Endurance


Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl1984 by George Orwell
Human Atrocities
48 books — 8 voters
To Build a Fire by Jack LondonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Raft by Robert TrumbullThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Endurance in Fact and Fiction
95 books — 25 voters

Full Tilt by Dervla MurphyCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamThe Ukimwi Road by Dervla MurphyWheels Within Wheels by Dervla MurphyLands of Lost Borders by Kate  Harris
Armchair Travel: Cycling Adventures
34 books — 4 voters
Go, Gwen, Go by Nancy Smirl JorgensenCan't Sleep, Can't Train, Can't Stop by Andy HolgateFinding Ultra by Rich RollCan't Swim, Can't Ride, Can't Run by Andy HolgateA Life Without Limits by Chrissie Wellington
Triathlon Memoirs
11 books — 10 voters


Erik Pevernagie
When a storm of harassment disturbs our thinking and brings us down to our knees, the umbrella of our imagination can shield us against destructive aggression. It is offering shelter and is teaching us how to conquer ourselves, train our resilience, and grit our teeth. We better learn to adopt the virtue of endurance, as life consists of both ‘passion’ and ‘patience.’ ("The umbrella") ...more
Erik Pevernagie

Matthew Quick
Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.
Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

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Endurance Athletes Alliance Whether you are a PRO triathlete or new runner, cyclist, swimmer or alike this is a place to sha…more
30 members, last active 12 years ago
Polar Explorers A group devoted to reading about the most inaccessible places on and above our planet. The focus…more
26 members, last active 9 years ago
Taking it to the physical limit.
1 member, last active 13 years ago