Key:
^ Nonfiction
# Other: Poetry, Drama, etc.
*Grade levels are based on reviews from sources such as School Library Journal, Booklist, etc. They do not necessarily represent Alan’s views on grade level appropriateness.
Running/Track
A Secret Edge by Robin Reardon (LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
Again to Carthage: A Novel by John L. Parker
^ Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Darius and Twig by Walter Dean Myers (Multicultural; Grades 8-12)
David Inside Out by Lee Bantle (LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Muliticultural; Grades 5-9)
Ironman by Chris Crutcher (Bullying, LGBTQ; Grades 8-12)
Losing is Not an Option by Rich Wallace (Grades 7-10)
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Bullying, Multicultural, Racism; Grades 6-10)
None of the Above by I.W. Gregario (Female Protagonist; Grades 9-12)
Not if I See You First by Eric Lindstrom (Female Protagonist)
Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs (Female Protagonist; Grades 7-10)
On the Road to Find Out by Rachel Toor (Female Protagonist; Grades 7-10)
Once a Runner by John L. Parker
One Good Punch by Rich Wallace (Grades 7-10)
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Runner by Carl Deuker (Grades 7-10)
^ Running for My Life: One Lost Boy’s Journey from the Killing Fields of the Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong and Mark Tabb (Multicultural; Video Companion)
Running on Eggs by Anna Levine (Multicultural, Female Protagonist; Grades 4-7)
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron (Multicultural)
^ Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith by Tommie Smith and David Steel (Multicultural; Social Justice)
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach (Grades 7-12)
Swollen by Melissa Lion (Female Protagonist; Grades 8-12)
^ The Fastest Man Alive: The True Story of Usain Bolt by Usain Bolt and Shaun Custis (Multicultural)
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill (Multicultural)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (Female Protagonist; LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
The Runner by Cynthia Voigt (Grades 6-10)
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (Female Protagonist; Grades 7-10)
^ Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics by Jeremy Schaap (Multicultural; Social Justice)
^ Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
^ What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson (LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
