Wild appears in 24 book lists

By Cheryl Strayed,

Wild appears in 24 book lists on Shepherd.

The best memoirs about or by addicts, drunks, and f#@k ups

Book cover of Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction Book cover of A Fan's Notes Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of The Liars' Club Book cover of The Patrick Melrose Novels

My favorite books by women about outdoor adventure

Book cover of Gap Year Girl: A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries Book cover of To Walk It Is To See It: 1 Couple, 98 Days, 1400 Miles on Europe's GR5 Book cover of Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail

My favorite books about strong women walking

Book cover of The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail Book cover of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of The Salt Path: A Memoir Book cover of The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey Into the Alaskan Wilds

My favorite books on celebrating this one precious life with humility, honesty, and a generous amount of humor

Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book cover of Heartburn Book cover of Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir of a Woman's Life Book cover of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

My favorite books about surviving, thriving, and finding courage in the wilderness

Book cover of This Tender Land Book cover of A Well-Tempered Heart Book cover of Where the Crawdads Sing Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Into the Jungle

My favorite books by and about wise, vulnerable, badass women

Book cover of Paula: A Memoir Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Educated: A Memoir Book cover of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Book cover of Know My Name: A Memoir

The best page turners about badass adventurous women seeking love and belonging

Book cover of All the Light We Cannot See Book cover of H is for Hawk Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of The Twentieth Wife Book cover of Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening

The best ‘quit lit’ books to change how you think about addiction

Book cover of Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life Book cover of Dry: A Memoir Book cover of Push Off from Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Sobriety (and Everything Else) Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

The best travel memoirs for women about women (and men) who travel

Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Ciao, America! An Italian Discovers the U.S. Book cover of The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. Book cover of A House in the Sky Book cover of Under the Tuscan Sun

My favorite books where a young woman discovers personal truth in the wilderness

Book cover of Heidi Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of The Snow Child Book cover of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree Book cover of Esther: The Remarkable True Story Of Esther Wheelwright

My favorite books for contemplating your own mortality

Book cover of One of Us Is Lying Book cover of Unsaid Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of I'm Glad My Mom Died Book cover of The First Time I Died

My favorite books about humans fighting for survival in dangerous situations

Book cover of Robinson Crusoe Book cover of The Girl Who Lived Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival Book cover of Martin Rattler

The best solo travel memoirs

Book cover of Four Corners: One Woman's Solo Journey Into the Heart of New Guinea Book cover of A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean Book cover of Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

The best real-life stories to inspire your next camping adventure

Book cover of How to Shit in the Woods Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival Book cover of A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Book cover of A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail

The best memoirs by badass women with grit

Book cover of The Year of Magical Thinking Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of A Three Dog Life Book cover of The Glass Castle Book cover of The Liars' Club

My favorite books on solo travel from a guy who roller skated across France

Book cover of Outliers: The Story of Success Book cover of A Pirate Looks at Fifty Book cover of The Dog Stars Book cover of A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

My favorite books about personal growth and transformation

Book cover of When We Believed in Mermaids Book cover of How to Stop Time Book cover of Two Steps Forward Book cover of Take a Moment Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

My favorite books about making huge life changes and the stories behind them

Book cover of The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape Book cover of Sea Wife Book cover of H is for Hawk Book cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

My favorite books on ultrarunning for amateur adventurers

Book cover of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart Book cover of North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail Book cover of Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups

My favorite books for hikertrash and other vagabonds

Book cover of Eat Pray Love Book cover of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Book cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey Book cover of Into the Wild Book cover of On the Road

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