27 books
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Swim Books
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Why We Swim (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 11,281 ratings — published 2020
Deep End (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.85 — 495,140 ratings — published 2025
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,070 ratings — published 2004
Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 3,495 ratings — published 1999
Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim (ebook)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,213 ratings — published 2017
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 8,220 ratings — published 2024
The Swimmers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 41,236 ratings — published 2022
Swimming Studies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 2,890 ratings — published 2012
Swim: Why We Love the Water (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 593 ratings — published 2012
Find a Way (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 3,014 ratings — published 2015
The Swimmer (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 5,858 ratings — published 1964
Swim Speed Secrets for Swimmers and Triathletes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 377 ratings — published 2012
Body Friend (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 1,232 ratings — published 2023
Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure - A Transformative Guide to Renew Your Body and Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 261 ratings — published
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,549 ratings — published 2009
Splash! 10,000 Years of Swimming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 235 ratings — published 2020
Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 213 ratings — published 2007
Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke for Your Fastest Swimming (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 109 ratings — published
Golden Girl: How Natalie Coughlin Fought Back, Challenged Conventional Wisdom, and Became America's Olympic Champion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 216 ratings — published 2006
The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui's Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 2,442 ratings — published 2015
The Great Swim (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 193 ratings — published 2008
The Joy of Swimming: A Celebration of Our Love for Getting in the Water (Lisa Congdon x Chronicle Books)
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avg rating 3.92 — 180 ratings — published 2016
Swimming Anatomy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 161 ratings — published 2010
Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.45 — 8,479 ratings — published 2014
Jabari Jumps (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 5,610 ratings — published 2017
Complete Conditioning for Swimming (Complete Conditioning for Sports)
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avg rating 4.13 — 108 ratings — published 2008
The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.40 — 1,488 ratings — published 2012
Swimming to Lundy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.31 — 8,043 ratings — published 2024
Swimming Lessons (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 25,619 ratings — published 2017
The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 728 ratings — published 2018
The Cold Fix: Drawing strength from cold water swimming and immersion (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.79 — 47 ratings — published
The Winter of Our Lives (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.98 — 177 ratings — published
The Wildwater Women (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 940 ratings — published 2022
I Will Swim Next Time (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 138 ratings — published
In the World of Whales (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 231 ratings — published 2025
Serafina Makes Waves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 156 ratings — published
Saffron Ice Cream (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 610 ratings — published 2018
Underwater to Get Out of the Rain: A Love Affair With the Sea (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 164 ratings — published 2005
Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 453 ratings — published 2024
Unbound (The Undone, #3)
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avg rating 4.17 — 14,412 ratings — published 2026
Kittybunkport (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.16 — 256 ratings — published
Places We Swim California: The Best Beaches, Rock Pools, Waterfalls, Rivers, Gorges, Lakes, and Hot Springs (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.68 — 22 ratings — published
Swimming: Swim Yourself Slim and Obtain the Swimmer’s Body: Losing Weight, Get Lean & Stay Healthy (Vegan, Bodybuilding, IIFYM, Whole 30, Carb Cycling, ... detox, mediterranean diet, Build Muscle)
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avg rating 3.24 — 21 ratings — published 2014
Fresh Meet (Kings of the Water, #2)
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avg rating 3.77 — 10,733 ratings — published 2020
Second Dive (Kings Of The Water, #3)
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avg rating 3.90 — 2,068 ratings — published
“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.”
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“When the water gets deep and the current strong, you have to swim. Promise me, you’ll swim.”
― The Thing with Feathers
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