15 best-selling memoir books like Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire by Cory Reese

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Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

By: Cory Reese

4.40

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

When life turns up the heat, you have two choices. You can bend and break, or you can step boldly i…

If you liked the memoir plot in Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire by Cory Reese , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! by Matt Fitzgerald, Dean Karnazes

1. 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

By: Matt Fitzgerald , Dean Karnazes

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover the secrets for super endurance-from one of the fittest men on the planet! Dean Karnazes … read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's 50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! book and Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Kevin Sullivan, None, Gina DeJesus, Mary Jordan, Amanda     Berry

2. Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

By: Kevin Sullivan , None , Gina DeJesus , Mary Jordan , Amanda Berry

4.35

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

Two women kidnapped by infamous Cleveland school-bus driver Ariel Castro share the stories of their… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler

3. Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet

By: Jesse Itzler

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy S… read more

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

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 Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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5. Running Man

By: Charlie Engle

3.70

Format: 640 pages, ebook

Charlie Engle's "fascinating account of the high and low points of his life as an ultramarathon run… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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6. The Man Who Planted Trees

By: Jean Giono

3.85

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern t… read more

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7. The Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running

By: John Jerome

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

All runners, from beginners to Olympians, will delight in this luminous compendium of wisdom wrough… read more

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8. Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body

By: Michael Matthews

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

If you want to be toned, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without crash dieting, "good genet… read more

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

10. 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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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • 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

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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

Similar categories in Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion book and Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life by Ryan Benz

12. Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

By: Ryan Benz

4.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2023 ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD WINNER B.R… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Stepping out of your comfort zone is far greater than the comfort itself."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"It’s only when we slow down that we notice all the beauty surrounding us."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"If the thing you are doing is giving you meaning and purpose, time spent doing it is never wasted."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"I realized that was how problems worked. When you quit worrying about them, they ceased being problems."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

Cover of Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough by Michael Easter

13. Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

By: Michael Easter

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Reveals the biological and evolutionary foundations behind your brain’… read more

Similar categories in Michael Easter's Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough book and Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Embrace short-term discomfort to find a long-term benefit."

-Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

Cover of Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering by Cameron R. Hanes

14. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

By: Cameron R. Hanes

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLERPush beyond your physical limits to improve you… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"This is about abolishing the ego and taking the first step toward becoming the real you!"

-Cameron R. Hanes, Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

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

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival Against All Odds by Hillary Allen

16. 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

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • 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 In the Spell of the Barkley: Unravelling the Mystery of the World's Toughest Ultramarathon by Michiel Panhuysen

17. In the Spell of the Barkley: Unravelling the Mystery of the World's Toughest Ultramarathon

By: Michiel Panhuysen

3.97

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

'A wonderful, compelling read'Vassos Alexander, radio presenter and ultrarunnerWelcome to the Barkl… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky

18. Just Add Water: My Swimming Life

By: Katie Ledecky

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swim… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Broken Open: Mountains, Demons, Treadmills And a Search for Nirvana by David            Clark

19. Broken Open: Mountains, Demons, Treadmills And a Search for Nirvana

By: David Clark

3.95

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

David Clark is a formerly obese alcoholic and fast food junkie who found a new life in running. Now… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire by Cory Reese

20. Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

By: Cory Reese

4.40

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

When life turns up the heat, you have two choices. You can bend and break, or you can step boldly i… read more

Similar categories in Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire book and Cory Reese's Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
Cover of The Inner Runner: Running to a More Successful, Creative, and Confident You by Jason Karp

21. The Inner Runner: Running to a More Successful, Creative, and Confident You

By: Jason Karp

3.83

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

The Inner Runner takes adifferent view of running, examining how running affects every part of ourl… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

15 Best audiobook books like Into the Furnace: How a 135-Mile Run Across Death Valley Set My Soul on Fire by Cory Reese

Transform Your Habits

50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!

Matt Fitzgerald , Dean Karnazes

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

Kevin Sullivan , None , Gina DeJesus , Mary Jordan , Amanda Berry

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet

Jesse Itzler

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Running Man

Charlie Engle

3.70

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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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