail through precise texts and the permanent desire to be accessible to all readers, insiders or not. An exciting story made up of many beautifully illustrated chapters based on a gold mine of statistics, figures and sketches. Competitions, anecdotes, technical developments, great racing figures, art, glamor are on the menu. A tremendous work delivered by the four authors, each excelling in their fields.

24 Hours of Le Mans, 1923-2023: 100 years of legends Editions Gründ

24 Hours of Le Mans 1923-2023, A century of pion!, Dominique and Antoine Pascal and Jean-François Krause, Ouest-France editions

The two authors unfold the thread of the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in an excellent album which juggles perfectly between the texts, the photos, the postcards. A selection of around thirty chapters ranging from the pioneers of 1923 to the mythical duel between Ford and Ferrari through the epics of Peugeot, Matra or Rondeau.

24 Hours of Le Mans 1923-2023, A century of pion! Editions Ouest-France

24 hours and misfortunes of Le Mans, Stéphane Bois, Bob Garcia, Guillaume Nédelec, editions of the Rock

Made up of exploits, the legend of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was also forged around disappointments, injustices and even dramas. 24 hours and misfortunes of Le Mans stops on these painful moments which also make the beauty of sport. A fascinating story laid out on the pages like a novel by Le Mans race specialists, full of anecdotes resurrected with transcriptions of tasty dialogues. A book that deserves a volume 2. To your feathers and see you next year, gentlemen authors.

24 hours and misfortunes of Le Mans Editions du Rocher

24 Hours of Le Mans, Incredible Stories Volume 1 and 2, Little by Little editions

For decades, we have been coming to Le Mans with the family to enjoy a race but also its big party around the track for twenty-four hours. To perpetuate this pion ped on from father (or mother) to son (and daughter), the Petit à petit editions tell the most beautiful hours of the myth in comics. Drawings and speech bubbles that are also accompanied by texts, anecdotes and photos for a remarkably well-crafted Docu-BD. The work of the authors has been recognized since these Incredible Stories are part of the official products of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Two essential volumes for young and old alike.

24 Hours of Le Mans, Incredible Stories Volume 1 and 2 step by step

24 Hours of Le Mans, a centenary of stories, Emmanuel Touzot, Talent Sport editions

The double-page photo of a furious start on the cob in front of full stands sets the tone of the book which dissects, year after year, all the editions of the greatest endurance race in the world. A beautiful book that allows you to relive the strongest moments of this unique epic. The full or double-page photos are sublime.

24 Hours of Le Mans, a centenary of stories Talent Sports

24 Hours of Le Mans, a century of posters, Robert Puyal, Sophia Éditions

Let’s take a step aside with another way of reliving the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans thanks to the posters of all the editions since 1923. A painstaking work of extreme originality that we peck at from one year to the next. another by detailing this collection mixing art and advertising.

24 Hours of Le Mans, a century of posters Sophia Editions

The 24 Hours of Le Mans – History, Henri Charpentier, Bernard Bakalian, Michel Lafon editions

The cover, sublime, could have been used as a movie poster for a production of which Hollywood has the secret. The Reading of 24 Hours of Le Mans – The story gets off to a good start! The duo Henri Charpentier, former great reporter and editor-in-chief at France Inter, Bernard Bakalian, reporter-photographer, perfectly masters the art of staging the beautiful stories of this race like no other. Five years of research will have been necessary to complete this formidable story made up of anecdotes but also of revelations which will not fail to surprise the most initiated among us.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans – The History Michael Lafon