14 Top nonfiction books like 40 Days: Life, Love, Loss and A Historic Run Around One of the World's Largest Lakes by Steven Cannon

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40 Days: Life, Love, Loss and A Historic Run Around One of the World's Largest Lakes

By: Steven Cannon

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

The first crazy idea was to run across Iowa. He did it in 11 Days. Now what? Lake Michigan called…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in 40 Days: Life, Love, Loss and A Historic Run Around One of the World's Largest Lakes by Steven Cannon , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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2. Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

By: Mark Twain , Bernard DeVoto , Henry Nash Smith

4.10

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

"I have told you nothing about man that is not true." You must pardon me if I repeat that remark no… read more

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3. 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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4. The Crimson Campaign (Powder Mage, #2)

By: Brian McClellan

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Hardcover

The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lions Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a… read more

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5. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more

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6. Boys in the Trees: A Memoir

By: Carly Simon

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

The Instant #1 New York TimesBestseller A People Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year! "Intelligent a… read more

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7. James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

By: James Patterson

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

How did a boy from small-town New York become one of the world's most successful writers? · On t… read more

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"Here’s the best I’ve come up with about recovering from the death of somebody we love. It goes like this. When we were little, maybe one or so, we learn how to walk. Somehow we figure out how to get …"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

"When she was free, the whale didn’t rush out to sea. Instead, she swam around and around her rescuers in joyous circles. The whale came up to each and every diver one at a time. She nudged them, push…"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

"Okay, now. In the spirit of open minds — try to walk in somebody else's shoes at least once a day. Maybe even twice a day. What's it like for your poor teachers to have to put up with you rowdy, ill-…"

-James Patterson, James Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life

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8. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

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"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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9. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

By: Adib Khorram

4.24

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more

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"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."

-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)

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10. For You and Only You (You, #4)

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he's writing them. And he's off to a … read more

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"You're a Goodreads girl."

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"I don't kill women, I love them!"

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"His life is want-to, not have-to."

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

"Am I losing you? Don't you think I'm smart? Funny?"

-Caroline Kepnes, For You and Only You (You, #4)

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11. 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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12. Novelist as a Vocation

By: Haruki Murakami

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more

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"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

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13. Displacement

By: Kiku Hughes

4.29

Format: 283 pages, Paperback

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more

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"A memory is too powerful a weapon."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."

-Kiku Hughes, Displacement

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14. Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

By: Christian Cooper

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video th… read more

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"Nor did I know back then that McCartney had written the song as an ode to Black women ("bird" being British slang for a pretty girl) at the pivotal moment of the civil rights struggle. That would onl…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"Writing a memoir is akin to taking off one's clothes in public, and as I learned years ago in the amateur strip contest as Darren and the go-go boys cheered me on, success at such an endeavor can onl…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"Beginning around 1910, The Great Migration saw some 6 million black people surge Northward, out of the states of the former Confederacy, spurred by the same thing that lies behind the yearly migratio…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

"What makes birding such a phenomenon? Why not "mammaling" or insecting? Certainly those pursuits have their adherents, as the thousands who visit Africa on safari or who catalog butterflies can attes…"

-Christian Cooper, Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

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15. The Power of One More: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Success

By: Ed Mylett

4.22

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

You're one more intentional thought and action away from discovering your best life In The Power o… read more

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16. 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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"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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17. 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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18. 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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19. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality

By: Michael J. Fox

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our live… read more

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20. The Dinner Guest

By: B.P. Walter

3.63

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Four people walked into the dining room that night. One would never leave. Matthew: the perfect … read more

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21. 1% Success Habits: 10 Daily Habits to Crush Your Day

By: Brandon Nankivell

4.15

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

How did the top 1% of successful people in the world like Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, and Jay Shetty… read more

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22. You Can Trust Me

By: Wendy Heard

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her plac… read more

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23. The Guide

By: Peter Heller

3.62

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who, es… read more

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24. Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide

By: Christopher McDougall

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Born to Run 's Chris McDougall and long-time running coach Eric Orton show us how to join the globa… read more

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25. Blue Hawaiian (Blackwood Cellars #1)

By: Carla Luna

3.54

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

The first rule of serving as the maid of honor at your perfect sister’s destination wedding? No mis… read more

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26. Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

By: Ty Gagne

4.41

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the… read more

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27. 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

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28. Untethered: The Comeback Story of One of The Longest Fastest Runs In History

By: Dave Proctor

4.31

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

If you want a fairy tale ending, read Snow White. If you want to know what it’s like to dream big, … read more

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29. In The Middle of Middle America (The America Trilogy #1)

By: David B. Lyons

4.06

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

The smallest towns hold the biggest secrets... ★★★★★ "A modern masterpiece" - The Book Literati… read more

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30. 40 Days: Life, Love, Loss and A Historic Run Around One of the World's Largest Lakes

By: Steven Cannon

4.09

Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition

The first crazy idea was to run across Iowa. He did it in 11 Days. Now what? Lake Michigan called… read more

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31. Running Tracks: The playlist and places that made me a runner

By: Rob Deering

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Rob Deering has been listening to music his whole life, but it was only in his mid-thirties that – … read more

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Bull Mountain (Bull Mountain, #1)

Brian Panowich

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

4.14

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S.A. Cosby

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