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Born to Run by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiOnce a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.Eat & Run by Scott JurekNight Running by Emily Mitchell
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
241 books — 589 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
books to read in one-sitting
342 books — 276 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallForrest Gump by Winston GroomWho She Is by Diane ByingtonThe Running Man by Richard Bachman
I WAS RUNNING....
305 books — 175 voters
Life is a Circus Run by a Platypus by Allison HawnA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerDear Teddy by J.D. StockholmTelling Teddy by J.D. StockholmStupid Boy by J.D. Stockholm
You Can't Make This ?#$*t Up!
110 books — 151 voters

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki MurakamiIt Rhymes With Takei by George TakeiThe Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodBelieve Me by Eddie Izzard
Popsugar 2026 #39 - A book with a character who runs a marathon
67 books — 79 voters
Lore of Running by Tim NoakesDaniels' Running Formula by Jack DanielsRun Faster from the 5K to the Marathon by Brad HudsonBrain Training For Runners by Matt FitzgeraldRunning to the Top by Arthur Lydiard
Best books for training runners
68 books — 67 voters

Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.Who She Is by Diane ByingtonThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenAgain to Carthage by John L. Parker Jr.Racing the Rain by John L. Parker Jr.
Best Running Fiction
29 books — 37 voters
Wilder by Rebecca YarrosNaked Edge by Pamela ClareRebel by Rebecca YarrosCover of Night by Linda HowardNova by Rebecca Yarros
Extreme and Endurance Sports in Romance
22 books — 19 voters

The Vail Method by Matthew EhrlichOnce a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.Hansons Marathon Method by Luke HumphreyRunning with the Buffaloes by Chris LearMeb For Mortals by Meb Keflezighi
Best Books for Runners and Endurance Athletes
33 books — 15 voters
Home Sweet Hardwood by Pat McKinzie-Lechault3D Power by Geoff GreigThe Running Dream by Wendelin Van DraanenFor the Love of the Grind by Sara HallNo soy nadie corriendo by Alberto Porras Chavarino
Distance Running
17 books — 14 voters

The Return of Captain John Emmett by Elizabeth SpellerThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattMessenger by Lois LowryGeneration A by Douglas CouplandTreveryan by Angela du Maurier
Deweys Read-a-thon 13th October 2012
23 books — 9 voters
Farty Marty by B.J. WardThe Princess and the Pony by Kate BeatonI Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenThe Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew DaywaltThe Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey
Zeldathon's Storytime
20 books — 1 voter

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