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Cheryl Strayed Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Cheryl Strayed is a writer and podcast host. Writer, feminist, mother, traveler. #1 New York Times bestselling author of WILD, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, TORCH, & BRAVE ENOUGH. Also: Dear Sugar. (she/her/hers)

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Book Cover for: Festival Days, Jo Ann Beard

Festival Days

Jo Ann Beard
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@FishMPLS Jo Ann Beard's collection, "Festival Days."

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson
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"It’s an extraordinary document, one that strikes me as an instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far." @DwightGarner on "Caste" by @Isabelwilkerson. https://t.co/zBnUGi86bN

Paperback, 2023

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours, Sarah Sentilles

Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours

Sarah Sentilles
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I’ll be talking to the brilliant @sarahsentilles about her new memoir, Stranger Care, today at 6pm PST in a virtual event hosted by the wonderful folks at @elliottbaybookco. Hop on over to their profile for the link. Sarah’s book is so beautiful and true… https://t.co/DF1qo3Vjy5 https://t.co/XeLoX4S6y4

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner), Norman Rush

Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

Norman Rush
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Norman Rush’s “Mating” has been on my favorite novels list ever since I read it in the 90s. via @NYTimes https://t.co/ihU0eHygDu

Paperback, 1992

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Thrust, Lidia Yuknavitch

Thrust

Lidia Yuknavitch
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I’ll be chatting online with the great Lidia Yuknavitch tomorrow (Monday, Aug 22) at 3pm PST/6pm EST. You can watch it live at the link in my profile! If you have questions you want me to ask Lidia about her new book, Thrust, please put them in the comme… https://t.co/ozMoIUkGUR https://t.co/q5qLeH5Xuu

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich
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So excited to announce my March selection for my @literati book club. It’s the gorgeous novel “The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich, who has long been one of my favorite writers. This month my club is reading the wonderful “Spirit Run” by Noé Álvarez (s… https://t.co/Xo4VDxVufI https://t.co/un6HvL2ggg

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Heartburn, Nora Ephron

Heartburn

Nora Ephron
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I've been listening to old books on @audible_com recently and it's so great and NEW hearing rather than reading them. Ernest Hemingway's "Moveable Feast" and Nora Ephron's "Heartburn" were both fantastic. Any recommendations for me?

Paperback, 1996

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May
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“Wintering” by @katherinemay_ was one of my favorite books last year. It’s this month’s selection for my @literati book club and I’m thrilled to be talking to her about it this Thursday, December 16th at 11am PST/2pm EST. You can join us live at the link… https://instagr.am/p/CXfOHFmLMiT/ https://t.co/GGtvUpTlpY

Hardcover, 2020

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir, Kat Chow

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir

Kat Chow
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I’m excited to announce my July pick for my @literati book club! Kat Chow’s “Seeing Ghosts” is an unflinchingly honest and utterly engrossing memoir about the losses that haunt three generations of a Chinese American family. The heart of this beautiful b… https://instagr.am/p/Ce2XCrAL3VK/ https://t.co/gaiaRaKrYX

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir, Minda Honey

The Heartbreak Years: A Memoir

Minda Honey
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Full of warmth and humor and also so much wisdom and insight as [Honey] tells the sometimes funny, sometimes hard stories about about how she found herself while trying to find love.

Hardcover, 2023

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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