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Marathon Books
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.86 — 212,552 ratings — published 2007
Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,054 ratings — published
Choosing to Run: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,025 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 — 5,274 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 — 237,707 ratings — published 2009
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,084,614 ratings — published 1992
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,377,572 ratings — published 1847
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.19 — 215,234 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 — 18,745 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 — 12,931 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 — 1,258 ratings — published
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.45 — 679,219 ratings — published 1952
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.39 — 403,308 ratings — published 1880
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.03 — 21,465 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
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,065,905 ratings — published 2013
For the Love of the Grind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,107 ratings — published
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.95 — 345,261 ratings — published 2009
The Stand (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.35 — 852,004 ratings — published 1978
Alchemised (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.32 — 301,128 ratings — published 2025
The Reformatory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.43 — 86,975 ratings — published 2023
The Covenant of Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.40 — 336,989 ratings — published 2023
Mystery at Devil's Paw (Hardy Boys, #38)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,680 ratings — published 1959
Among Strange Victims (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.62 — 484 ratings — published 2013
A Naked Singularity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,225 ratings — published 2008
Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,466 ratings — published 1973
Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,441 ratings — published 1978
John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.86 — 86,025 ratings — published 2007
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,293 ratings — published 1961
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.99 — 122,133 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 — 1,332 ratings — published 2022
A Runner’s High: My Life in Motion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,284 ratings — published 2021
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.12 — 20,687 ratings — published 2018
Master the Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide for Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.16 — 725 ratings — published 2021
Marathon: You Can Do It! (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,058 ratings — published 2001
Manchild in the Promised Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.28 — 9,210 ratings — published 1965
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.35 — 33,974 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 — 1,684 ratings — published 1968
Revolutionary Suicide (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.49 — 7,484 ratings — published 1973
Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,776 ratings — published 1972
Message to the Blackman in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.45 — 937 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 — 1,407 ratings — published 2015
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,410,886 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,813,176 ratings — published 2018
In the Penal Colony (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 3.92 — 34,412 ratings — published 1918
Running Man (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,424 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 — 1,648 ratings — published 2006
The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.15 — 81,333 ratings — published 2009
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as marathon)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,205,970 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 — 2,340 ratings — published 2006
“Sometimes I fish, and sometimes my vending machine is broken so I can’t. Thanks for all your Butterfly Smiles. I have them FOR SALE as Powdered PowWOW Substitute, for people who shower like they spent the night sleepwalking through a marathon at the pace of a sprinting duck.”
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
― Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“When I go to the Boston Marathon now, I have wet shoulders—women fall into my arms crying. They're weeping for joy because running has changed their lives. They feel they can do anything.”
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