Start with high-confidence track & field books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
This Voice in My Heart
Gilbert Tuhabonye, Gary Brozek
Win at All Costs
Matt Hart
The Front Runner
Brendan O'Meara
Jupiter Rising
Gary D. Schmidt
Out of Step, Into You
Ciera Burch
Who Was Jesse Owens?
James Buckley, Jr.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Russell Freedman
They'll Never Catch US
Jessica Goodman
Bravey (adapted for Young Readers)
Alexi Pappas
Far Beyond Gold
Sydney McLaughlin
The Track in the Forest
Bob Burns
The Race to Be Myself Young Readers Edition
Caster Semenya
Run Like a Girl
Amaka Egbe
The Wildest Race Ever
Meghan McCarthy
Go, Wilma, Go!
Amira Rose Davis, Michael G. Long
Kat's Greek Summer
Mima Tipper
