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Books like Finding Ultra
The best books like Finding Ultra are Can't Hurt Me, Born to Run, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. Finding Ultra by Rich Roll is about ultraendurance, addiction recovery, plant-based diet. 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.
- 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.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - Born to Run
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Christopher McDougall · Health
Born to Run begins as a personal injury investigation.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - 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.
A kindred memoir read.
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- Roar
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Stacy Sims · Health
Roar is exercise physiologist Stacy Sims's argument that women are not small men, and that decades of sports science research conducted primarily on male subjects has produced nutrition and training advice that is systematically wrong for women.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - How Not to Die
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Michael Greger · Health
How Not to Die is Michael Greger's systematic argument that the fifteen leading causes of death in the United States are largely preventable through diet and lifestyle change.
Both dig into plant-based diet.
Read the summary → - Eat to Live
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Joel Fuhrman · Health
Joel Fuhrman, a family physician specializing in nutritional medicine, built Eat to Live around a single equation: Health equals nutrients divided by calories, or H = N/C.
Both dig into plant-based diet.
Read the summary → - The China Study
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T. Colin Campbell · Health
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Both dig into plant-based diet.
Read the summary → - 10% Happier
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Dan Harris · Memoir
10% Happier is Dan Harris's account of discovering meditation after a panic attack live on Good Morning America in 2004 forced him to confront an anxiety problem he'd been managing with cocaine and a punishing work schedule.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - A Grief Observed
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers · Memoir
Dave Eggers's debut memoir about losing both parents to cancer within five weeks and raising his younger brother Toph while trying to start a literary magazine in San Francisco in the mid-1990s arrived in 2000 with unusual self-consciousness about its own nature.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah · Memoir
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when the Sierra Leone civil war reached his village and he was separated from his family.
A kindred memoir read.
Read the summary → - A Man for All Markets
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Edward O. Thorp · Memoir
A Man for All Markets is Edward Thorp's memoir of a life spent finding mathematical edges — first in casinos and later in financial markets.
A kindred memoir read.
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Books like Finding Ultra: quick answers
What are the best books like Finding Ultra?
The best books like Finding Ultra by Rich Roll are Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Roar by Stacy Sims, How Not to Die by Michael Greger, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Finding Ultra, such as ultraendurance, addiction recovery, plant-based diet.
What should I read after Finding Ultra?
A natural next read after Finding Ultra is Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. A kindred memoir read. Other strong choices are Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Roar by Stacy Sims.
What books are similar to Finding Ultra by Rich Roll?
Finding Ultra centers on ultraendurance, addiction recovery, plant-based diet. Books with a similar feel include Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Roar by Stacy Sims, How Not to Die by Michael Greger, Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
