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Matt Fitzgerald Books in Order

Matt Fitzgerald has written 24 books, published between 2003 and 2024. The first book is Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book (2003) and the newest is The Other Talent (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
2003–2024
Pages on record
3,875 in 12 of 24 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,875 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Matt Fitzgerald checklist

Endurance training and sports nutrition head the subjects attached to Matt Fitzgerald's catalogue, which also covers running, exercise, physical fitness and triathlon. The 24 books run from Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book (2003) to The Other Talent (2024), taking in Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training (2004), Performance Nutrition for Runners (2005), Brain Training For Runners (2007) and Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance (2009). Racing Weight is the one series recorded, and Fitzgerald remains actively publishing.

How many Matt Fitzgerald books are there?

Matt Fitzgerald has 24 books, released between 2003 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Racing Weight series.

Matt Fitzgerald Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Matt Fitzgerald books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book by Matt Fitzgerald (2003)
  2. Cover of Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training by Matt Fitzgerald, book 2 of the Runners World Guide series (2004)
  3. Cover of The Cutting-Edge Runner by Matt Fitzgerald, book 3 of the Runners World Guide series (2005)
  4. Cover of Performance Nutrition for Runners by Matt Fitzgerald, book 4 of the Runners World Guide series (2005)
  5. Cover of Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide by Matt Fitzgerald (2006)
  6. Cover of Brain Training For Runners by Matt Fitzgerald (2007)
  7. Cover of Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes by Matt Fitzgerald (2009)
  8. Cover of RUN by Matt Fitzgerald (2010)
  9. Cover of Iron War by Matt Fitzgerald (2011)
  10. Cover of The New Rules of Marathon and Half-Marathon Nutrition by Matt Fitzgerald (2013)
  11. Cover of Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes by Matt Fitzgerald, book 3 of the Racing Weight series
  12. Cover of Diet Cults by Matt Fitzgerald (2014)
  13. Cover of 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald (2014)
  14. Cover of How Bad Do You Want It? by Matt Fitzgerald (2015)
  15. Cover of The Endurance Diet by Matt Fitzgerald (2016)
  16. Cover of 80/20 Triathlon by Matt Fitzgerald (2018)
  17. Cover of Life Is a Marathon by Matt Fitzgerald (2019)
  18. Cover of Running the Dream by Matt Fitzgerald (2020)
  19. Cover of Run Like a Pro by Matt Fitzgerald (2022)
  20. Cover of The Other Talent by Matt Fitzgerald (2024)
  1. 1
    Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book2003 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003276
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  2. 2
    Runner's World Guide to Cross-TrainingRunners World Guide #22004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Cutting-Edge RunnerRunners World Guide #32005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Performance Nutrition for RunnersRunners World Guide #42005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide2006 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Brain Training For Runners2007 · 562 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007562
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Runner's Diary2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance AthletesRacing Weight #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak PerformanceRacing Weight #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    RUN2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Iron War2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The New Rules of Marathon and Half-Marathon Nutrition2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for AthletesRacing Weight #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Diet Cults2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    80/20 Running2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    How Bad Do You Want It?2015 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015282
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    The Endurance Diet2016 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016275
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    80/20 Triathlon2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Life Is a Marathon2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    Running the Dream2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    The Comeback Quotient2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Run Like a Pro2022 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    The Complete Runner's Day-by-Day Log 12-Month 2025 Planner Calendar2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    The Other Talent2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Matt Fitzgerald books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Racing Weight in order

3 books
  1. 1. Racing Weight Quick Start Guide: A 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Endurance Athletes
  2. 2. Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance
  3. 3. Racing Weight Cookbook: Lean, Light Recipes for Athletes

Runners World Guide in order

3 books
  1. 2. Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training
  2. 3. The Cutting-Edge Runner
  3. 4. Performance Nutrition for Runners

Standalone books

18 books

18 Matt Fitzgerald titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Matt Fitzgerald books in order?

You only need to read Matt Fitzgerald books in order within the Racing Weight series, which holds 3 of the 24 Matt Fitzgerald books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Matt Fitzgerald

Start with Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Matt Fitzgerald book?

The Other Talent (2024) is the newest Matt Fitzgerald book released so far.

Is there a new Matt Fitzgerald book coming?

No next Matt Fitzgerald book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Matt Fitzgerald at a glance

Still publishing
Matt Fitzgerald published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Matt Fitzgerald books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,875 pages across the 12 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 285 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matt Fitzgerald books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Matt Fitzgerald books are about

20 of the 24 Matt Fitzgerald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: training is tagged on 8 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Training 8 of 20 books
  • Nutrition 7 of 20 books
  • Physiological aspects 7 of 20 books
  • Physical fitness 6 of 20 books
  • Running 5 of 20 books
  • Athletes, nutrition 4 of 20 books
  • Exercise 4 of 20 books
  • Athletes 3 of 20 books
  • Runners (Sports) 3 of 20 books
  • Sports 3 of 20 books
  • Triathlon 3 of 20 books
  • Body weight 2 of 20 books