Thank you for sharing this bountiful list! I’ve read a few that you loved - and I also loved! - so am adding all the rest to my TBR list and am very excited 🎉
Hi Yitka, thanks for spotlighting these. We need to connect on Goodreads! I have read so many good books lately, but truthfully not many running-oriented. The most recent memoir that I gobbled up and thought was surprisingly well done was, sadly, Matthew Perry's. I'm looking forward to reading Katie's new book, which I've pre-ordered. I'm making progress on my own, slowly but surely.
How are you and I not already friends on Goodreads?! Haha, well, I've just rectified that on my end. I look forward to following along with your reading list now, too. (Matthew Perry's memoir is, in fact, the last book I tore through, too. Oof, what a painful story.) And I've said it before and I'll say it again, but you know I'm rooting for you and your own memoir-writing process every step of the way.
Thank you! I browsed your virtual bookshelf. Makes me want to read Chain Gang All-Stars. And thank you for your encouragement. I've got a descriptive blurb, outline (two-track timeline in three acts), prologue, and first chunk drafted. I'd love to share it with you in a little while if you have the bandwidth.
Hey there! You forgot Sally McRae in 2023 with Choose Strong! Looking forward to Katie and Emily's books! I just finished a non-running book and fiction at that, which I thought was wonderful and am recommending everywhere. It's called All you Have to do is Call by Kerri Maher.
Ahhh, I knew I'd likely missed some key ones! No sooner did I hit "Publish" on this last night than I remembered another ultrarunner's new memoir (released just last week!) that I'm looking forward to reading as well: Allie Bailey's There Is No Wall.
And I haven't read Sally McRae's book yet, nor had I heard of Kerri Maher's book, so I'm gladly adding both to my own to-read list now. Thank you for taking the time to comment with these recommendations!
Thank you for the recommendations, I just preordered a couple. Sabrina’s book is supposed to show up Monday and I can’t wait. I REALLY love Deana Kastor’s Let Your Mind Run, which I see you have, and think it may actually be my favorite running book. Maybe it’s time to re-read it. Not running focused, but adventure focused, I’d recommend The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert.
Oh, wonderful, I wasn't familiar with Caroline Van Hemert's book! Added to my to-read list. Thank you for taking the time to comment and recommend it. YES, I really enjoyed Deena Kastor's books as well. Writing this post made me want to reread some of my old favorite running books, too.
Happy Examined-Run reading! I will for sure have my nose buried in that one next week, too.
Hi! It's so wonderful to hear from you! I have such fond memories of that trail-running summit (and can you believe that was a DECADE ago?!) Great callout to Jenn Pharr Davis's wonderful book(s) as well. In a similar vein, I've also really enjoyed Heather Anderson's and Jill Homer's books about long endurance endeavors in the mountains.
Reborn on the run - Catra Corbett
Yes, another great one in the canon of powerful memoirs written by powerful women runners!
Thank you for sharing this bountiful list! I’ve read a few that you loved - and I also loved! - so am adding all the rest to my TBR list and am very excited 🎉
Oh yay, I'd love to talk more about any and all overlaps in our reading lists!
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I'm pre-ordering all of these now. Thanks for sharing, Yitka!
Yay, I'm delighted! I have gotten so many wonderful book recommendations over the yeras from following you on Goodreads. :)
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Hi Yitka, thanks for spotlighting these. We need to connect on Goodreads! I have read so many good books lately, but truthfully not many running-oriented. The most recent memoir that I gobbled up and thought was surprisingly well done was, sadly, Matthew Perry's. I'm looking forward to reading Katie's new book, which I've pre-ordered. I'm making progress on my own, slowly but surely.
How are you and I not already friends on Goodreads?! Haha, well, I've just rectified that on my end. I look forward to following along with your reading list now, too. (Matthew Perry's memoir is, in fact, the last book I tore through, too. Oof, what a painful story.) And I've said it before and I'll say it again, but you know I'm rooting for you and your own memoir-writing process every step of the way.
Thank you! I browsed your virtual bookshelf. Makes me want to read Chain Gang All-Stars. And thank you for your encouragement. I've got a descriptive blurb, outline (two-track timeline in three acts), prologue, and first chunk drafted. I'd love to share it with you in a little while if you have the bandwidth.
Also got Sabrina Little's book on my way to me in the mail! MORE BOOK CLUBS ;).
MORE BOOK CLUBS!!! Haha, yes, 100%. (I mean, I already think of many of the group runs with the usual suspects out here as a book club in motion. :P)
Hey there! You forgot Sally McRae in 2023 with Choose Strong! Looking forward to Katie and Emily's books! I just finished a non-running book and fiction at that, which I thought was wonderful and am recommending everywhere. It's called All you Have to do is Call by Kerri Maher.
Ahhh, I knew I'd likely missed some key ones! No sooner did I hit "Publish" on this last night than I remembered another ultrarunner's new memoir (released just last week!) that I'm looking forward to reading as well: Allie Bailey's There Is No Wall.
And I haven't read Sally McRae's book yet, nor had I heard of Kerri Maher's book, so I'm gladly adding both to my own to-read list now. Thank you for taking the time to comment with these recommendations!
Thank you for the recommendations, I just preordered a couple. Sabrina’s book is supposed to show up Monday and I can’t wait. I REALLY love Deana Kastor’s Let Your Mind Run, which I see you have, and think it may actually be my favorite running book. Maybe it’s time to re-read it. Not running focused, but adventure focused, I’d recommend The Sun is a Compass by Caroline Van Hemert.
Oh, wonderful, I wasn't familiar with Caroline Van Hemert's book! Added to my to-read list. Thank you for taking the time to comment and recommend it. YES, I really enjoyed Deena Kastor's books as well. Writing this post made me want to reread some of my old favorite running books, too.
Happy Examined-Run reading! I will for sure have my nose buried in that one next week, too.
Hi Yitka! We met many years ago at the R/C Women’s Trail Running Summit. I loved Becoming Odyssa by Jenn Pharr Davis.
Hi! It's so wonderful to hear from you! I have such fond memories of that trail-running summit (and can you believe that was a DECADE ago?!) Great callout to Jenn Pharr Davis's wonderful book(s) as well. In a similar vein, I've also really enjoyed Heather Anderson's and Jill Homer's books about long endurance endeavors in the mountains.