The Last American Man, by Elizabeth Gilbert, as recommended by Nick. First you fall in love with this amazing person who can survive in the wilderness with nothing (though if you give him a knife, it'll help). As you read more, you learn about his conflicted childhood, and then about the ruins of his personal life, and you begin to wonder if madness and genius are actually the same thing. Even for a fiction reader like myself, this book raises questions that keep you reading.
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