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Books on Running

Special thanks to Bhasker Sharma for providing us this extensive list of books on running:

 

4 Months to a 4 Hour Marathon - By Dave Kuehls
A Passion to Run - By Paul Boyette
A perdifiato - By Mauro Covacich
All About Road Racing - By Tom Heinonen
Bannister and Beyond: The Mystique of the Four-Minute Mile - By Jim Denison
Becoming an Ironman - personal encounters with the ultimate endurance event – By Kara Douglass Thom
Better Runs: 25 Years' Worth of Lessons for Running Faster and Farther - By Joe Henderson, Jeff Galloway
Better Training for Distance Runners - By David E. Martin, Peter N. Coe
Beyond the Marathon: The Grand Slam of Trail Ultrarunning - By Robert B. Boeder
Bill Rodgers and Priscilla Welch on Masters Running and Racing - By Bill Rodgers, Priscilla Welch, Joe Henderson
Bill Rodgers' Lifetime Running Plan: Definitive Programs for Runners of All Ages and Levels - By Bill Rodgers
Boston, a century of running – By Hal Higdon
Brain Bombardment: A Runner's Diary - By Patrick Whalen
Century of the Marathon (1896-1996) - By Riel Hauman
ChiRunning - By Danny Dreyers
Coach Benson's Secret Workouts - By Roy T. Benson
Coaching Cross Country Successfully - By Joe Newton, Joe Henderson
Complete Book of Marathon Running - By Ed Consumr
Continental Quest - By Fred McBee and Jack Ballinger
Correre per vivere meglio - By Roberto Albanesi
Crossing Jordan - By Adrian Fogelin
Daniels Running Formula - By Jack Daniels
Did I Win? - By Joe Henderson
Fifty greatest marathon races of all time – By Will Cockerell
First Marathons: Personal Histories of Encountering the 26.2-Mile Monster - By Gail Kislevitz
Fitness Running - By Richard L. Brown, Joe Henderson
Galloway's Book on Running - By Jeff Galloway, Richard Golueke, David Wills
Getting Real About Running - By Gordon Bakoulis
Go East Old Man - By Paul Reese, Joe Henderson, Covert Bailey
God on the Starting Line - By Marc Bloom
Hal Higdon's How to Train: The Best Programs, Workouts, and Schedules for Runners of All Ages - By Hal Higdon
Healthy Runner's Handbook - By Lyle J. Micheli, Mark Jenkins
Hills, Hawgs & Ho Chi Minh: More Tales of a Wayward Runner - By Don Kardong
Hills, Hawgs & Ho Chi Minh: More Tales of a Wayward Runner – By Don Kardong
How Running Changed My Life: True Stories of the Power of Running - By Garth Battista
How to Train for and Run Your Best Marathon - By Gordon Bakoulis Bloch
I run therefore I am Nuts – By Bob Schwartz
Inside the World of Big-Time Marathoning - By Fred Lebow, Richard Woodley
Joan Samuelson's Running for Women - By Joan Benoit Samuelson, Gloria Averbuch
Jock Jokes: Hundreds of Laughs from the World of Sports - By Pat Williams
Jogging the Mind: How to Use Aerobic Exercise as Meditation - By Barbara S. Green
Jogging with Jesus - By C.S. Lovett
Jogotherapy: Jogging As a Therapeutic Strategy - By Frederick D. Harper
Kathy Smith's Walkfit for a Better Body - By Kathy Smith, Susanna Levin
Keep on Running: The Science of Training and Performance - By Eric Newsholme, Tony Leech, Glenda Duester
Long Distances: Contemporary Theory, Technique and Training - By Jess Jarver
Lore of Running - By Timothy D. Noakes, Tim Noakes
Lore of Running by Timothy D. Noakes
Making the Marathon Your Event - By Richard Benyo
Marathon Training: The Proven 100-Day Program for Success - By Joe Henderson
Marathon! - By Jeff Galloway
Marathon, Cross Country and Road Running - By Cliff Temple
Marathon: Clarence Demar Story - By Clarence Demar
Marathon: The Ultimate Training and Racing Guide - By Hal Higdon
National Road Race Encyclopedia - By Michael Weddington, Barry Perilli
No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running - By John Bingham
On the Dead Run - By Steven A. Simon
On the Run: Exercise and Fitness for Busy People - By Grete Waitz, Gloria Averbuch
Once a Runner: A Novel - By John L. Jr. Parker
One Man's Leg - By Paul Martin
One More Victory Lap - By Carl Lewis, Marx Jeffrey
Pacific Road Race Encyclopedia - By Michael Weddington
Paul Tergat: Running to the Limit; His Life and His Training Secrets With Many Tips For Runners by Jurg Wirz  
Rapid Ray - By John Cooper
Run to Win: Training Secrets of the Kenyan Runners (Paperback) by Jurg Wirz 
RunnerMom - By Vickie Rance Leff and Kristi Greene
Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running - By Amby Burfoot
Runner's World Complete Book of Running: Everything You Need to Run for Fun, Fitness and Competition by Amby Burfoot  
Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners - By Matt Fitzgerald
Running and Being - By George Sheehan
Running and Walking for Women Over 40: The Road to Sanity and Vanity - By Kathrine Switzer
Running Dialogue - By David Holt
Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running by John Bingham and Jenny Hadfield 
Running Forward – Looking Back - By Lynn T. Seely
Running in Literature - By Roger Robinson
Running in the Zone - By Steve King and Dan Cumming
Running Strong & Injury-Free - By Janet S. Hamilton
Running Through the Wall - By Neal Jamison
Running to the Top - By Derek Clayton
Running Until You're 100 by Jeff Galloway
Running With the Legends: Training and Racing Insights from 21 Great Runners by Michael Sandrock  
Running with the Wind: Key Strategies for Achieving Your Running Potential - By Walt Esser
Slinger Sanchez Running Gun - By Bruce Glikin
Spy Wednesday - By Steven Sims
Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete by Benjamin Cheever
Ten Million Steps - By Paul Reese
Textbook of Running Medicine - By Francis G. O'Connor and Robert P. Wilder
The American Marathon - By Pamela Cooper
The Beginners Running Guide - By Ken Maclaren
The Complete Book of Running - By James F. Fixx
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jogging and Running - By Bill Rodgers, Scott Douglas
The Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running - By John Jerome
The Essential Marathoner - By John Hanc, Grete Waitz
The Essential Runner - By John Hanc
The Everything Running Book - By Art Libermann with Stephen Pribut and Carlo DeVito
The Fitness Log Book for Runners: The Essential Training Diary for Runners, Walkers, and Triathletes - By Liz Barrett
The Four-Minute Mile - By Roger Bannister, Frederick C. Klein
The Gift – A Runner's Story - By Paul Maurer
The Gigantic Book of Running Quotations by Amby Burfoot and Hal Higdon
The Greatest: The Haile Gebrselassie Story - By Jim Denison
The Marathon: The Runners and the Race - By Norman Giller
The New Competitive Runner's Handbook - By Bob Glover, Pete Schuder, Boy Glover
The New York Road Runners Club Complete Book of Running and Fitness - By Fred Lebow, Gloria Averbuch, Grete Waitz
The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer - By David A. Whitsett, Forrest Dolgener, Tanjala Jo Kole, Forest A. Dolgener
The Olympian - By Brian Glanville
The Penguin Brigade Training Log - By John Bingham and Jenny Hadfield
The Perfect Distance - By Pat Butcher 
The Quotable Runner Training Log - By Mark Will
The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness and Humor - By Mark Will-Weber
The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor - By Mark Will
The Runner and the Path - By Dean Ottati
The Runner and the Path: An Athlete's Quest for Meaning in Postmodern Corporate America - By Dean Ottati
The Runner's Book - By Raymond Bridge
The Runner's Handbook: Fitness Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Runners - By Bob Glover
The Runner's High - By Garth Battista
The Runner's Training Diary: For Fitness Runners and Competitive Racers - By Bob Glover, Shelly Glover
The Running Trivia Book: 1001 Questions from the Sprints to the Marathon - By Mark Will-Weber
The San Francisco Running Guide (City Running Guide Series) by Bob Cooper  
The Smart Runner's Handbook - By Matt Greenwald
The Spirit of the Marathon - By Gail Waesche Kislevitz
The Spirited Walker: Fitness Walking for Clarity, Balance and Spiritual Connection - By Carolyn Scott Kortge
The Strides of Future - By Edith & Christian Grollé
The Ultimate Challenge: Running Ultra Marathons - By Walt Esser
Total Runner's Almanac - By Sharon Sevensson, Tony Svensson
Training for Young Distance Runners - By Laurence S. Greene, Russell R. Pate, Larry Greene, Russ Pate, Joe Newton
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner by Dean Karnazes
Ultramarathons: The World's Most Punishing Races - By Nathan Aaseng
Ultrarunning: My Story by Mike Bouscaren  
Why We Run: A Natural History by Bernd Heinrich
Winning State – Track & Field - By Steve Knight
Wired to Run: The Runaholics Anonymous Guide to Living with Running Addiction by Scoop Skupien  
Women Runners - By Irene Reti and Bettianne Shoney Sien
World Marathon Guide - By Noel E. Neff

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