Books to Read by Olympians for The Paris 2024 Olympics

By Kyle Colley, Aug 9, 2024

As the 2024 Paris Olympics draws to a close this weekend, here’s a list of books written by current and past olympians:

1) Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith by Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone



2) Just Add Water: My Swimming Life by Katie Ledecky


3) No Limits by Michael Phelps


4) I Got This by Laurie Hernandez



5) Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schaap



6) The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb



7) Misty: My Journey Through Volleyball and Life by Misty May-Treanor



8) By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen



9) Courage to Soar by Simone Biles and Michelle Burford

10) Dear Black Girls by A'Ja Wilson