16 Top memoir books like A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

Cover of A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

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…

If you liked the memoir plot in A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle by Matt Fitzgerald

1. How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.10

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have know… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • personal development
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Exercising mental fitness was a daily battle for him, but a battle he chose."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"It was a very hard race from the word go with a combination of great runners and a tough course,"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"What is the logic of punishing yourself each day, of striving to become better, more efficient, tougher?"

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

"Interpreting running as an opportunity to discover and become his best self, and to give his best to others, through the relentless pursuit of toughness, or guts—a kind of courage."

-Matt Fitzgerald, How Bad Do You Want It? Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle

Cover of Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America by Marshall Ulrich

2. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America

By: Marshall Ulrich

4.11

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an ultramarathon runner and the inspirational saga of his ru… read more

Similar categories in Marshall Ulrich's Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

3. 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 Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • adventure
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Running Man by Charlie Engle

4. 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

Similar categories in Charlie Engle's Running Man book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook

5. Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming Last

By: Lisa Jackson

4.14

Format: 152 pages,

From the co-author of the best-selling 'Running Made Easy', with a foreword by running legend Kathr… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Jackson's Your Pace or Mine?: What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming Last book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

6. Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

By: Adharanand Finn

2.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhin… read more

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7. 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

Similar categories in Tom Foreman's My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

8. 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

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

9. 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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Cover of North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail by Scott Jurek

10. North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

By: Scott Jurek

4.22

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run , a thrilling memoir about his grueling, exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Scott Jurek's North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"It was just numbers. I knew I could outrun numbers."

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

"AT legend has it that Pennsylvania hiking clubs and trail crews are proud of their state's nickname of Rocksylvania and don't remove rocks from the trail. In fact, some people claim they actually dum…"

-Scott Jurek, North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Cover of The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance by Adharanand Finn

11. 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 Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

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

12. 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

Similar categories in Rich Roll's Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • personal development
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • 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

Cover of Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex  Hutchinson

13. Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

By: Alex Hutchinson

4.13

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contr… read more

Similar categories in Alex Hutchinson's Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • personal development
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything by Sally McRae

14. 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

Similar categories in Sally McRae's Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of A Runner's High: My Life in Motion by Dean Karnazes

15. 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 Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • personal development
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career by Meb Keflezighi

16. 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

By: Meb Keflezighi

4.19

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi shares lessons learned from each of the 26 marathons he's run in … read more

Similar categories in Meb Keflezighi's 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"To my classmates, teammates, teachers, coaches, and friends, and the people in the medical field who encouraged and challenged me to be my best in every aspect of life."

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

"Un mod prin care maratonul se deosebește de alte curse îl reprezintă faptul că lecțiile lui au deseori paralele cu restul vieții tale. Răbdarea necesară ca să stăpânești maratonul este o abilitate tr…"

-Meb Keflezighi, 26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career

Cover of Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness by Steve Magness

17. Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

By: Steve Magness

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness co… read more

Similar categories in Steve Magness's Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • personal development
  • audiobook
Cover of Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering by Cameron R. Hanes

18. 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

Similar categories in Cameron R. Hanes's Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • personal development
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • 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 Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins

19. 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 Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • personal development
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher

20. 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

Similar categories in Kara Goucher's The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Choosing to Run: A Memoir by Des Linden

21. 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

Similar categories in Des Linden's Choosing to Run: A Memoir book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker by Mimi Anderson

22. Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker

By: Mimi Anderson

4.04

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

When Mimi first started jogging on a treadmill as an unfit 36-year-old mother-of-three, she never i… read more

Similar categories in Mimi Anderson's Beyond Impossible: From Reluctant Runner to Guinness World Record Breaker book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • 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

23. 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

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's Running the Dream: One Summer Living, Training, and Racing with a Team of World-Class Runners Half My Age book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level by Matt Fitzgerald

24. Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level

By: Matt Fitzgerald

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Cutting-edge advice on how to achieve your personal best, for everyone from casual runners to ultra… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory by Deena Kastor

25. 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

Similar categories in Deena Kastor's Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
"You can't show love by hurting others"

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"What I needed in the moment was a family vacation."

-Deena Kastor, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

"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

Cover of In the Spell of the Barkley: Unravelling the Mystery of the World's Toughest Ultramarathon by Michiel Panhuysen

26. 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

Similar categories in Michiel Panhuysen's In the Spell of the Barkley: Unravelling the Mystery of the World's Toughest Ultramarathon book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • audiobook
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • adventure
Cover of Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide by Christopher McDougall

27. 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

Similar categories in Christopher McDougall's Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance by Jason Koop

28. Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance

By: Jason Koop

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When elite ultrarunners have a need for speed, they turn to coach Jason Koop. Now the sport’s leadi… read more

Similar categories in Jason Koop's Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • fitness
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World by Kilian Jornet

29. Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

By: Kilian Jornet

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount E… read more

Similar categories in Kilian Jornet's Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance by Matt Fitzgerald

30. Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance

By: Matt Fitzgerald

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attemp… read more

Similar categories in Matt Fitzgerald's Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Looks Like We're Running: An Amateur's Companion to Becoming a Marathoner by Dustin Riedesel

31. Looks Like We're Running: An Amateur's Companion to Becoming a Marathoner

By: Dustin Riedesel

3.96

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

"Was running a marathon with my wife a smart idea? Certainly not. We had two kids under the age of … read more

Similar categories in Dustin Riedesel's Looks Like We're Running: An Amateur's Companion to Becoming a Marathoner book and Dean Karnazes's A Runner's High: My Life in Motion

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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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25 must-read audiobook books like Looks Like We're Running: An Amateur's Companion to Becoming a Marathoner by Dustin Riedesel

Transform Your Habits

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis , Christopher Hurt , Michael R. Meyer

3.78

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

Transform Your Habits

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.33

Transform Your Habits

North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

Scott Jurek

4.22

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