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Marathons Books
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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 1,834 ratings — published 2015
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 204,843 ratings — published 2007
Her Fearless Run: Kathrine Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 395 ratings — published 2019
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 234,805 ratings — published 2009
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 21,303 ratings — published 2005
The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 11,814 ratings — published 2019
How to Run a Marathon: The Go-to Guide for Anyone and Everyone (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 878 ratings — published
The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)
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avg rating 4.15 — 80,893 ratings — published 2009
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 128,194 ratings — published 2022
Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 18,530 ratings — published 1987
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 404,475 ratings — published 1995
Another Kingdom (Another Kingdom, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,404 ratings — published 2019
Shadows of the Dark Crystal (Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,605 ratings — published 2016
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
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avg rating 4.28 — 335,853 ratings — published 2015
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 3,457,025 ratings — published 2005
The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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avg rating 4.05 — 441,707 ratings — published 1980
The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 278,881 ratings — published 2009
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
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avg rating 4.49 — 983,950 ratings — published 2006
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
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avg rating 4.66 — 675,306 ratings — published 2010
Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,634,937 ratings — published 1965
Deep Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 870 ratings — published 2024
The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
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avg rating 4.14 — 418,545 ratings — published 1993
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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avg rating 3.91 — 666,208 ratings — published 1982
Half Moon Summer (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 703 ratings — published 2023
How To Treat Plantar Fasciitis Naturally (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.33 — 6 ratings — published
50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days -- and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance! (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 4,147 ratings — published 2008
80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 6,887 ratings — published 2014
From Last to First: A long-distance runner's journey from failure to success (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 411 ratings — published 2009
26.2 Miles to Boston: A Journey Into The Heart Of The Boston Marathon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 272 ratings — published 2014
Ducking Long Way (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 74 ratings — published
Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 784 ratings — published 2020
Running to the Edge: A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,679 ratings — published
Run! 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 3,676 ratings — published 2011
Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe – An Olympic-Level Memoir of Training Methods Across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Japan (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 1,446 ratings — published 2016
Running Your First Marathon: The Complete 20-Week Marathon Training Plan (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 330 ratings — published
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 39,179 ratings — published 2012
Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-Marathon or Marathon (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,362 ratings — published 2003
The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,710 ratings — published 1998
The Light That Shines through Infinity: Zen and the Energy of Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 101 ratings — published 2017
Boston Bound: A 7-Year Journey to Overcome Mental Barriers and Qualify for the Boston Marathon (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.73 — 421 ratings — published
Infinite Jest (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 101,865 ratings — published 1996
Girl Running: Bobbi Gibb and the Boston Marathon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 575 ratings — published 2018
The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.42 — 348 ratings — published 2017
Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 34,661 ratings — published 2013
Running Like a Girl (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 9,165 ratings — published 2013
Ulysses (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 138,237 ratings — published 1922
The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 272 ratings — published 1988
The Mouse Island Marathon (Geronimo Stilton, #30)
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avg rating 4.13 — 2,933 ratings — published 2005
Daniels' Running Formula (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 5,142 ratings — published 1998
“If you can run six, you can run 10,” he said, noshing on an energy bar. “Run 10 and you can run 13. That’s how it works. You have three to four more miles in you than you think.”
― The Whole Person Guide to Your First Marathon: A Mind Body Spirit Companion
― The Whole Person Guide to Your First Marathon: A Mind Body Spirit Companion
“marathon: (noun)
A popular form of overpriced torture wherein participants wake up at ass-o-clock in the morning and stand in the freezing cold until it's time to run, at which point they miserably trot for a god-awful interval of time that could be better spent sleeping in and/or consuming large quantities of beer and cupcakes.
See also: masochism, awfulness, "a bunch of bullshit", boob-chafing, cupcake deprivation therapy”
― The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)
A popular form of overpriced torture wherein participants wake up at ass-o-clock in the morning and stand in the freezing cold until it's time to run, at which point they miserably trot for a god-awful interval of time that could be better spent sleeping in and/or consuming large quantities of beer and cupcakes.
See also: masochism, awfulness, "a bunch of bullshit", boob-chafing, cupcake deprivation therapy”
― The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (Volume 5)
