19 Top biography memoir books like Running Home by Katie Arnold

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Running Home

By: Katie Arnold

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story—of fathers a…

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Cover of Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America by Marshall Ulrich

1. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America

By: Marshall Ulrich

4.11

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an ultramarathon runner and the inspirational saga of his ru… read more

Similar categories in Marshall Ulrich's Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America book and Katie Arnold's Running Home

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes

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

By: Dean Karnazes

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan

3. What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

By: Kate Fagan

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

*InstantNew York TimesBestseller* The #1 New York Times Monthly Sports and Fitness bestseller From … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe by Becky  Wade

4. Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe

By: Becky Wade

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration o… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports

5. 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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6. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

By: Scott Jurek , Steve Friedman

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force--and darling--in the grueling and gro… read more

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Cover of North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

7. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • 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

Cover of The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance by Adharanand Finn

8. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll

9. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

By: Rich Roll

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."

-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Cover of Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything by Sally McRae

10. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

11. A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

By: Dean Karnazes

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey o… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career by Meb Keflezighi

12. 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

By: Meb Keflezighi

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life."

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

"Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate tr…"

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

Cover of Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World by Lauren Fleshman

13. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • 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

Cover of Bravey by Alexi Pappas

14. Bravey

By: Alexi Pappas

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

"Renaissance runner" (New York Times) Alexi Pappas--Olympic athlete, actress, filmmaker and writer-… read more

Similar categories in Alexi Pappas's Bravey book and Katie Arnold's Running Home

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Headed to the moon not now but soon."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"Grit is what’s left over when nothing’s left."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"A life can’t be replicated and it doesn’t need to be."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

"A dream come true unfolds very very gradually then all at once."

-Alexi Pappas, Bravey

Cover of The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher

15. 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 Katie Arnold's Running Home

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Choosing to Run: A Memoir by Des Linden

16. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built for Us by Alison Mariella Désir

17. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It by Molly Huddle

18. How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It

By: Molly Huddle

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

An essential guide for female athletes navigating the world of competitive running, featuring 50 ca… read more

Similar categories in Molly Huddle's How She Did It: A High-Performance Guide for Female Distance Runners with Stories from the Women Who've Made It book and Katie Arnold's Running Home

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

19. 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

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • 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

Cover of Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes by Christine Yu

20. 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

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  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Incomplete Book of Running by Peter Sagal

21. The Incomplete Book of Running

By: Peter Sagal

3.86

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s beloved show Wait Wait..Don’t Tell Me and a popular columnist for Ru… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Perhaps you would like to start running. You never have tried before, or you did and you hated it, and now you wonder how to begin moving in a way that will keep you going. Get up. Start. Go. Move. T…"

-Peter Sagal, The Incomplete Book of Running

"If there is any true value in running as a sport, it is that it is a great leveler. Runners don't gear up, armoring ourselves like football players; we strip down to the minimum and empty our hands a…"

-Peter Sagal, The Incomplete Book of Running

Cover of Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed by Matthew Futterman

22. Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed

By: Matthew Futterman

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping . . . the narrative is smooth and immediate, almost effortless in its detail, if occasion… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail by Nicole  Antoinette

23. How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

By: Nicole Antoinette

4.30

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nicole … read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson

24. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Cover of The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life by Colin O'Brady

25. The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life

By: Colin O'Brady

3.82

Format: 256 pages, ebook

“A master class in athleticism, resilience, and human potential.” —Hoda Kotb, Today From the New Yo… read more

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  • health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience by Jennifer Pharr Davis

26. The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

By: Jennifer Pharr Davis

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing pe… read more

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  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I chose to put my vulnerability above my social image. I was going to either fail or succeed. But I sure as hell wasn't going to be complacent."

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

"Hiking is not escapism; it's realism. The people who choose to spend time outdoors are not running away from anything; we are returning to where we belong."

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

"In the spring of 2015, Warren started the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. At age sixty-five, he was a walking contradiction. His white beard clashed with his youthful eyes, his soft, round stomach oppo…"

-Jennifer Pharr Davis, The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

Cover of Running Home by Katie Arnold

27. Running Home

By: Katie Arnold

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, an Outside magazine writer tells her story—of fathers a… read more

Similar categories in Katie Arnold's Running Home book and Katie Arnold's Running Home

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

28. 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 Katie Arnold's Running Home

  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance by Matt Fitzgerald

29. Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance

By: Matt Fitzgerald

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attemp… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Ultra-Something by Brendan Leonard

30. Ultra-Something

By: Brendan Leonard

4.38

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

In this quirky, illustrated deep dive, Outside Magazine columnist Brendan Leonard explores the huma… read more

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Cover of The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within by Cory Richards

31. The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

By: Cory Richards

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures—and the ea… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
"Madness lives in me."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"Blame is useless amidst madness."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"In the bible, everyone comes from a fucked up family."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

"Only the summit can illuminate its own insignificance."

-Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

24 must-read audiobook books like Running Home by Katie Arnold

Transform Your Habits

What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

Kate Fagan

3.61

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

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

Rich Roll

4.02

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25 Top audiobook books like A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

Transform Your Habits

How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall

4.57

Transform Your Habits

Running Man

Charlie Engle

3.70

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

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