Along with Oprah, the rest of the universe, and another reviewer at Shelf Awareness, I chose Cheryl Strayed's Wild as a favorite non-fiction book of 2012. I think it would make an especially good gift book for any young woman, because it's an extraordinarily balanced (true) story of how to be strong and wild in a good way. It's also a great blister-free piggyback on a 1,000-mile hike.