Out of Thin Air: Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia by
Michael Crawley
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 by Becky Wade
Like Father, Like Son: My Story on Running, Coaching and Parenting by Matt Centrowitz
Running For The Hansons: An Insider's Account of The Brooks-Sponsored Marathon Training Group by Sage Canaday
MasterofNone wrote:
I've read just about all of them:
1. What I Talk about when I Talk about Running- Murakami
2. Best Efforts- Kenny Moore (A very rare book. If you have a copy, take care of it!)
3. Once a Runner
HM: Shoe Dog, Running for my Life (Lopez Lomong's story- WOW), 26 Marathons
Best Efforts really is some of the best writing about running ever done, glad someone here mentioned it
Running to the Edge by Matthew Futterman. One of the best books i've read.
“Runnin’ with the Devil” by Ben Vendetta. A gritty coming of age story about a HS cross country runner in the 80’s. It’s good. Definitely recommend.
Once an Electric... wrote:
A couple not yet mentioned...
The Animal Keepers, by Donn Behnke. I would occasionally pass this along to athletes who I thought might benefit from the story over the last decade. SPASH has a tremendous history, and the story has much to say about team dynamics.
Conquerors of Time by Lynn McConnell. The story of the 1936 Berlin Olympic 1500m, very much like the Perfect Mile. Follows medalists Jack Lovelock (a tragic story), Glenn Cunningham (an almost unbelievable 'overcoming adversity' story), and Luigi Becalli as they approach the race.
I would love to read Conquerors of Time but it doesn't seem to be available ANYWHERE! Any tips?
"Thirty Phone Booths to Boston: Tales of a Wayward Runner" by Don Kardong was entertaining.
Book Worm wrote:
“Runnin’ with the Devil” by Ben Vendetta. A gritty coming of age story about a HS cross country runner in the 80’s. It’s good. Definitely recommend.
The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness - Markus Torgeby
Here is a super-old thread (19 years!), but many of the books mentioned above are listed. The username 'broken arrow' has a tremendous list.
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=1686605
Many outstanding books have been mentioned on this thread. Since UtahDogJogger asked for our favorite books, I will take a different approach and list five favorites from my collection based on their value and historical significance.
Snell, Peter, and Garth Gilmour. No Bugles No Drums. Minerva Limited, 1965.
Autographed by Snell, Gilmour, and Arthur Lydiard. Very Good. The centerpiece of my collection.
Moore, Kenny. Best Efforts: World Class Runners and Races. Doubleday, 1982.
I own both a Good+ copy of the first edition and inscribed to me from Kenny Like New paperback 2nd edition.
Goldman, William. Marathon Man. Delacorte Press, 1974.
The novel which inspired the film starring Dustin Hoffman. A pre-press release copy in red card stock binding. Good+ as the spine has some fading.
Martin, David E., and Peter Coe. Training Distance Runners. Leisure Press, 1991.
Very Good hardcover, and a paperback reading copy with my notes and scribbles.
Bresnahan, George Thomas, and Waid Wright Tuttle. Track and Field Athletics. C. V. Mosby Co., 1937.
First edition of a classic that has eight editions. Good.
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