Just add water : my swimming life by Katie Ledecky

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Fast Girls by Elise Hooper

Path lit by lightning : the life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss

Olympic pride, American prejudice : the untold story of 18 African Americans who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper

The Watermen : the birth of American swimming and one young man's fight to capture Olympic gold by Michael Loynd

Fire on the track : Betty Robinson and the triumph of the early Olympic women by Roseanne Montillo

Beautiful on the outside : a memoir by Adam Rippon

The Horsewoman by James Patterson & Mike Lupica

What are the Summer Olympics? By Gail Herman

Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osbourne

Joe “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, 1944-2011: A Selective List of Links & Materials

We share the sun : the incredible journey of Kenya's legendary running coach Patrick Sang and the fastest runners on earth by Sarah Gearhart

The race to be myself by Caster Semenya

Inaugural ballers : the true story of the first U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team by Andrew Maraniss

Geronimo Stilton Vol. 10: Geronimo Stilton Saves the Olympics

My greatest save : the brave, barrier-breaking journey of a world-champion goalkeeper by Briana Scurry

Swimming toward a dream : Yusra Mardini's incredible journey from refugee to Olympic swimmer by Reem Faruqi

Coming Up For Air by Tom Daley

A sporting chance : how Ludwig Guttmann created the Paralympic Games by Lori Alexander

On your mark, get set, gold! : an irreverent guide to the sports of the summer games by Scott Allen

Traveling shoes : the story of Willye White, US Olympian and long jump champion by Alice Faye Duncan

Courage in her cleats : the story of soccer star Abby Wambach by Kim Chaffee

Messenger : the legend of Muhammad Ali by Marc Bernardin

Fierce : how competing for myself changed everything by Aly Raisman