17 must-read nonfiction books like 401 by Ben Smith

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401

By: Ben Smith

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, un…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in 401 by Ben Smith , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

By: Anthony Swofford

3.69

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Every war is different. Every war is the same."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"It occured to me that we will never be young again."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

"When you fail, you disgrace yourself and others. When you succeed, be proud and others will be proud for you."

-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

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2. The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

It's London, 1907. Journalist Edward Malone, rejected by the woman he loves because he is too prosa… read more

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"better to be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"Há momentos, meu jovem, que cada um de nós deve se posicionar em prol da justiça e dos direitos humanos, ou você nunca mais se sentirá limpo outra vez."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

"The bent head, the averted eye, the faltering voice, the wincing figure- these, and not the unshrinking gaze and frank reply, are the true signals of passion."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World (Professor Challenger, #1)

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3. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

By: Agatha Christie , David Suchet

3.82

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a f… read more

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"I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

"I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write …"

-Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)

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

By: Dean Karnazes

4.00

Format: 50 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Dean Karnazes's Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
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5. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

By: Christopher McDougall

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of al… read more

Similar categories in Christopher McDougall's Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • health
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6. Black, White And Gold

By: Fanny Blake , Kelly Holmes

3.77

Format: 341 pages,

Kelly Holmes made history when she brought home double gold in the 2004 Olympics, becoming a nation… read more

Similar categories in Fanny Blake's Black, White And Gold book and Ben Smith's 401

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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7. The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)

By: Jean M. Auel

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at… read more

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8. Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

By: Ben Mezrich

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An exclusive blackjack club came up with a system to take the worldUs most sophisticated casinos fo… read more

Similar categories in Ben Mezrich's Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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9. The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

By: J.L. Collins , Mr. Money Mustache

4.00

Format: 240 pages,

"In the dark, bewildering, trap-infested jungle of misinformation and opaque riddles that is the wo… read more

Similar categories in J.L. Collins's The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3) by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett

10. The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.06

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the R… read more

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11. Pompeii

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

With his trademark elegance and intelligence Robert Harris recreates a world on the brink of disast… read more

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12. Where My Heart Used to Beat

By: Sebastian Faulks

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The new bestseller from the author of Birdsongand A Week in December. "You don't live the life I h… read more

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13. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

Similar categories in Pip Williams's The Bookbinder book and Ben Smith's 401

"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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14. 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 Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
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15. The Familiars

By: Stacey Halls

3.88

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies h… read more

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"Loyalty is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Respect is earned, not demanded."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Si el diablo es pobreza, hambre y dolor, entonces sí, creo que lo conocen."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

"Egy leánygyermek élete ugyanaz, mint egy feleségé – épp csak egy másik férfi mondja meg, mit csinálj."

-Stacey Halls, The Familiars

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16. Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

By: Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farc… read more

Similar categories in Miriam Margolyes's Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life book and Ben Smith's 401

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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17. The Man I Think I Know

By: Mike Gayle

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the stunning new novel from bestselling author Mike Gayle, for fans of The Keeper of Lost T… read more

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18. Christmas Shopaholic

By: Sophie Kinsella

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! The brilliant laugh-out-loud festive novel fr… read more

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"Whatever the Grinch can steal, it's not Christmas."

-Sophie Kinsella, Christmas Shopaholic

"But the trouble with asking your subconscious what it wants is, it just laughs at you and says, 'Work it out for yourself, moron."

-Sophie Kinsella, Christmas Shopaholic

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19. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

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"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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20. Tour de Force

By: Mark Cavendish

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

'I pulled off my glasses and wiped my eyes. " That was perhaps the last race of my career..."' Dee… read more

Similar categories in Mark Cavendish's Tour de Force book and Ben Smith's 401

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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21. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

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  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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22. Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

By: David Goggins

4.44

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is not a self-help book. It's a wake-up call! Can't Hurt Me, David Goggins' smash hit memoi… read more

Similar categories in David Goggins's Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Whatever it takes for you to believe that you're better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valian…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will b…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

"Back in SEAL training, I loved when people froze up and quit. I felt it elevated me in some way, but that was ego-driven immaturity and poor leadership. These days, I consider my business to make eve…"

-David Goggins, Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within

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23. The Library of Lost and Found

By: Phaedra Patrick

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people - though not fo… read more

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"You should always make time for books"

-Phaedra Patrick, The Library of Lost and Found

"You're still the same people, underneath."

-Phaedra Patrick, The Library of Lost and Found

"Sometimes there's no right decision. Just the one you make at the time."

-Phaedra Patrick, The Library of Lost and Found

"They set off and drove up and along Maltsborough road to the sound of AC/DC, played volume level two and a half."

-Phaedra Patrick, The Library of Lost and Found

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24. Running The World: 196 marathons in 196 countries, one record-breaking adventure

By: Nick Butter

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

'Superb - a great book to fuel your wanderlust.' Mark Beaumont--- In 2019, Nick Butter became the f… read more

Similar categories in Nick Butter's Running The World: 196 marathons in 196 countries, one record-breaking adventure book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
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25. Jog On: How Running Saved My Life

By: Bella Mackie

3.66

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, Bella Mackie ended her twenties in… read more

Similar categories in Bella Mackie's Jog On: How Running Saved My Life book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
Cover of Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom

26. Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

By: Mitch Albom

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can’t help but fall fo… read more

Similar categories in Mitch Albom's Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"What we carry defines who we are and the effort we make is our legacy."

-Mitch Albom, Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

"But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact."

-Mitch Albom, Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

"Hopeless change be contagious, but hope can be too. And there is no medicine to match it."

-Mitch Albom, Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

"Hopelessness can be contagious, but hope can be too. And there is no medicine to match it."

-Mitch Albom, Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

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27. Top Girl

By: Danielle Marin

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Top Girl is the tell-all, true story of a grammar school girl turned drug dealer. Danielle has a s… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Marin's Top Girl book and Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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28. 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 Ben Smith's 401

  • nonfiction
Cover of Puddings To Podiums: From Fast Food Fat Man To Ultra Marathon Champion by Nathan Flear

29. Puddings To Podiums: From Fast Food Fat Man To Ultra Marathon Champion

By: Nathan Flear

4.05

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Puddings to From fast food fat man to ultramarathon champion.Get ready for a remarkable journey of… read more

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30. 401

By: Ben Smith

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of Ben Smith, who decided to run 401 marathons in 401 days. People thought he was mad, un… read more

Similar categories in Ben Smith's 401 book and Ben Smith's 401

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • health
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

31. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

11 Best memoir books like 401 by Ben Smith

Transform Your Habits

Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Anthony Swofford

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions

Ben Mezrich

3.98

Transform Your Habits

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

Adharanand Finn

4.37

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22 must-read nonfiction books like Running The World: 196 marathons in 196 countries, one record-breaking adventure by Nick Butter

Transform Your Habits

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner

Dean Karnazes

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Why We Run

Robin Harvie

3.30

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

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

Adharanand Finn

4.37

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