In reply to kevin stephens:
I really enjoyed Racing through the Dark and The Secret Race - both are fascinating accounts.
Others I've read in the past couple of years include:
Merckx: Half man, Half Bike by William Fotheringham
Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh
Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour De France by Richard Moore
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro by Charly Wegelius
Not biographies as such, but there's been a number of cycle adventure/touring books I've enjoyed recently:
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by Dervla Murphy.
Absolutely amazing woman who in 1963 packed her .25 pistol and a few odds and ends and cycled from Dublin to India.
The Hungry Cyclist by Tom Kevill Davies
Cycles North from New York, then West and down to Mexico, then into South America, eating local delicacies (from prairie oyster in the Rockies to Gerbils in Peru)
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beamont
Not everyone's cup of tea (a lot of backlash to his reliance on corporate sponsors and self-promotion in general), but I thought it was a great account of the trauma Mark encounters especially crossing the harsh 'stans.