History & Biography
Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming, by Conrad Wennerberg.
History of Open-Water Marathon Swimming, by Capt. Tim Johnson.
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World, by Glenn Stout.
America’s Girl: The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation, by Tim Dahlberg et al.
The Great Swim, by Gavin Mortimer.
The Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero, by Charles Sprawson.
The Crossing: The Curious Story of the First Man to Swim the English Channel, by Kathy Watson.
Instructional
Open Water Swimming, by Penny Lee Dean.
Complete Conditioning for Swimming, by Dave Salo & Scott Riewald.
Swimming Fastest, by Ernest Maglischo.
Open Water Swimming, by Steven Munatones.
Dover Solo: Swimming the English Channel, by Marcia Cleveland.
Autobiography
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer, by Lynne Cox.
Other Shores, by Diana Nyad.
Dangerous When Wet, by Shelley Taylor-Smith.
Grayson, by Lynne Cox.
South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery, by Lynne Cox.
Nothing Great Is Easy, by Des Renford.
Nutrition
Sports Nutrition: From Lab to Kitchen, by Asker Jeukendrup.
Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, by Monique Ryan.
The Primal Blueprint, by Mark Sisson.
Non-Aquatic Adventures
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer.
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, by Wade Davis.