Are you ready for the 2020 Olympics? Been ready for a year since the original (delayed) start date? Disappointed that you can’t go in person? Our collections staff have compiled a list of Olympics-themed books and movies in our physical and digital libraries — both fiction and nonfiction — to educate, inspire and entertain you as some of the world’s top athletes compete in Tokyo over the next two weeks.
Adult Nonfiction
Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown Print Audio eBook eAudio
Eric Liddell: Pure Gold by Dave McCasland
Bliss Remembered by Frank Deford
For the Glory: Eric Liddell’s Journey From Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr by Duncan Hamilton
Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother’s Murder, John du Pont’s Madness and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Mark Shultz Print eAudio
Proud: My Fight for an Unlikely Olympic Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad eBook eAudio
Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever by Jack McCallum Print, eBook,
The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory by Julie Checkoway Print Audio
Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of Early Olympic Women by Roseanne Montillo
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics by Jeremy Schaap eBook eAudio
Young Adult Books
Courage to Soar by Simone Biles Overdrive, Print,
Games of Deception: the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany by Andrew Maraniss Prin
Rush for the Gold: mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein
Children’s Books
What are the Summer Olympics? By Gail Herman
A Passion for Victory: The Story of the Olympics in Ancient and early Modern times by Benson Bobrick
Hour of the Olympics (Magic Treehouse series) by Mary Pope Osborne
The Smurfs Vol. 11: The Smurf Olympics
Geronimo Stilton Vol. 10: Geronimo Stilton Saves The Olympics
Unbeatable Betty: the first female Olympic track & field gold medalist by Allison Crotzer Kimmel
Audiobooks
Olympic Records (e-audio, Hoopla)
The Rat Catchers’ Olympics (e-audio, Hoopla)
Olympic Gold 1936 (e-audio, Hoopla)
My Olympic Life: A Memoir (e-audio, Hoopla)
I Got This: To Gold & Beyond by Laurie Hernandez
Just for Fun
Total Olympics: Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic & Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing
Movies
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
Tracktown (Kanopy)
Documentaries
Personal Gold: An Underdog Story (Kanopy)
Back on Board: Greg Louganis (Kanopy)
Last Woman Standing: Two Friends Fight For a Chance at an Olympic Medal (Kanopy)
Top Spin: The World of Competitive Ping Pong
Winning: Five Legendary Athletes Tell Their Stories (Kanopy)
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