Books Recommended by Cheryl Strayed
Johnny Got His Gun
A Novel
Dalton Trumbo
Source: "About a reality that was so far from my own. And yet when I was this teenager, I really could feel like the power of narrative, the power of inhabiting the life of another human." - Cheryl Strayed
Citizen
An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine
Source: "A really important book for us to be reading right now." - Cheryl Strayed
New and Selected Poems
Volume One
Mary Oliver
Source: "I love so many poets; [this author] is one of my favorites." - Cheryl Strayed
Everything Is Figureoutable
Marie Forleo
Source: "Delivers a knock-out punch to whatever is holding you back." - Cheryl Strayed
Lives of Girls and Women
Alice Munro
Source: "My favorite book." - Cheryl Strayed
The Book of Form and Emptiness
A Novel
Ruth Ozeki
Source: "Marvelous." - Cheryl Strayed
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