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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.86 — 215,844 ratings — published 2007
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,082 ratings — published
Choosing to Run: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,221 ratings — published 2023
26 Marathons: What I Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon Career (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,339 ratings — published 2019
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.30 — 239,095 ratings — published 2009
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,399,638 ratings — published 1847
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.19 — 216,241 ratings — published 2000
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.45 — 19,024 ratings — published 2023
Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.35 — 13,101 ratings — published
How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,263 ratings — published
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.45 — 704,667 ratings — published 1952
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.40 — 410,125 ratings — published 1879
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.03 — 21,560 ratings — published 2005
First Marathons: Personal Encounters With the 26.2-Mile Monster (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.72 — 317 ratings — published 1998
For the Love of the Grind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,828 ratings — published
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.95 — 347,834 ratings — published 2009
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.30 — 341,196 ratings — published 2025
The Covenant of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.40 — 346,042 ratings — published 2023
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,107,942 ratings — published 1992
Mystery at Devil's Paw (Hardy Boys, #38)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,689 ratings — published 1959
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,526,618 ratings — published 2015
Among Strange Victims (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.61 — 490 ratings — published 2013
A Naked Singularity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,273 ratings — published 2008
Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,881 ratings — published 1973
Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,540 ratings — published 1978
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.86 — 86,855 ratings — published 2007
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,329 ratings — published 1961
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,222 ratings — published 1959
Run Like a Pro (Even If You're Slow): Elite Tools and Tips for Runners at Every Level
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,354 ratings — published 2022
A Runner’s High: My Life in Motion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,327 ratings — published 2021
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.11 — 21,031 ratings — published 2018
Master the Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide for Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.17 — 744 ratings — published 2021
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,094,163 ratings — published 2018
Marathon: You Can Do It! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,059 ratings — published 2001
Manchild in the Promised Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,226 ratings — published 1965
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.35 — 34,592 ratings — published 1961
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,687 ratings — published 1968
Revolutionary Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,619 ratings — published 1973
Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,825 ratings — published 1972
Message to the Blackman in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.45 — 944 ratings — published 1965
Meb For Mortals: Harness the Training Methods of a Champion Marathoner to Achieve Peak Running Performance (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,411 ratings — published 2015
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,442,265 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,849,480 ratings — published 2018
In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.92 — 34,974 ratings — published 1918
Running Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,448 ratings — published
The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,649 ratings — published 2006
The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.15 — 81,497 ratings — published 2009
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,224,923 ratings — published 1954
Duel in the Sun: Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America's Greatest Marathon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,348 ratings — published 2006
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.22 — 860,038 ratings — published 1862
“Every time your foot hits the ground when running it's the force equivalent to around 250% of your body weight. That's a lot of force going through your legs and body!”
― Built To Run: The Runner's GuideTo Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, And Optimizing Running Performance Now And For Life
― Built To Run: The Runner's GuideTo Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, And Optimizing Running Performance Now And For Life
“It can be hard, out there during a tough race or long run gone wrong, to remember that we choose these mental and physical tests. We are fortunate to experience these events.”
― Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack
― Training For Ultra: Ultra Running Stories From the Middle of the Pack












