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Drew Barrymore picks your next favorite book

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As an actress, director and author, Drew Barrymore looks for inspiration everywhere. Here, she shares the books that continue to spark her creativity – and she’s sure you’ll love them too

Bossypants by Tina Fey
“The way Tina Fey wrote as a woman made me laugh as a woman about everything in life.”
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
“This is the book every woman should read because you might actually believe – in one small, delicate novel – that a man understands us.”
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
“This book was important to me as a teenager because you feel like you haven’t lived until you read it but then once you read it, you know how to live.”
Strong Is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker
“Bringing up two girls, this encapsulates what I want to instill in them.”
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
“This is my guilty-pleasure read. [Actor and playwright] Harvey Fierstein gave me a copy of this and I ate it up with a spoon.”
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
“This memoir really resonated with me. It is painful and beautiful to be inside the head and heart of an icon.”
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
“I always give this book as a gift. For any age, it is poetic and hauntingly nostalgic about life.”
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
“Under the most severe conditions a human can endure [chronicling his experience in a concentration camp], Viktor E. Frankl teaches us the alternative to being a victim and becomes the greatest teacher.”

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