15 Top nonfiction books like Helium (Button Poetry) by Rudy Francisco

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Helium (Button Poetry)

By: Rudy Francisco

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by …

"The word “repurpose"

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"I held you the way a boat holds water."

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at."

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"you wouldn't let me love both of us at the same time"

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Helium (Button Poetry) by Rudy Francisco , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. No Matter the Wreckage

By: Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kay's No Matter the Wreckage book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
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2. Take Me with You

By: Andrea Gibson

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

For readers of Rupi Kaur (Milk and Honey) and Atticus (Love Her Wild), a book small enough to carry… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's Take Me with You book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
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3. Depression & Other Magic Tricks

By: Sabrina Benaim

4.27

Format: 359 pages,

Depression & Other Magic Tricksis the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performa… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Benaim's Depression & Other Magic Tricks book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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4. Our Numbered Days

By: Neil Hilborn

4.24

Format: 212 pages,

In 2013, Neil Hilborn's performance of his poem "OCD" went viral. To date, it has been watched over… read more

Similar categories in Neil Hilborn's Our Numbered Days book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult

5. Autopsy

By: None

4.02

Format: 982 pages,

Written after the death of his mother, Donte Collins's Autopsy establishes the poet as one of the m… read more

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6. Love Her Wild: Poems

By: Atticus Poetry

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wildis a collection of new … read more

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7. New American Best Friend

By: Olivia Gatwood

4.24

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

read more

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8. Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately

By: Alicia Cook

4.21

Format: 539 pages,

In Alicia Cook's second poetic effort, designed in the style of an old mixtape, she sets her though… read more

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9. Helium (Button Poetry)

By: Rudy Francisco

4.29

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by … read more

Similar categories in Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • race
  • memoir
  • adult
  • mental health
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century
  • african american
"The word “repurpose"

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"I held you the way a boat holds water."

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at."

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

"you wouldn't let me love both of us at the same time"

-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)

Cover of Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) by Andrea Gibson

10. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

By: Andrea Gibson

4.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
"There will be music for you one day."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

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11. She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt)

By: R.H. Sin

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel series comes this poetic reminder o… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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12. Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

By: Jared Singer

3.93

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

Singer’s highly anticipated debut book collects and transforms work from his ten years as a mainsta… read more

Similar categories in Jared Singer's Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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13. The Future

By: Neil Hilborn

4.23

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Neil Hilborn's highly anticipated second collection of poems, The Future, invites readers to find c… read more

Similar categories in Neil Hilborn's The Future book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
"When I was little I broke both my ankles jumping off a roof because I was sure a cape would enable me to fly. My parents attributed this to my strong imagination. Last year my therapist called it a d…"

-Neil Hilborn, The Future

"I think a lot about killing myself, not like a point on a map but rather like a glowing exit sign at a show that’s never been quite bad enough to make me want to leave. See, when I’m up I don’t kill …"

-Neil Hilborn, The Future

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14. If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)

By: Blythe Baird

4.36

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Blythe Baird's If My Body Could Speak is a celebration of girlhood and all of its struggles and tri… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Baird's If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
"Remember: you did the best you could in the situation you were in with the materials you had."

-Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)

"Even though trauma has a way of becoming the wallpaper of my head, watch me drag the art out of my suffering. Watch me plant seeds down my spine and bloom into a garden of poetry from every horrible …"

-Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)

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15. Swallowtail (Button Poetry)

By: Brenna Twohy

4.33

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Swallowtail: A deep dive into the dissection of popular culture, and how the brightness and horrors… read more

Similar categories in Brenna Twohy's Swallowtail (Button Poetry) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
"Peach pits are poisonous. This is not a mistake. Girlhood is growing fruit around cyanide. It will never be your for swallowing."

-Brenna Twohy, Swallowtail (Button Poetry)

Cover of Sweet, Young, & Worried by Blythe Baird

16. Sweet, Young, & Worried

By: Blythe Baird

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird. This… read more

Similar categories in Blythe Baird's Sweet, Young, & Worried book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
Cover of I hope this reaches her in time by R.H. Sin

17. I hope this reaches her in time

By: R.H. Sin

3.82

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

you have a message from r.h. Sin read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's I hope this reaches her in time book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
"until next time, talk to you soon… (call ends…)"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"the clouds dance around each other like lovers avoiding the truth"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"i was the ocean you wanted rivers i was the moon you chased the stars"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"you owe it to yourself to give yourself the love that you've misplaced in other"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

Cover of Date & Time (Button Poetry) by Phil Kaye

18. Date & Time (Button Poetry)

By: Phil Kaye

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Phil Kaye's debut collection is a stunning tribute to growing up, and all of the challenges and cel… read more

Similar categories in Phil Kaye's Date & Time (Button Poetry) book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
Cover of Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley

19. Nothing Is Okay

By: Rachel Wiley

4.16

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Nothing is Okay is the second full-length collection by Rachel Wiley, whose work simultaneously dec… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Wiley's Nothing Is Okay book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
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20. A Socially Acceptable Breakdown

By: Patrick Roche

4.26

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a poetry collection that explores themes of family, queerness, m… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Roche's A Socially Acceptable Breakdown book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
Cover of Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance by Sherman Kennon

21. Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance

By: Sherman Kennon

4.35

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Whisk Of Dust is a book of poetry. It aims to uplift and inspire, as it speaks of love, peace, and … read more

Similar categories in Sherman Kennon's Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance book and Rudy Francisco's Helium (Button Poetry)

  • contemporary
"Each moment embrace or more so cherish. As gentle the wind blows,"

-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance

"Just as dust of a gentle breeze, quiet ascends of fallen leaves, upward to the skies. Still, we rise."

-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance

"Still I chase the wind and float as a gentle breeze up among the stars then descending as a bird down amidst the trees."

-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance

"Things are sometimes faded but they will always become clear, where there seems nothing but bad look closer, you’re sure to find good."

-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance

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Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz

3.86

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Sabrina Benaim

4.27

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Our Numbered Days

Neil Hilborn

4.24

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Rudy Francisco

4.29

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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

Jericho Brown , None , Chen Chen

4.26

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Melissa Lozada-Oliva

3.98

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