RECOMMENDED READING
Women in Motorsports NA provides a listing of suggested readings exclusively containing books written by or about women in various forms of motorsports.
Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
Drive: 9 Lessons to Win in Business and in Life | Kelly Earnhardt Miller | Thomas Nelson, 2020 |
Bonneville's Women of Land Speed Racing | Louise Ann Noeth | Arcadia Publishing, 2021 |
Tales from a Top-Fuel Dragster | Shirley Muldowney | Sports Publishing LLC, 2013 |
| Everything Women Always Wanted to Know About Cars | Lesley Hazleton | Doubleday, 1995 |
Mad for Speed: The Racing Life of Joan Newton Cuneo | Elsa Nystrom | McFarland & Company, 2013 |
| Confessions of a Fast Woman | Lesley Hazleton | Self Published, 1992 |
| Driving to Detroit | Lesley Hazleton | Simon & Schuster, 1998 |
| Eat My Dust | Georgine Clarsen | John Hopkins University Press, 2008 |
Linda Vaughn: The First Lady of Motorsports | Linda Vaughn | CarTech, 2016 |
| The New Woman Driver | Don Sharp | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984 |
Eight Women, Two Model Ts and the American West | Joanne Wilke | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, 2007 |
| Do These High Heels Make Me Look Stupid | Cathy Droz | At Your Door Publishing, 2014 |
Williams: A Different Kind of Life | Virginia Williams | Echo Point Books & Media, 2017 |
| The Greaseless Guide to Car Care Confidence | Mary Jackson | John Muir Publications, 1989 |
| 110 Car & Driving Emergencies and How to Survive Them | James Joseph | Globe Pequot Press, 2003 (Rick Case Endorsed) |
| A Ride in the Sun or Gasoline Gypsy | Peggy Iris Thomas | Rixon Groove, 1953/2012 |
Gloria - A Lifetime Motorcyclist: 75 Years on Two Wheels and Still Riding | Gloria Struck | Wolfgang Publications, 2018 |
| Dare to Repair Your Car | Julie Sussman & Stephanie Glakas-Tenet | Do It Herself LLC, 2005 |
| The Female Fan Guide to Motorsports | Betsey Berns | BVision Sports Media, 2000 (Foreward by Lyn St. James) |
| Driven By Desire: The Desire Wilson Story | Alan Wilson | Veloce.CO.UK, 2011 |
America's Hottest Racer: Danica Patrick | Jonathan Ingram & Paul Webb | Motorbooks/MBI Publishing, 2005 |
| DANICA Crossing The Line | Danica Patrick with Laura Morton | Fireside, 2006 |
Women Who Win In Sport and in Life | Christina Lessa | Universe Publishing, 1998 (Shirley Muldowney Featured) |
| Maria Teresa de Filippis | Stefano Chiminelli | Maserati, 2016 |
Fast Ladies Female Racing Drivers 1888-1970 | Jean-Francois Bouzanquet | Veloce.CO.UK, 2009 |
| Fast Women: The Legendary Ladies of Racing | Todd McCarthy | Hyperion, 2007 |
| Fast Women: The Drivers Who Changed the Face of Motor Racing | John Bullock | Robson Books, 2002 |
| The Bugatti Queen: In Search of a French Racing Legend | Miranda Seymour | Random House, 2004 |
| The Centered Skier | Denise McCluggage | Bantam Books, 1983 |
| By Brooks Too Broad For Leaping | Denise McCluggage | Fulcorte Press, 1999 |
| Janet Guthrie: Life At Full Throttle | Janet Guthrie | Sport Media Publishing, 2005 |
| Lyn St. James: An Incredible Journey | Lyn St. James | LSJ Press, 2010 (first edition: Ride of Your Life Published by Hyperion 2002) |
| LYN ST JAMES: Driven to Be First | Ross R Olney | Lerner Publications, 1997 |
| LYN ST. JAMES | Mark Stewart | Grolier All-Pro Biographies, 1996 |
| Lyn St. James Car Owners Manual for Women | Lyn St. James | Penguin Books, 1984 (republished Lyn St. James Car Owners Manual Self-Published 1989) |
Driven | Rosemary Smith | HarperCollins, 2018 |
| GLORY Photographs of Athletes | Richard Corman | William Morrow & Co., 1999 (Lyn St. James featured) |
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, and American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hilter's Best | Neal Bascomb | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020 |