A Running List of Running-Related Fiction

In honor of the opening of the new Tompkins County Public Library in downtown Ithaca, here's a short list of running-related fiction, both classic and contemporary. Starred titles are currently in the library's collection (and maybe the others could be donated, now that there's so much more room available!) Special thanks to Joe Dabes and David Rossiter for their recommendations.

The Purple Runner - Paul Christman

Pepper in the Blood - Brian Dyson

Forrest Gump - Winston Groom *

Flanagan's Run - Tom McNab *

The Running Men - Tom McNab *

Once A Runner - Robert L. Parker Jr.

The Other Kingdom - Victor Price

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner -

Alan Sillitoe *

The Housewife and the Assassin - Susan Trott

The Front Runner - Patricia Nell Warren

-- Betsy Martens