In this episode we share our favorite books from 2023 (both running and non-running). Plus Trevor attempts to relate Socrates to marathon training!

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Book Talk 2023Authors we Interviewed on the Podcast from this Year* The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike’s Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher * Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World by Lauren Fleshman * Choose Strong: The Choice That Changes Everything by Sally McRae * It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint: My Road to the Marathon and Ph.D. by Dr. Vanessa Corcoran * The Race That Changed Running: The Inside Story of UTMB by Doug Mayer * Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans * Long Run to Glory: The Story of the Greatest Marathon in Olympic History and the Women That Made it Happen by Stephen Lane * Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You by Brad Stulberg * Run Smarter- Evidence Based Guidance and Expert Opinions to Help you Survive and Thrive as a Runner by Brodie Sharp

My Top 10 Non-Fiction ReadsI read a total of 250 books in 2023 (105 fiction and 145 non fiction).

1. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
2. River Flow: New and Selected Poems by David Whyte
3. Good Inside- A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy
4. All My Knotted Up Life by Beth Moore
5. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
6. Dopamine Nation- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
7. Ultra Processed People- The Science Behind Food That Isn’t Food by Chris van Tulleken
8. Life in Five Senses- How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World by Gretchen Rubin
9. Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult- A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
10. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents- How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

My Top 5 Fiction Reads1. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 2. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 3. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts 4. The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (book 7 in the Cormoran Strike Series) 5. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Trevor’s Top Non-Fiction ReadsTrevor read a total of 60 books in 2023.

1. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer
2. Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals by James Altucher
3. Why the Dutch are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands -Ben Coats
4. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer
5. Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery
6. Rescuing Socrates, How the Great Books Change My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation by Roosevelt Montas