8 Best adventure books like Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen

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Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

By: Hillary Allen

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport--and it felt like she wa…

"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"This determination is my bushido. It’s my “way of the warrior."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

If you liked the adventure plot in Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

By: Dean Karnazes

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

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Similar categories in Dean Karnazes's Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports

2. My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan

By: Tom Foreman

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon… read more

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3. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

By: Scott Jurek

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

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4. The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance

By: Adharanand Finn

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only… read more

Similar categories in Adharanand Finn's The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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5. Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything

By: Sally McRae

4.48

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

A REAL LOOK AT STRENGTH Known worldwide for her mental fortitude, hardcore training tactics, and… read more

Similar categories in Sally McRae's Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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6. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

By: Lauren Fleshman

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Fleshman's Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

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7. The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir

By: Caster Semenya

4.27

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and car… read more

Similar categories in Caster Semenya's The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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8. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team

By: Kara Goucher

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this unvarnished and affecting memoir, Olympian Kara Goucher reveals her experience of living th… read more

Similar categories in Kara Goucher's The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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9. Choosing to Run: A Memoir

By: Des Linden

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelibl… read more

Similar categories in Des Linden's Choosing to Run: A Memoir book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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10. The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.04

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A good comeback makes a great story. In The Comeback Quotient , sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald s… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I’m scared shitless."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"A girl need not necessarily have the perfect start in life to fulfill such a dream."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

"I beat cancer, I had kids, and I did this with a disability. You couldn’t knock me off that mountaintop."

-Matt Fitzgerald, The Comeback Quotient: A Get-Real Guide to Building Mental Fitness in Sport and Life

Cover of Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir

11. Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us

By: Alison Mariella Désir

4.58

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A searing exposé on the whiteness of running, a supposedly egalitarian sport, and a call to reimag… read more

Similar categories in Alison Mariella Désir's Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
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12. Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

By: Hillary Allen

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In 2017, world-class ultrarunner Hillary Allen was at the top of her sport--and it felt like she wa… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
"You are more than a result. You are enough, just as you are."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"This determination is my bushido. It’s my “way of the warrior."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"One thing that frees me from that battlefield is knowing that my strength and athletic build helped save my life."

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

"Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough—perfect in fact—just as you are?"

-Hillary Allen, Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

Cover of Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs by Sasha DiGiulian

13. Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs

By: Sasha DiGiulian

4.04

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

World champion climber Sasha DiGiulian tells her story—from coming of age under the scrutiny of soc… read more

Similar categories in Sasha DiGiulian's Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life's Hardest Climbs book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life by Jenny Tough

14. SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life

By: Jenny Tough

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The incredible story of a six-continent journey of self-discovery Jenny Tough is an endurance athl… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Tough's SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

15. Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

By: Deena Kastor

4.36

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a … read more

Similar categories in Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"I saw perseverance, determination, and fearlessness."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"You don't run with your feet- you run with your heart."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

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16. Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes

By: Christine Yu

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“ Up to Speed is a roadmap and toolbox for athletes of all ages. Every coach should read it and dis… read more

Similar categories in Christine Yu's Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What We Owe to Ourselves: a 500-mile hike on the Colorado Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

17. What We Owe to Ourselves: a 500-mile hike on the Colorado Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.31

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you don't want the same things that everyone around you seems to want? How lonely… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Antoinette's What We Owe to Ourselves: a 500-mile hike on the Colorado Trail book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • memoir
  • adventure
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18. There is No Wall

By: Allie Bailey

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey's brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of al… read more

Similar categories in Allie Bailey's There is No Wall book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Everything All at Once by Stephanie Catudal

19. Everything All at Once

By: Stephanie Catudal

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  Bestseller  An intimate and evocative memoir one woman’s experience with the univer… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Catudal's Everything All at Once book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail by Emily Halnon

20. To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Emily Halnon

4.59

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record … read more

Similar categories in Emily Halnon's To the Gorge: Running, Grief, and Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc by Doug Mayer

21. The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc

By: Doug Mayer

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

How the ultra marathon around Mont Blanc turned trail running into a mega sport Twenty years ago, … read more

Similar categories in Doug Mayer's The Race that Changed Running: The Inside Story of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc book and Hillary Allen's Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • adventure

17 best-selling audiobook books like Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance

Adharanand Finn

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything

Sally McRae

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

Lauren Fleshman

4.47

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19 Best audiobook books like Everything All at Once by Stephanie Catudal

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything

Sally McRae

4.48

Transform Your Habits

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Maggie Smith

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

Lauren Fleshman

4.47

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