The Games 2024

Discover books to get you into the spirit of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games (26 July to 11 August) & Paralympic Games (28 August to 8 September).

Updated July 28, 2024
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Finish first : winning changes everything
Hamilton, Scott
Paper Book
Go for the win! Achieve excellence and be better than you've ever been! In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap...
Godspeed : a memoir
Legler, Casey
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2019 PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award "Raw and poetic...lean and ferocious." --The New York Times "I swim for every chance to get wasted--after every meet, every weekend, every travel trip. This is what I look forward to and...
The Hard Parts : A Memoir of Courage and Triumph
Masters, Oksana/ Randall, Cassidy (CON)
Paper Book
A 2024 Christopher Award Winner "A gut-wrenching, wildly inspiring story about overcoming the most daunting obstacles through steely tenacity, sheer will, and a great big dose of motherly love." --Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of<...
Little wonder : the fabulous story of Lottie Dod, the world's first female sports superstar
Abramsky, Sasha
Paper Book
A groundbreaking biography of the world's first female sports superstar, the pioneering and uncompromising Lottie Dod. "Eighty-five years before Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs fought the 'battle of the sexes,' a Victorian teenager showed what women could do . . ....
The race to be myself : a memoir
Semenya, Caster 1991-
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice World champion runner Caster Semenya offers an empowering account of her extraordinary life and career, and her trailblazing battle to compete on her own terms. Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally...
Swimming Pretty : The Untold Story of Women in Water
Valosik, Vicki
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Vikki Orvice Award for Women's Sports Writing (Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards) A groundbreaking history of how women found synchronicity--and power--in water. "If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim...

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