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27 books · 35 voters · list created January 5th, 2014 by Paul Duffau (votes) .
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message 1: by Paul (new)

Paul Duffau Trying to figure out why The Last MacKlenna is on this list . . . does not seem to related to running at all.


message 2: by Alana (new)

Alana The running dream is the best book ever and its only #3!!!!!


message 3: by Paul (new)

Paul Duffau Alana wrote: "The running dream is the best book ever and its only #3!!!!!"

I haven't read it yet - I'm going to have to soon.


message 4: by Rick (last edited Nov 18, 2025 09:57AM) (new)

Rick Some books to add to this list:

Life At These Speeds by Jeremy Jackson
The Purple Runner by Paul Christman
A Run By The River by Joseph Vitucci
Hope's Last Run by Bruce Glikin
Slinger Sanchez Running Gun by Bruce Glikin
Distant Runner by Bruce Glikin
Chasing Ghosts by Philip J. Reilly
The River Road by Dennis Barker
Following The Flame by Greg Lautenslager
The Slummer by Geoffrey Simpson
The Humiliation Tour by Jeffrey Recker
Chasing the Bear by Jeffrey Recker
100 Miles To Destiny by Willis B. McCarthy
Flanagan's Run by Tom McNab and Tim Gaydos
The Gift by Paul Maurer
The Unforgiving Line by Paul Maurer
The Runner by Cynthia Voigt
The Miler by Hap Cawood
Pain by Dan Middleman
Running Full Tilt by Michael Currinder
On Sundays We Go Long by Ty Strange
The Frontrunner by Brad Fawley
The Frontrunner by Patricia Nell Warren
Harlan's Race by Patricia Nell Warren
Sitting Bull Run by Pat J Daly


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