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Books like 80/20 Running
The best books like 80/20 Running are Born to Run, Bigger Leaner Stronger, and The First 20 Minutes. 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald is about running, training intensity, endurance. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Born to Run
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Christopher McDougall · Health
Born to Run begins as a personal injury investigation.
Both dig into running.
Read the summary → - Bigger Leaner Stronger
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Michael Matthews · Health
Bigger Leaner Stronger is Michael Matthews's practical guide to building a lean, muscular physique through evidence-based strength training and flexible dieting.
Both dig into exercise science.
Read the summary → - The First 20 Minutes
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Gretchen Reynolds · Health
The First 20 Minutes is Gretchen Reynolds's survey of exercise science research, organized around the finding that the greatest health benefits of physical activity come from the first twenty minutes of movement — and that beyond a certain threshold of exercise, health gains plateau or even reverse.
Both dig into exercise science.
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- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · Memoir
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is Haruki Murakami's memoir of his life as a runner, written during training for the 2005 New York City Marathon.
Both dig into running.
Read the summary → - Can't Hurt Me
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David Goggins · Memoir
Can't Hurt Me is David Goggins's memoir of escaping an abusive childhood, failing military entrance requirements, becoming a Navy SEAL, and then becoming one of the most accomplished endurance athletes in the world — not through talent or privilege but through a deliberate, painful process of forcing himself past every limit he had.
Both dig into endurance.
Read the summary → - Endure
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Alex Hutchinson · Science
Endure is Alex Hutchinson's investigation into the science of limits — specifically, what actually stops a human being from going faster, farther, or longer.
Shares endurance and performance with 80/20 Running.
Read the summary → - Running with the Kenyans
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Adharanand Finn · Memoir
Running with the Kenyans is Adharanand Finn's account of uprooting his family and moving to Iten, a small town in the Kenyan Rift Valley that has produced more world-class distance runners than anywhere else on earth, to train alongside them and understand why they are so dominant.
Shares running and performance with 80/20 Running.
Read the summary → - Peak Performance
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Brad Stulberg · Health
Peak Performance is Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness's synthesis of performance science across domains — athletics, science, art, and business.
Both dig into performance.
Read the summary → - Sleep Smarter
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Shawn Stevenson · Health
Sleep Smarter is Shawn Stevenson's practical guide to improving sleep quality.
Both dig into performance.
Read the summary → - How Music Works
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David Byrne · History
David Byrne's central provocation in How Music Works is that music doesn't emerge from individual genius and then find a context — the context shapes and creates the music.
Both dig into performance.
Read the summary → - In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Hampton Sides · History
In 1879, the USS Jeannette sailed from San Francisco into the Arctic under the command of Lieutenant George Washington De Long, on a mission to reach the North Pole.
Both dig into endurance.
Read the summary → - Managing for Results
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Peter F. Drucker · Business
Managing for Results was Peter Drucker's first explicitly strategic book, published in 1964 and still in print.
Both dig into performance.
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Books like 80/20 Running: quick answers
What are the best books like 80/20 Running?
The best books like 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald are Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with 80/20 Running, such as running, training intensity, endurance.
What should I read after 80/20 Running?
A natural next read after 80/20 Running is Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Both dig into running. Other strong choices are Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.
What books are similar to 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald?
80/20 Running centers on running, training intensity, endurance. Books with a similar feel include Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins, Endure by Alex Hutchinson — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
