Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl Strayed

Memoirist and Author

American writer known for her memoir Wild, which chronicles her solo 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail following personal tragedy.

Authors & Thinkers

Cheryl Strayed is an acclaimed memoirist and novelist whose raw, introspective writing has resonated with millions of readers. Her memoir Wild became a bestseller and was adapted into a 2014 film starring Reese Witherspoon. Beyond her own work, Strayed is a thoughtful curator of literature and recommends books that explore resilience, identity, and the human condition.

6 Books Recommended by Cheryl Strayed

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#1

Everything Is Figureoutable

by Marie Forleo

9 people recommended

Delivers a knock-out punch to whatever is holding you back.

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Also recommended by: Arianna Huffington, Brene Brown, Daymond John, Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, Sophia Amoruso, Steven Pressfield, Tony Robbins

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#2

The Book of Form and Emptiness

by Ruth Ozeki

2 people recommended

Marvelous.

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Also recommended by: Ezra Klein

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#3

Lives of Girls and Women

by Alice Munro

My favorite book.

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#4

Citizen

by Claudia Rankine

A really important book for us to be reading right now.

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#5

Johnny Got His Gun

by Dalton Trumbo

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.

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#6

New and Selected Poems

by Mary Oliver

I love so many poets; [this author] is one of my favorites.

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