Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
By: Maggie Mertens
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive, edge-of-your-seat story of how…
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1. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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2. 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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- health
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- womens
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- 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
3. 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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- adult
- audiobook
4. 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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5. 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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- audiobook
6. 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
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7. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs
By: Johann Hari
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more
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- science
8. 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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"You can't show love by hurting others"-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
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"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
9. 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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- womens
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- audiobook
10. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
By: Kevin Fedarko
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
11. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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12. 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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- adult
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- womens
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13. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco
By: Michelle Chouinard
3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter … read more
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- audiobook
14. 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
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- audiobook
15. Four Squares
By: Bobby Finger
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of The Old Place comes a tender, funny, and fresh novel spanning the 1990s … read more
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- audiobook
16. 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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17. The Price She Pays: Confronting the Hidden Mental Health Crisis in Women's Sports―from the Schoolyard to the Stadium
By: Tiffany Brown
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women’s athletics, offering p… read more
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18. Trails and Tribulations: The Running Adventures of Susie Chan
By: Susie Chan
4.56
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating read from one of the UK's leading and most recognised endurance runners.Susie Chan … read more
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19. Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends… read more
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20. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
By: Maggie Mertens
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning sports journalist Maggie Mertens tells the propulsive, edge-of-your-seat story of how… read more
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- history
- health
- feminism
- adult
- nonfiction
- womens
- sports
- science
21. Long Run to Glory: The Story of the Greatest Marathon in Olympic History and the Women Who Made It Happen
By: Stephen Lane
4.48
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
On the morning of August 5, 1984, four of the greatest marathoners of all time lined up for one of … read more
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