265 books
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Swimming Books
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Why We Swim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.95 — 11,347 ratings — published 2020
Jabari Jumps (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,627 ratings — published 2017
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,078 ratings — published 2004
Deep End (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 38 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.85 — 501,532 ratings — published 2025
Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,507 ratings — published 1999
Swimming Studies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,912 ratings — published 2012
Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster, and Easier (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,204 ratings — published 1996
Swim: Why We Love the Water (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.73 — 593 ratings — published 2012
The Swimmers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.63 — 41,396 ratings — published 2022
Bubbles . . . UP!: A Celebratory Picture Book About Pool Day Fun and Sibling Bravery for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 27 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.67 — 584 ratings — published 2021
Saturday Is Swimming Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.98 — 462 ratings — published 2018
Swim Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,346 ratings — published 2022
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,272 ratings — published 2024
Our Pool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.23 — 583 ratings — published 2023
Leo Can Swim (2 Leo Can!)
by (shelved 18 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.84 — 367 ratings — published 2016
Together We Swim (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.18 — 342 ratings — published
Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim (ebook)
by (shelved 17 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,213 ratings — published 2017
Froggy Learns to Swim (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,453 ratings — published 1995
When You Can Swim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.10 — 527 ratings — published 2023
1, 2, 3, Jump! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.70 — 205 ratings — published 2019
The Lido (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.85 — 29,460 ratings — published 2018
Swim the Fly (Swim the Fly, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,911 ratings — published 2009
At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,592 ratings — published 2019
Lottie & Walter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.97 — 551 ratings — published 2019
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,560 ratings — published 2009
No Limits: The Will to Succeed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,528 ratings — published 2008
Our Lake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.31 — 626 ratings — published 2025
Black Cake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.08 — 236,207 ratings — published 2022
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.94 — 14,445 ratings — published 1993
Swimming Anatomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.07 — 161 ratings — published 2010
Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.75 — 1,114 ratings — published 2009
Grayson (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.67 — 4,984 ratings — published 2006
Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.21 — 484 ratings — published 2021
Swim Swim Sink (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.11 — 555 ratings — published 2020
No Swimming for Nelly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.61 — 140 ratings — published 2017
Swell: A Waterbiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.99 — 319 ratings — published 2014
Turning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.76 — 697 ratings — published 2017
Stroked (Stroked, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,290 ratings — published 2016
The Whale in My Swimming Pool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.91 — 909 ratings — published 2015
Swim Smooth: The Complete Coaching System for Swimmers and Triathletes (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.36 — 370 ratings — published 2012
The Great Swim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.92 — 193 ratings — published 2008
Dino-Swimming (Dino-Sports)
by (shelved 11 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.65 — 319 ratings — published 2015
In the Water They Can't See You Cry: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,779 ratings — published 2012
Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.81 — 396 ratings — published 1992
Whale Talk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,445 ratings — published 2001
I'm a Duck (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as swimming)
avg rating 3.79 — 506 ratings — published 2018
Stroked Long (Stroked, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as swimming)
avg rating 4.41 — 5,820 ratings — published 2016
“He wondered what kind of life it would be, having to keep swimming all the time to stay exactly in the same place. Pretty similar to his own, he decided.”
― The Color of Magic
― The Color of Magic
“There’s an old adage: the sensation of drowning reminds you of everything you ever knew about swimming.”
― Teller
― Teller















