5 must-read poetry books like Slug by Hollie McNish

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Slug

By: Hollie McNish

4.51

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, …

If you liked the poetry plot in Slug by Hollie McNish , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. poyums

By: Len Pennie

4.58

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

And I have done more than just simply get by So much more than escape or survive Through the galv… read more

Similar categories in Len Pennie's poyums book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Soldier Sailor

By: Claire Kilroy

4.10

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Well, Sailor. Here we are once more, you and me in one another's arms. The Earth rotates beneath us… read more

Similar categories in Claire Kilroy's Soldier Sailor book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • feminism
  • audiobook
"I laughed and then we were doing that thing again, our thing: laughing into one another's eyes. All that time I had thought I was jollying you along when all that time you were jollying along me."

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I tell my husband about my childhood and he tells me about his but it isn't the same. We can never know each other as we were then. But I know you. I will see the child you were in the man you will b…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"Hated cling film. Hated it more than I hated kinetic sand. Defeated by something that lacked a third dimension. While I'd been off tinkering on the cerebral plane, the smart money has been mastering …"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

"I knelt down to pick up the hatchling to . . . . what? Give it back to its mother? Here is your dying chick? Just before I made contact with it, she dive-bombed me. The mother actually dive-bombed me…"

-Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

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3. I'm a Fan

By: Sheena Patel

3.32

Format: 207 pages, None

In I'm A Fan, a single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithfu… read more

Similar categories in Sheena Patel's I'm a Fan book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • feminism
  • adult
  • audiobook
"It is toxic. I am familiar"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"Happiness or safety. Or isn't that the same thing?"

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"I never came with him. I never felt safe enough to."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

"The world is made for couples. Even the unhappy ones."

-Sheena Patel, I'm a Fan

Cover of The Orange and Other Poems by Wendy Cope

4. The Orange and Other Poems

By: Wendy Cope

4.19

Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition

My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more

Similar categories in Wendy Cope's The Orange and Other Poems book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • poetry
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • adult
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5. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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6. MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery

By: Paloma Faith

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'The most raw, funny and liberating look at what it is to be a woman.' – FEARNE COTTON'Gritty, funn… read more

Similar categories in Paloma Faith's MILF: Motherhood, Identity, Love and F*ckery book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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7. Mongrel

By: Hanako Footman

4.38

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Mei loses her Japanese mother at age six. Growing up in suburban Surrey, she yearns to fit in, supp… read more

Similar categories in Hanako Footman's Mongrel book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • feminism
"Hold onto the things that you have forgotten. Let go of the things that you remember."

-Hanako Footman, Mongrel

Cover of Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict by Elizabeth Day

8. Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict

By: Elizabeth Day

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO FAIL‘Bravely revealing.’ Bernardine Evaristo‘Fu… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Day's Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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9. Weirdo

By: Sara Pascoe

3.28

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Tonight, Sophie is working at a pub, about to wrap cutlery, when she turns to find Chris ordering t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Weirdo book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • audiobook
Cover of Slug by Hollie McNish

10. Slug

By: Hollie McNish

4.51

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, … read more

Similar categories in Hollie McNish's Slug book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • poetry
  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Small Worlds

By: Caleb Azumah Nelson

4.32

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azu… read more

Similar categories in Caleb Azumah Nelson's Small Worlds book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • adult
  • audiobook
"Grief never ends, but we find a way to walk in the light someone has left behind, rather than living in pain's shadow."

-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds

"It's here, when I'm with her, I know that a world can be two people, occupying a space where we don't have to explain. Where we can feel beautiful. Where we might feel free."

-Caleb Azumah Nelson, Small Worlds

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12. What About Men?

By: Caitlin Moran

3.70

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you w… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Moran's What About Men? book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • feminism
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Finally I read 12 Rules for Life and there is some good stuff in it. Peterson’s step by step advice on how to properly argue with loved ones and come to an agreement that is satisfying to both is und…"

-Caitlin Moran, What About Men?

Cover of Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it by Michael Rosen

13. Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it

By: Michael Rosen

4.00

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In our lives, terrible things may happen. Michael Rosen has grieved the loss of a child, lived with… read more

Similar categories in Michael Rosen's Getting Better: Life lessons on going under, getting over it, and getting through it book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. brother. do. you. love. me.

By: Manni Coe

4.39

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

brother. do. you. love. me. is the story of two brothers and their extraordinary journey of resilie… read more

Similar categories in Manni Coe's brother. do. you. love. me. book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen

15. Boy Friends

By: Michael Pedersen

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest y… read more

Similar categories in Michael Pedersen's Boy Friends book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"Ever feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness - part chemical, part kismet. This is how I've felt about every friend I've fallen in love with …"

-Michael Pedersen, Boy Friends

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16. Wonderful

By: Harry Baker

4.75

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker's third collection celebrates what it is to be alive. Follow… read more

Similar categories in Harry Baker's Wonderful book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • poetry
Cover of The Silence In Between by Josie  Ferguson

17. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

Similar categories in Josie Ferguson's The Silence In Between book and Hollie McNish's Slug

"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

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18. How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker

By: Eve Smith

3.66

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

The author of How Was It for You? is a sex worker. Let’s call her ‘Eve’. Eve is someone’s partner. … read more

Similar categories in Eve Smith's How Was It for You?: Stories from a Sex Worker book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cat Prince: & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen

19. The Cat Prince: & Other Poems

By: Michael Pedersen

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

'Pedersen bends words like no-one else. There's a naughtiness, an innocence and surprising vulnerab… read more

Similar categories in Michael Pedersen's The Cat Prince: & Other Poems book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • poetry
Cover of Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous by Gillian Anderson

20. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous

By: Gillian Anderson

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you… read more

Similar categories in Gillian Anderson's Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • feminism
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Will I Ever Have Sex Again? by Sofie Hagen

21. Will I Ever Have Sex Again?

By: Sofie Hagen

4.05

Format: 9 pages, Audible Audio

Comedian Sofie Hagen has not had sex in 3,000 days (and counting). And it turns out, she's not the … read more

Similar categories in Sofie Hagen's Will I Ever Have Sex Again? book and Hollie McNish's Slug

  • biography
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

7 must-read adult books like Slug by Hollie McNish

Transform Your Habits

I'm a Fan

Sheena Patel

3.32

Transform Your Habits

The Orange and Other Poems

Wendy Cope

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Slug

Hollie McNish

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Small Worlds

Caleb Azumah Nelson

4.32

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10 Top audiobook books like poyums by Len Pennie

Transform Your Habits

poyums

Len Pennie

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Pity

Andrew McMillan

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Queen Macbeth

Val McDermid

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Let the Light Pour In

Lemn Sissay

3.67

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