Runners World Guide Books in Order
Runners World Guide contains 34 books, published between 2003 and 2021. The first book is Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy (2003) and the newest is Runner's World Run Less Run Faster (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 2003–2021
- Pages on record
- 5,382 in 21 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 90–135 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,382 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Runners World Guide is a running handbook series, 34 titles published between 2003 and 2021 at a median of 268 pages. Volumes handle training, injury prevention, nutrition and marathon preparation, among them Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy (2003), Guide to Cross-Training (2004), Guide to Injury Prevention (2004), Performance Nutrition for Runners (2005) and Complete Book of Women's Running (2007). Runner's World Run Less Run Faster (2021) is the most recent, and the series is dormant.
How many Runners World Guide books are there?
Runners World Guide has 34 books, released between 2003 and 2021.
Runners World Guide Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Runners World Guide 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.
- 1Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy2003 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/420032232/4
- 2Runner's World Guide to Adventure Racing2004 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/420042682/4
- 2Runner's World Guide to Cross-Training2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420042562/4
- 3The Cutting-Edge Runner2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420052562/4
- 4Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420042562/4
- 4Performance Nutrition for Runners2005 · confirmed 2/42005–2/4
- 5Runner's World Complete Book of Beginning Running2005 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420053122/4
- 7Runner's World The Runner's Diet2005 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/420052042/4
- 9Runner's World Best2006 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42006962/4
- 10Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420073202/4
- 11Runner's World Guide to Road Racing2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 12The Runner's Rule Book2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 13Runner's World Complete Book of Running2009 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420093122/4
- 14Going Long2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 15The Great Grete Waitz2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 16Runner's World Essential Guides2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 17Barefoot Running and Minimalism2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 18Runner's World Training Journal2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 19The Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420123042/4
- 20Runner's World Complete Guide to Minimalism and Barefoot Running2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 21Runner's World Running on Air2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420132882/4
- 22The Runner's World Cookbook2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 23Runner's World Training Journal for Beginners2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/420141762/4
- 24The Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420142882/4
- 25Runner's World The Runner's Brain2015 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/420152282/4
- 26Runner's World Meals on the Run2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 27Runner's World Run to Lose2015 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420153042/4
- 28Runners of North America2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 29Runner's World Train Smart, Run Forever2017 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/420172762/4
- 30Runner's World Your Best Stride2017 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/420172162/4
- 31Runner's World Race Everything2017 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/420172072/4
- 32Runner's World How to Make Yourself Poop2018 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420182722/4
- 33The Runner's World Vegetarian Cookbook2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 34Runner's World Run Less Run Faster2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420213202/4
Where to start with Runners World Guide
Start with Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Runners World Guide book?
Runner's World Run Less Run Faster (2021) is the newest Runners World Guide book released so far.
Is there a new Runners World Guide book coming?
No next Runners World Guide book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Runners World Guide at a glance
- Paused
- No new Runners World Guide title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Runners World Guide books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,382 pages across the 21 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Runners World Guide books, 20 of 34, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 34 titles, 4 are credited to Runner's World, 3 to Matt Fitzgerald, 3 to Amby Burfoot and 3 to Jennifer Van Allen. A further 23 writers are credited. 4 titles carry no credit.
What the Runners World Guide books are about
25 of the 34 Runners World Guide books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: running is tagged on 20 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Running 20 of 25 books
- Training 10 of 25 books
- Runners (Sports) 5 of 25 books
- Physiological aspects 4 of 25 books
- Handbooks, manuals 3 of 25 books
- Physical fitness 3 of 25 books
- Athletes 2 of 25 books
- Coureurs 2 of 25 books
- Course à pied 2 of 25 books
- Exercise 2 of 25 books
- Guides, manuels 2 of 25 books
- Marathon running 2 of 25 books