Culture24 Apr 2020


Nathan Strother’s lockdown reading list

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Nathan Strother's lockdown reading list (© Michelle Sammet)


Yesterday marked World Book Day. One man who has ramped up his reading action in recent months is USA’s world 4x400m champion Nathan Strother.

“I’ve been doing a lot of reading,” he says of life in lockdown. With a few videogame marathons thrown into the mix, of course.

Even in normal times, the 2019 World Indoor Tour winner is an avid reader who rarely leaves for practice without a paperback in his pocket. He takes us through some of the most treasured volumes in his library.

The book I’m reading now…

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From the Outside by Ray Allen

"Ray Allen is my favorite basketball player ever and I met him in the airport while traveling to a meet last year."

The most inspiring book…

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Destiny by T.D. Jakes

This is a book about stepping into your destiny and figuring out the reason you were born into life.

The book I would recommend (to athletes)…

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The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive by Jim Afremow

"Mental fortitude in sports is so important and this book gives many examples of other Olympic Gold Medal-winning athletes’ take on their mental health while competing."

The book I would Recommend (to anyone)…

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

"The movie for the book was really good and the book goes more in-depth. It makes it such a compelling story."

The book from childhood I enjoyed the most…

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The whole Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

"I’ve read every book no less than four times each. Growing up I would stay up past my bedtime to read them. I would use a flashlight and pull the covers over my head and fake asleep when I would hear my mom come up the stairs."

Book I would take if I were stranded on a desert island…

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The Outsider by Stephen King

"I haven’t gotten the chance to sit and actually read it yet, but the plot description hooked me while I was in the bookstore."

Thomas Byrne for World Athletics