25 must-read nonfiction books like Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner by Martin Yelling

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Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner

By: Martin Yelling

3.69

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

'...a really, really, really good book' – Vassos Alexander'A masterpiece' – Paul-Sinton Hewitt CBE,…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner by Martin Yelling , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

By: Christopher McDougall

3.84

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of  Born to Run  now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that … read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Outlaws have to be poised, smart, and independent; they have to cultivate allies, assess risk, and keep their antennae fine-tuned to everyone and everything around them. Outlaws focus on what people …"

-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

"We've lulled ourselves into believing that in an emergency, someone else will always come along to rescue us. We've stopped relying on our own wonderfully adaptable bodies; we've forgotten that we ca…"

-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

"Because that's the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don't start when you're ready or stop when you're tired. You don't get time-outs, warm-ups, or bathroom breaks. You may have a headache or be we…"

-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

"Daredevils aren't the answer; spinal rehab wards are full of daredevils. Fearlessness doesn't really help, either: when your car breaks down, you don't want the mechanic to say, 'I've never done this…"

-Christopher McDougall, Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

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2. The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

By: Neal Bascomb

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of huma… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Birdsong

By: Sebastian Faulks

4.32

Format: 632 pages,

Crafted from the ruins of war and the indestructibility of love, Birdsong is a novel that will be r… read more

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4. 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

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond by Hal Koerner

5. Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond

By: Hal Koerner

4.20

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Ultramarathon doesn't leave much room for mistakes. Don't learn the hard way, get a jump on trainin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health

6. 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower

By: Matt Fitzgerald , Robert Johnson

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTER This revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners--w… read more

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7. 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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8. Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Other children get given xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Ye… read more

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  • audiobook
"We're on a mission from Glod."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"It's . . . it's like a legend! It has to happen!"

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"The fastest way to travel is to be there already."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"The universe was bad enough without people poking it."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

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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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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
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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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
"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

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
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12. The Lost Art of Running: A Journey to Rediscover the Forgotten Essence of Human Movement

By: Shane Benzie

4.08

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

'Heads up – here's how to run like a pro' - The Times'A fascinating book' - Adharanand Finn, author… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
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13. Stop Buying Bins: & other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer

By: Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson

4.17

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Decluttering our homes can be difficult. Letting go of things can be challenging. Living with… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Your home is in disarray. How you got there is the reason for the mess, but not the reason for staying in it."

-Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson, Stop Buying Bins: & other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer

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14. Berserker!

By: Adrian Edmondson

4.32

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From brutal schooldays to '80s anarchy, through The Young Ones and beyond, Berserker! is the one-of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Good Pop, Bad Pop

By: Jarvis Cocker

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. My Name Is Why

By: Lemn Sissay

4.29

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

At the age of seventeen, after a childhood in an adopted family followed by six years in care homes… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • 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

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18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. 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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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans by Elise Downing

20. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans

By: Elise Downing

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age by Matt Fitzgerald

21. Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Matt Fitzgerald has already made a name for himself in the endurance sport community with books lik… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
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22. Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

By: Scott Douglas

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times –bestselling author and lifelong runner, a groundbreaking guide to fighting d… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier"

-Scott Douglas, Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

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23. Sea Change

By: Gina Chung

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A novel about a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stab… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Science of Running: Analyze your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training (DK Science of) by Chris Napier

24. Science of Running: Analyze your Technique, Prevent Injury, Revolutionize your Training (DK Science of)

By: Chris Napier

4.25

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Revolutionize your running techniques! Learn how to run better and faster, with more energy while a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life by Joshua Becker

25. Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life

By: Joshua Becker

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

#1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Discover practical steps you can take today to live a life focu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Eat, Drink, Run: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad by Bryony Gordon

26. Eat, Drink, Run: How I Got Fit Without Going Too Mad

By: Bryony Gordon

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Bryony Gordon was not a runner. Yet somehow, as she began to recover from the emotional rollercoas… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of The Outrun: A Memoir by Amy Liptrot

27. The Outrun: A Memoir

By: Amy Liptrot

4.01

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2016 WAINWRIGHT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ONDA… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I'm filling the void with new knowledge and moments of beauty. The dangerous thoughts will happen - and while I'm experiencing them I feel like that's the way I will feel for ever - but I just have t…"

-Amy Liptrot, The Outrun: A Memoir

Cover of Running Up That Hill: The highs and lows of going that bit further by Vassos Alexander

28. Running Up That Hill: The highs and lows of going that bit further

By: Vassos Alexander

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Vassos Alexander shares his insight from interviews with legends of the sport and his own gruelling… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack by Jim Weber

29. Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack

By: Jim Weber

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Discover how Brooks Running Company CEO Jim Weber transformed a failing business into a billion-dol… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

30. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

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  • audiobook
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner by Martin Yelling

31. Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner

By: Martin Yelling

3.69

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

'...a really, really, really good book' – Vassos Alexander'A masterpiece' – Paul-Sinton Hewitt CBE,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • health

27 Top audiobook books like Running in the Midpack: How to be a Strong, Successful and Happy Runner by Martin Yelling

Transform Your Habits

Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

Christopher McDougall

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

Neal Bascomb

4.21

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

Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond

Hal Koerner

4.20

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18 best-selling audiobook books like Berserker! by Adrian Edmondson

Transform Your Habits

Bonkers: My Life in Laughs

Jennifer Saunders

3.85

Transform Your Habits

How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

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