5 Best poetry books like Year in Practice by Jacqueline Suskin

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Year in Practice

By: Jacqueline Suskin

3.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“If you’re looking to get still, turn inward, and learn to trust your voice, this is the book for y…

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1. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

By: David Brooks

3.87

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author … read more

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"Learning was a by-product of her search for pleasure"

-David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

"We are primarily the products of thinking that happens below the level of awareness."

-David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

"Flourishing depends on unconscious skills that serve as a pre-requisite for conscious accomplishments."

-David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

"Women, in general, are less visually aroused than men, a trait that has nearly cut the market for pornography in half."

-David Brooks, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

2. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials, #5)

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Jason DeAntonis

4.67

Format: 523 pages, Paperback

How to Relaxis part of The Mindfulness Essentialsseries of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat H… read more

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3. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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5. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

By: Elise Loehnen

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of the ancient rules women unwittingly follow in order to be considere… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
"When you don't stop, you don't have to feel."

-Elise Loehnen, On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

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6. Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

By: Suzanne Scanlon

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad—and doing both at once.   When Su… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Only in retrospect might I say I loved it there. I didn't love it. It became familiar. I got used to it. I became dependent upon it. This is not love."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"I became a writer because I believe in that part of me who is not limited by age or gender or time or disability - yet still I am afraid to say it. Yes, I was ill."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"I myself have internalized the self-loathing that at times can make me feel ashamed to be writing this book. But I also believe that, as my heroes have shown me, this is where a writer must go."

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

"What if, instead of being diagnosed—being called mentally ill—what if I had been able to receive care for its own sake. To be in distress, to ask for care, to receive it. What if there were space in …"

-Suzanne Scanlon, Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen

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7. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

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8. Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

3.77

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more

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9. The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center

By: Rhaina Cohen

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Why do we place romantic partnership on a pedestal? What do we lose when we expect one person to me… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
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10. My Side of the River

By: Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and wh… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris

By: Glynnis MacNicol

3.59

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When you’re a woman smack in so-called “middle age” you are not promised anything at all other than… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. 1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

By: Jami Attenberg

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg’s wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer’s gui… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • writing
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13. Fi: A Memoir of My Son

By: Alexandra Fuller

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more

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  • nonfiction
"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"

-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son

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14. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

By: Sharon Blackie

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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15. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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16. Floating Hotel

By: Grace Curtis

3.70

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery … read more

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17. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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18. Year in Practice

By: Jacqueline Suskin

3.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“If you’re looking to get still, turn inward, and learn to trust your voice, this is the book for y… read more

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  • poetry
  • personal development
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • writing
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19. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

By: Andrew Leland

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The problem arises, as [Adrienne] Asch observed, when "a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole." Disabled people, like African Americans or any other marginalized grou…"

-Andrew Leland, The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

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20. Cacophony of Bone

By: Kerri ní Dochartaigh

3.88

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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21. Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!

By: Sasha Hamdani

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Destress, find your community, and practice self-love with these 100+ exercises to reinforce ADHD a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • personal development
"People with ADHD have an unbridled sense of urgency about everything, because if it isn't tackled immediately, it is likely to be forgotten or lost. Instead of being able to prioritize based on impor…"

-Sasha Hamdani, Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!

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22. Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

By: Brent Underwood

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned… read more

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  • nonfiction
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23. Consent: A Memoir

By: Jill Ciment

3.96

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

In this unflinching account of the ardent love affair between the author and her painting teacher, … read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Liars

By: Sarah Manguso

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A searing novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars out of us… read more

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"I was in charge of everything and in control of nothing."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

"I needed my suffering to be acknowledged. After that, maybe I’d think about getting through it."

-Sarah Manguso, Liars

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25. Decolonizing Wellness

By: Dalia Kinsey

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Become the healthiest and happiest version of yourself using wellness tools designed specifically f… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Your existence is a testament to the body wisdom of your ancestors."

-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness

"It is entirely possible (but not mandatory) to say no with love in your heart."

-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness

"Nurturing yourself protects your peace and energy. Self-love is a survival skill, not a luxury for the privileged."

-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness

"Eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortably satisfied is selfcare as much as taking a day off from the gym when you are physically exhausted."

-Dalia Kinsey, Decolonizing Wellness

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26. The Space That Keeps You: When Home Becomes a Love Story

By: Jeremiah Brent

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Interior designer and television host Jeremiah Brent explores the emotional meaning of home in this… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. My Life After Life: A Posthumous Memoir

By: Galen Stoller

4.14

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Galen Stoller never saw the train that forced him, in December 2007, into another … read more

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  • spirituality
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28. The Asking: New and Selected Poems

By: Jane Hirshfield

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited new and selected collection by the author of “some of the most important poetry in… read more

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  • poetry
"Stone did not become apple. War did not become peace. Yet joy still stays joy. Sequins stay sequins. Words still bespangle, bewilder."

-Jane Hirshfield, The Asking: New and Selected Poems

"The world asks, as it asks daily: And what can you make, can you do, to change my deep-broken, fractured? I count, this first day of another year, what remains. I have a mountain, a kitchen, two hand…"

-Jane Hirshfield, The Asking: New and Selected Poems

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29. Practices for Embodied Living

By: Hillary L. McBride

4.25

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In The Wisdom of Your Body , clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride exp… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community by Camille Sapara Barton

30. Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community

By: Camille Sapara Barton

4.40

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonize… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I sense that learning to be with my grief will be a lifelong process of repatterning old ways of being and consciously practicing what I would like to embody."

-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community

"We need to feel. To slow down and sense what is happening. To grieve and understand what has been lost so that we can begin to assess how to move in a different direction, not simply repeat the behav…"

-Camille Sapara Barton, Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community

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31. All the Honey

By: Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

4.56

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

In All the Honey, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer holds both fine, honest sensuality and slow exploratio… read more

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  • poetry

23 Best nonfiction books like Year in Practice by Jacqueline Suskin

Transform Your Habits

The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

David Brooks

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

Transform Your Habits

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

3.80

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20 must-read nonfiction books like The Space That Keeps You: When Home Becomes a Love Story by Jeremiah Brent

Transform Your Habits

Books Make a Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books

Damian Thompson

3.74

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Heirloom Rooms: Soulful Stories of Home

Erin Napier

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Minimalista: Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Home, Wardrobe, and Life

Shira Gill

4.16

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