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Books like Roar
The best books like Roar are Bigger Leaner Stronger, The First 20 Minutes, and Exercised. Roar by Stacy Sims is about women's health, exercise physiology, hormones. 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.
- 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.
A kindred health read.
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.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Exercised
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Daniel Lieberman · Health
Exercised is Daniel Lieberman's follow-up to The Story of the Human Body, applying the same evolutionary lens specifically to physical activity — what it is, why we resist it, and which kinds produce which benefits.
A kindred health read.
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- Spark
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John J. Ratey · Health
Spark is John Ratey's argument, grounded in neuroscience, that aerobic exercise is the single most powerful thing most people can do for their brain.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - 80/20 Running
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Matt Fitzgerald · Health
80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Tired of Being Tired
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Jesse Hanley · Health
Jesse Hanley is a physician with a background in integrative and naturopathic medicine, and Tired of Being Tired is her practical guide to chronic fatigue — specifically the kind that conventional medicine often dismisses or misattributes.
Shares women's health and hormones with Roar.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of an Epidemic
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Robert Whitaker · Health
Anatomy of an Epidemic is Robert Whitaker's investigation into a paradox: as the use of psychiatric medication in the United States has increased dramatically over the past half-century, the number of people on disability due to mental illness has risen in parallel.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anatomy of the Spirit
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Caroline Myss · Health
Anatomy of the Spirit is Caroline Myss's attempt to synthesize three major spiritual traditions — the Hindu chakra system, the Christian sacraments, and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life — into a unified model of human energy anatomy.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Anticancer: A New Way of Life
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David Servan-Schreiber · Health
Anticancer is David Servan-Schreiber's account of his own experience with brain cancer, diagnosed when he was thirty-one, and what he learned over fifteen years about the lifestyle and environmental factors that feed or suppress tumor growth.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Bad Pharma
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Ben Goldacre · Health
Bad Pharma is Ben Goldacre's sustained indictment of the pharmaceutical industry's manipulation of clinical trial evidence, and of the regulatory and academic institutions that have failed to stop it.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Health
Being Mortal is Atul Gawande's investigation into why modern medicine is so bad at helping people die well.
A kindred health read.
Read the summary → - Better
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Atul Gawande · Health
Better is Atul Gawande's examination of what it means to perform well in medicine, a field where the stakes are as high as they get and where the gap between ordinary and excellent care routinely determines who lives and who dies.
A kindred health read.
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Books like Roar: quick answers
What are the best books like Roar?
The best books like Roar by Stacy Sims are Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, Exercised by Daniel Lieberman, Spark by John J. Ratey, 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Roar, such as women's health, exercise physiology, hormones.
What should I read after Roar?
A natural next read after Roar is Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews. A kindred health read. Other strong choices are The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, Exercised by Daniel Lieberman, Spark by John J. Ratey.
What books are similar to Roar by Stacy Sims?
Roar centers on women's health, exercise physiology, hormones. Books with a similar feel include Bigger Leaner Stronger by Michael Matthews, The First 20 Minutes by Gretchen Reynolds, Exercised by Daniel Lieberman, Spark by John J. Ratey, 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald, Tired of Being Tired by Jesse Hanley — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
