8 best-selling nonfiction books like 100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan

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100 Queer Poems

By: Mary Jean Chan

3.82

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Andrew McMillan and Mary Jean Chan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thril…

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1. Serious Concerns

By: Wendy Cope

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A collection of poems featuring works by Cope such as "Bloody Men", "Men and their Boring Arguments… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Cope's Serious Concerns book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well."

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave— They got quarters and I had a half. And that orange it made me so happy, As ordin…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

"Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You’r…"

-Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

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2. Feminine Gospels: Poems

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

A new collection of poems ranging over the experience of women--historical and imagined, real-life … read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's Feminine Gospels: Poems book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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3. The Bees

By: Carol Ann Duffy

4.04

Format: 9 pages, Hardcover

'The Bees' is a collection of poetry from the pen of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Weaving through… read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's The Bees book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • queer
  • lgbt

4. Come Close

By: Sappho

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

'Yes, we did many things, then - all Beautiful ...' Lyrical, powerful poems about love, sexuality, … read more

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5. Hold Your Own

By: Kae Tempest

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kate Tempest, winner of the Ted Hughes Prize for Brand New Ancients and widely regarded as the UK's… read more

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6. Physical

By: Andrew McMillan

4.11

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the 2015 Forward Prize for Best First Collection Raw and urgent, these poems are hy… read more

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7. Poems and Fragments

By: Sappho , Stanley Lombardo , Pamela Gordon

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Little remains today of the writings of the archaic Greek poet Sappho (fl. late 7th and early 6th c… read more

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8. Night Sky with Exit Wounds

By: Ocean Vuong

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more

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9. Lips Too Chilled

By: Matsuo Bashō , Lucien Stryk

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Nothing more lonely -' A selection of Basho's most magical haiku Introducing Little Black Classics… read more

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10. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

By: Travis Alabanza

4.38

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more

Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • transgender
  • lgbt
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11. C+nto and Othered Poems

By: Joelle Taylor

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2021. The female body is a political space. C+nto enters the priv… read more

Similar categories in Joelle Taylor's C+nto and Othered Poems book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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12. Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts

By: William Hussey

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com with Heart Jesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he'll r… read more

Similar categories in William Hussey's Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • contemporary
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of 100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan

13. 100 Queer Poems

By: Mary Jean Chan

3.82

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Andrew McMillan and Mary Jean Chan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer Poems, is a celebration of thril… read more

Similar categories in Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • lesbian
  • poetry
  • transgender
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • queer lit
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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14. Neon Roses

By: Rachel Dawson

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her co… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Dawson's Neon Roses book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • lesbian
  • contemporary
  • queer
  • lgbt
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15. Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency

By: Chen Chen

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

What happens when everything falls away, when those you call on in times of need are themselves cal… read more

Similar categories in Chen Chen's Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • poetry
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
"If we could communicate fully, there would be no need to communicate. If we could love perfectly, there would be no need to love. If we could finish grieving, there would be no need to live. If we co…"

-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency

"You climb back in bed & touch my face. You climb back in bed to touch my face. You wrap your arms around me & it’s like you’re the patron saint if touch as well as soft sunlight & soothed dogs. Or yo…"

-Chen Chen, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency

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16. A Short History of Queer Women

By: Kirsty Loehr

3.61

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Queer women have always existed – let’s put them back in the history books No, they weren’t ‘just … read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Loehr's A Short History of Queer Women book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • lesbian
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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17. Tongues of Fire

By: Seán Hewitt

4.23

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

A remarkable first collection by an important new poet In this collection, Seán Hewitt gives us … read more

Similar categories in Seán Hewitt's Tongues of Fire book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • poetry
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • queer lit
  • contemporary
  • queer
"I did not / realize how far I had walked you / into my life, until your hand let go." - "Epithalamium"

-Seán Hewitt, Tongues of Fire

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18. Sincerity

By: Carol Ann Duffy

3.70

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy returns with  Sincerity , her last full collection as Poet Laureate, … read more

Similar categories in Carol Ann Duffy's Sincerity book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • poetry
  • lgbt
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19. Limbic

By: Peter Scalpello

4.04

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Limbic is Peter Scalpello’s glittering ode to sex, intimacy, and queer discovery. Taking us on slip… read more

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  • poetry
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
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20. All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths

By: Jean Menzies

3.94

Format: 88 pages, None

For a period in time that gave us Sappho, and the love affair of Achilles and Patroclus, the Ancien… read more

Similar categories in Jean Menzies's All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths book and Mary Jean Chan's 100 Queer Poems

  • nonfiction
  • queer
  • lgbt
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21. Dress Rehearsals

By: Madison Godfrey

3.98

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir made of poetry, Dress Rehearsals documents a decade of performing womanhood in a non-binar… read more

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  • poetry
  • transgender
  • lgbt
  • nonfiction
  • queer

6 Best contemporary books like 100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan

Transform Your Habits

Feminine Gospels: Poems

Carol Ann Duffy

4.12

Transform Your Habits

The Bees

Carol Ann Duffy

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts

William Hussey

3.98

Transform Your Habits

100 Queer Poems

Mary Jean Chan

3.82

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26 best-selling fiction books like Broken Hearts & Zombie Parts by William Hussey

Transform Your Habits

HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

Josh Silver

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Boy Like Me

Simon James Green

4.55

Transform Your Habits

They Hate Each Other

Amanda Woody

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Catch Your Death

Ravena Guron

4.10

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