The Feist

·E25

Your Complete List of Feisty Women's Sports Book & Movie Recs

Dec 10, 2025
1 hr

Episode Description

To get you in the cozy holiday spirit, Kelly and Sara are throwing down some of their best women's sports book and movie recommendations.

But, first, this week's women's sports highlights:

  • 55 women hit the Olympic Trials qualifying standard at CIM — even though the standard (2:37) is faster than ever! And a shoutout to Molly Born, who won the race in her first marathon, despite a fall in the final straightaway.
  • And you should be following SkiMo (ski mountaineering)! Where it all came down to the U.S. vs. Canada for the final Olympic spot. Enter Anna Gibson, world-class trail runner, who was recruited and secretly turned out to be amazing! (It's Kelly's dream.)
  • Bonus shoutout to Alysa Liu, who won the Grand Prix in figure skating in her comeback-to-the-Olympics tour.

…like we were saying — a few follow-ups:


Then: Our full list of women's sports book & movie recs

Kelly and Sara are deep in movies-and-books season, which prompted us to pull together some of our Feisty favs. Some of the ones mentioned in the episode:

  • A League of Their Own
  • Love & Basketball
  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • Bring It On
  • The Cutting Edge
  • Personal Best
  • Challengers

Sara isn't much of a movie-watcher, but she does love books!

  • Good for a Girl, Lauren Fleshman
  • Better Faster Farther, Maggie Mertens
  • The Longest Race, Kara Goucher
  • Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism, Macaela MacKenzie
  • Tough Broad, Caroline Paul
  • Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, Joan Ryan
  • In These Girls Hope Is a Muscle, Madeleine Blais
  • We Loved to Run, Stephanie Reents
  • Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • The Favorites, Layne Fargo
  • As Good as Gold, Kathryn Bertine
  • Stand, Kathryn Bertine
  • Tough Broad, Caroline Paul
  • Up to Speed, Christine Yu
  • Endure, Alex Hutchinson 
  • Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
  • For kids: Anything from Strong Girl Publishing, plus Molly Hurford's Shred Girls series

What are your recs? What did we miss? Send us a voice memo to podcasts@livefeisty.com

Plus, our Feisty Picks of the week!

Chapters:

  • 01:10 - The women are getting fast and the depth is getting deep
  • 6:50 - SkiMo!
  • 18:55 - Let's follow-up on the money
  • 37:00 - Our women's sports movie and book recs
  • 52:45 - Feisty Picks of the Week


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