Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Cheryl Strayed
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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here。
An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of Dear Sugar advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns。 Soon to be a Hulu Original series。
For more than a decade， thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar--the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed--first through her online column at The Rumpus， later through her hit podcast， Dear Sugars， and now through her popular Substack newsletter。 Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume， bringing her wisdom to many more readers。 This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed。 Rich with humor， insight， compassion--and absolute honesty--this book is a balm for everything life throws our way。
An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of Dear Sugar advice columns written by the author of #1 New York Times bestseller Wild--featuring a new preface and six additional columns。 Soon to be a Hulu Original series。
For more than a decade， thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugar--the pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayed--first through her online column at The Rumpus， later through her hit podcast， Dear Sugars， and now through her popular Substack newsletter。 Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume， bringing her wisdom to many more readers。 This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed。 Rich with humor， insight， compassion--and absolute honesty--this book is a balm for everything life throws our way。
Reviews
Eva Lina
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Zulke rake woorden。 Een boek vol met levenslessen en zinnen die ik wil onthouden。
Flavia
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I started listening to this with no expectations and found it very relatable。 I think anyone can find some good advice in this book。
Kristín Hulda
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Ó hvað þessi var falleg。 Sérvaldar spurningar og svör frá því að Cheryl Strayed sá um svona advice column undir nafninu Sugar。 Hefði aldrei lesið bók með þessu concepti nema af því ég hef lesið Wild eftir sama höfund og vissi að hún væri frábær。 Skrifin eru einlæg， hjartnæm， stútfull af innsæi og bera það með sér að Cheryl hefur upplifað margt misfallegt í gegnum ævina en náð að halda í það fallega og ást fyrir lífinu， fólki og the tiny beautiful things。
Nancy Wellinger
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Well slap my mouth and call me silly， I didn't expect to like this book so much。 I wasn't crazy about Wild （I liked the story better than the writing）， but a friend gave Tiny Beautiful Things 5 stars， so I figured why not。 With a background in hard knocks and troubled teen counseling， Strayed brings a raw， compassionate honesty to every Dear Sugar letter she answers。 In each， she listens without judgement and guides us by way of a personal experience or admission， which I loved。 Some bristled at Well slap my mouth and call me silly， I didn't expect to like this book so much。 I wasn't crazy about Wild （I liked the story better than the writing）， but a friend gave Tiny Beautiful Things 5 stars， so I figured why not。 With a background in hard knocks and troubled teen counseling， Strayed brings a raw， compassionate honesty to every Dear Sugar letter she answers。 In each， she listens without judgement and guides us by way of a personal experience or admission， which I loved。 Some bristled at this， but Strayed manages to cast an advice book as a memoir， using her mistakes and life lessons to help us better understand her， and ourselves， with kind， perspective-shifting freshness。 。。。more
Hannah
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I can't believe it took me ten years to read this book， which two of my closest friends have raved about for years。 The letters are so disparate from one another but I was compelled by each one of them—be it a mother with rage issues writing in for advice on parenting two toddlers， a 30-something woman seeking advice on a messy love triangle， or a trans man whose parents （once excommunicated） now want back into his life。 Sugar's feedback is usually hidden in a story of her own—sometimes， reading I can't believe it took me ten years to read this book， which two of my closest friends have raved about for years。 The letters are so disparate from one another but I was compelled by each one of them—be it a mother with rage issues writing in for advice on parenting two toddlers， a 30-something woman seeking advice on a messy love triangle， or a trans man whose parents （once excommunicated） now want back into his life。 Sugar's feedback is usually hidden in a story of her own—sometimes， reading it， you forget what the person wrote in about。 But her counseling is always full of compassion and wisdom。 I laughed out loud。 I cried several times。 So much to learn from the insight and wisdom Strayed writes with in her responses， even if these are not your own personal situations。 。。。more
Robin
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I have been reading Tiny Beautiful Things for more than a year。 It sits on my nightstand and every time I've needed a cheer-up or motivation or a good shake I've picked it up and read an essay or two。 This is a book that every human being should read， and I think my life would have been much different （for the better） if it had been available to me in my 20s or 30s。 It will remain on my nightstand because this is a book I'll be dipping back into for the rest of my life。 I have been reading Tiny Beautiful Things for more than a year。 It sits on my nightstand and every time I've needed a cheer-up or motivation or a good shake I've picked it up and read an essay or two。 This is a book that every human being should read， and I think my life would have been much different （for the better） if it had been available to me in my 20s or 30s。 It will remain on my nightstand because this is a book I'll be dipping back into for the rest of my life。 。。。more
Michelle
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Reading this feels like sitting on a porch on a Sunday afternoon， lounging and sipping on sweet iced tea while your older sister speaks her piece bluntly， with empathy that we are all still figuring things out as we go， and necessary tough love we all need in our life。
Christina
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There’a a story and a lesson in here for everyone。 I enjoyed reading Sugars advice that she formulates for others through her own experiences and sharing her own life story。 Each letter leaves the reader with something different。 The honesty and rawness of each letter and response is refreshing and something everyone can learn from。
Leslie Archer
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Fun to read。 Some real zingers。 Some real surprising responses。 Snarky， sweet pea。
Taylor
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Such beautiful advice， beautifully written <3
Quiltmom14
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Cheryl Strayed narrates her book， which I loved。 It is amazing that someone without any formal “social work” training can be so incredibly insightful。 Pair that with what I would call blue-jeans-plain-speak， and you realize you can use the advice she gives even if your question is not exactly the same。 Where most advice columns give a paragraph answer， Strayed writes essays - often referring to her own experiences。 The only reason I removed one star is because I felt the final few essays （except Cheryl Strayed narrates her book， which I loved。 It is amazing that someone without any formal “social work” training can be so incredibly insightful。 Pair that with what I would call blue-jeans-plain-speak， and you realize you can use the advice she gives even if your question is not exactly the same。 Where most advice columns give a paragraph answer， Strayed writes essays - often referring to her own experiences。 The only reason I removed one star is because I felt the final few essays （except the last）， were weak and maybe should have been edited out。 Still highly recommended。 。。。more
Loren Waters
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Really enjoyed the way cheryl wove in pieces of her life in her advice columns。 A great book to self reflect and practice empathy。
Katherine
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Love， love， love。 This is one I plan to reread over and over， certain that Cheryl's fantastic advice will resonate differently and more beautifully each time。 Love， love， love。 This is one I plan to reread over and over， certain that Cheryl's fantastic advice will resonate differently and more beautifully each time。 。。。more
Ayisha Abdi
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I hate the type of books where they give you advice。 But this was actually good。 Great， even。 It tells a story and gives good answers。 If you are considering reading it， You should。
lira mana
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Beli buku ini gara-gara reviewnya books trissa。 toko buku online di indo。 tapi kecewa sih， ini ngga banget ternyata bukunya 🥲 kayaknya selera aku sama ownernya beda haha。 Tp jujur bingung sih， kok rating goodreads nya bisa setinggi ini， padahal asal jawab aja rata-rata isinya
Deb Hicks
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We could all use some Sugar。
Kate R
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easy， quick read with pretty good advice throughout。
Kat Kingsley
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This book made me cry and was sometimes hard to reckon with。 The last section especially made me wrestle with some unsavory emotions。 It gave me the sense that there is some wisdom I haven’t understood yet， and that is too emotionally challenging to accept。 But I think that is just Cheryl Strayed’s way— she does not mince words。 Forgiveness is hard but was very much at the core of this advice column。 Hearing people write to Sugar was like hearing them going to confessional。 And there was somethi This book made me cry and was sometimes hard to reckon with。 The last section especially made me wrestle with some unsavory emotions。 It gave me the sense that there is some wisdom I haven’t understood yet， and that is too emotionally challenging to accept。 But I think that is just Cheryl Strayed’s way— she does not mince words。 Forgiveness is hard but was very much at the core of this advice column。 Hearing people write to Sugar was like hearing them going to confessional。 And there was something sacred in the answers too。 。。。more
Melania
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Full of gems！ I read a little at a time and it’s a LOT！ Some truly sage advice， some explained in very creative ways。 Very interesting read， not one is likely forget anytime soon， lol
Anika B
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I never met a book that could turn my tears on like a faucet the way tiny beautiful things did
Laurie Connolly
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Most excellent。
Mia
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People write personal letters seeking advice and Strayed answers with her own personal stories which eventually leads to bluntly put advice。 Sweet pea， and other terms of endearment， are used throughout the responses which felt like she was trying to seem approachable and sweet （she is calling herself Sugar） but for me it read as hollow and belittling most of the time。 This book was less than okay for me。 The structure is not my type of enjoyable reading and sometimes I found the advice offensiv People write personal letters seeking advice and Strayed answers with her own personal stories which eventually leads to bluntly put advice。 Sweet pea， and other terms of endearment， are used throughout the responses which felt like she was trying to seem approachable and sweet （she is calling herself Sugar） but for me it read as hollow and belittling most of the time。 This book was less than okay for me。 The structure is not my type of enjoyable reading and sometimes I found the advice offensive and missing nuance。 I suppose that nuance is hard to capture when there isn’t an actual conversation happening。 Just one singular response to a multi layered question。 I will say she has golden nuggets within the book such as excellently written anecdotes with rich meaning strung beautifully together。 Easily some of the anecdotes were my favorite part however since it is an advice column， it felt odd to always respond with a story about herself first。 She did always circle back to the person eventually but sometimes I just didn’t want to read another memoir of herself。 My personal dislike of the structure and one sided advice giving resulted in less stars。 Now I know this type of book is not my style。 Onto others！ 。。。more
Hannah Boyd
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Another book I wasn’t expecting。 I enjoyed hearing the different advice given。
Emma Hardy
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touching lil gem 🥲
Mary
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Audiobook
Shay Hempeck
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1） this book was way too long and I skipped over some parts bc the author just kept droning on and onnnn2） author is so obsessed with herself and made every advice column somehow tie back to her3） calling people “sweet pea” was so condescending and I hated her tone 4） some of the submissions were so sad and some were just so stupid
Shelby Thompson
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I’ve always loved advice columns。 I grew up reading the ones in my grandma’s copies of Readers Digest， measuring out answers on etiquette， small quarrels， and always， always， issues with in-laws。 They never addressed infidelity， except to say “leave。”They never examined familial abuse， except to say “forgive。”They never got in the mud。 I made choices that I never thought I would make。 I was wrecked with anger， guilt， confusion， and the terrifying feeling that everything I’ve done， built， and bu I’ve always loved advice columns。 I grew up reading the ones in my grandma’s copies of Readers Digest， measuring out answers on etiquette， small quarrels， and always， always， issues with in-laws。 They never addressed infidelity， except to say “leave。”They never examined familial abuse， except to say “forgive。”They never got in the mud。 I made choices that I never thought I would make。 I was wrecked with anger， guilt， confusion， and the terrifying feeling that everything I’ve done， built， and burned for over my adult life was invalidated。 Reading this book was the first time in weeks that I felt like I could breathe。 Not calm breaths， but jagged， rushing heaves that cleansed me as much as they scraped away the stories I’d been telling myself。 Dear Sugar’s words saved me。 Or at least， they gave me a shovel and dropped me directly the hole I dug for myself， and said “here’s a shovel， here’s some wait and some hope， now what are you going to do with them？”Read If: You want to leave You want to stayYou want to change 。。。more
Diane Mason
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Surprisingly kind and unabashedly direct。 An easy read since they’re advice columns but I like how they’re sorted。
Faith
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“Don’t judge a book by its cover” personified WHATI thought this would be cringe （advice columns are not my normal cup of tea） / way too cheesy but damn。 This absolutely touched me， in a way that I think （or hope at least） I will carry with me for the rest of my life。Everyone should read this。 （Though in all transparency， it does have a little bit of cheesiness to it， but a very healthy amount， especially when paired with so much wisdom， empathy， grace， humor， wit， etc。）
Alexandra Rodriguez
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