25 Best poetry books like Good Grief by Brianna M. Pastor

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Good Grief

By: Brianna M. Pastor

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An expanded edition with over forty brand-new poems of the bestselling poetry collection Good Grief…

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1. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

By: Ross Gay

4.25

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the se… read more

Similar categories in Ross Gay's Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"...the mistake I say is a gift don’t be afraid see what it teaches you..."

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"I swore when I got into this poem I would convert this sorrow into some kind of honey with the little musics I can sometimes make with these scribbled artifacts of our desolation."

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"Of course she’s dead: Tina was her name, of leukemia: so I heard— why else would I try sadly to make music of her unremarkable kindness? I am trying, I think, to forgive myself for something I don’t …"

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

"Don peered at me again with those sad eyes, or through me, or into me, the way my dead do sometimes, looking straight into their homes, which hopefully have flowers in a vase on a big wooden table, a…"

-Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

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2. Song

By: Brigit Pegeen Kelly

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1994 Lamont Poetry selection of The Academy of American Poets. "Kelly has a talent fo… read more

Similar categories in Brigit Pegeen Kelly's Song book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
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3. Grief Is for People

By: Sloane Crosley

3.91

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Following the death of her closest friend, Sloane Crosley explores multiple kinds of loss in this d… read more

Similar categories in Sloane Crosley's Grief Is for People book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"Grief is for people, not things."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Suicide is a tax on human consciousness."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"How will he know you loved him," she asks, "unless you try to destroy yourself?"

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

"Pictures should be of what you see, not of what the world sees when it sees you."

-Sloane Crosley, Grief Is for People

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4. Clarity & Connection

By: Yung Pueblo

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on un… read more

Similar categories in Yung Pueblo's Clarity & Connection book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"taking a moment to figure out how you really feel instead of letting old patterns decide for you is one of the most authentic things you can do"

-Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection

"the goal is not to heal and then begin your life the goal is to embrace healing as a life long journey and allow genuine connections to emerge organically along the way."

-Yung Pueblo, Clarity & Connection

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5. Velvet Dragonflies

By: Billy Chapata

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Embark on a gentle journey back to self with this wistful and inspiring collection of poetry from b… read more

Similar categories in Billy Chapata's Velvet Dragonflies book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
  • mental health
"oxymoron silence can be both healing and toxic, but never at the same time."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"i pray, that you never become so familiar with pain that you reject anything good that tries to find you."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"i see more than i say. . . do not mistake my gentleness for passiveness. the lack of words is not a lack of awareness."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"people come, and call it love. people stay, and call it love. people go, and call it love. but this is why you must become love, so that regardless of what they do or do not do, you still remain full."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

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6. Home

By: Whitney Hanson

4.21

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

Home is a poetical map in finding peace, identity, and direction through heartbreak. It imparts the… read more

Similar categories in Whitney Hanson's Home book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
  • mental health
"There are some people who are just meant to be a sunrise for you."

-Whitney Hanson, Home

"i know that right now you want to run to them but closed arms will not hold you and careless hearts will not heal you"

-Whitney Hanson, Home

"dear empathy, please stop telling me that it’s okay when they hurt me stop allowing me to accept the knife you see in their side is a reasonable excuse for them to put two in mine please stop introdu…"

-Whitney Hanson, Home

"i told you that you remind me of springtime and i didn’t lie i just forgot that seasons are temporary you can’t tell spring to stay the same way you can’t ask the sun not to set but sometimes i can c…"

-Whitney Hanson, Home

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7. To Be Honest

By: Nelle Starling

4.16

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

To Be Honest is a collection of poetry that celebrates all of the different feelings and emotions w… read more

Similar categories in Nelle Starling's To Be Honest book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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8. healing for no one but me

By: Jennae Cecelia

3.95

Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition

Best-selling poet of The Sun Will Rise and Will We, Jennae Cecelia brings you her tenth poetry book… read more

Similar categories in Jennae Cecelia's healing for no one but me book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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9. The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy)

By: Yung Pueblo

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most inspiring collection yet. In this thir… read more

Similar categories in Yung Pueblo's The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy) book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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10. My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

By: Rose Brik

4.26

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

"My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage" is the raw and emotionally charged debut poetry collection by … read more

Similar categories in Rose Brik's My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"when your mother is your first love, you can search to the ends of the earth and never find any love comparable. when your mother is your first heartbreak, no love will ever fill the void of feeling …"

-Rose Brik, My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

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11. There Is Room for All of You Here

By: Michaela Angemeer

3.80

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Fall into this collection of poetry and prose inspired by healing and being open to love again, per… read more

Similar categories in Michaela Angemeer's There Is Room for All of You Here book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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12. Remember Love: Words for Tender Times

By: Cleo Wade

4.42

Format: 211 pages, Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of Heart Talk , hailed as “the poet of her generation… read more

Similar categories in Cleo Wade's Remember Love: Words for Tender Times book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
  • mental health
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13. Good Grief

By: Brianna M. Pastor

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An expanded edition with over forty brand-new poems of the bestselling poetry collection Good Grief… read more

Similar categories in Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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14. As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve

By: J.S. Park

4.63

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permissio… read more

Similar categories in J.S. Park's As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"It wasn't until I sat with patient after patient, from emergency room to deathbed, that I saw what they saw: In their illness or injury, I saw a memory loss of the future. This is called intrapsychic…"

-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve

"She asks me, "How do you grieve someone you never met?" With each patient, I hear similar questions. It keeps emerging, this pulse. It presses in every room, leans on every shoulder, demands an answe…"

-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve

"Speeding through grief always has a cost. To bury somebody's supposed-to-be is also to bury a story that's untold. When you bury someone's story like that, it gets lodged in the ribcage, it gets radi…"

-J.S. Park, As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve

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15. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

Similar categories in Hala Alyan's The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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16. Girl Made of Glass

By: Shelby Leigh

3.98

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

If you think often about the past or battle with overthinking and self-esteem, girl made of glass i… read more

Similar categories in Shelby Leigh's Girl Made of Glass book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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17. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

By: Joy Sullivan

4.45

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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18. Wildful

By: Kengo Kurimoto

4.17

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Discover the magic of the wilderness in this breathtaking graphic novel reminiscent of The Secret G… read more

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19. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Chang's With My Back to the World: Poems book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • mental health
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20. Lavender Clouds

By: Bex Ollerton

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lavender Clouds is a collection of autobiographical comics about mental health, neurodiversity and … read more

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Lavender Clouds book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice  Wong

21. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more

Similar categories in Alice Wong's Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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22. Harmony

By: Whitney Hanson

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From TikTok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring the cadences of lo… read more

Similar categories in Whitney Hanson's Harmony book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"it is impossible to unlace my heartstrings from yours how do I untangle a connection authored by the stars?"

-Whitney Hanson, Harmony

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23. Magic Enuff: Poems

By: Tara M. Stringfellow

4.35

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Radiant poems that celebrate Black Southern womanhood and the many ways magic lives in the bonds be… read more

Similar categories in Tara M. Stringfellow's Magic Enuff: Poems book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
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24. Someone Somewhere Maybe

By: Sophie Diener

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For fans of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Amanda Lovelace, Someone Somewhere Maybe speaks to the joys a… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Diener's Someone Somewhere Maybe book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hello Grief: I'll Be Right with You by Alessandra Olanow

25. Hello Grief: I'll Be Right with You

By: Alessandra Olanow

4.12

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The author of the bestselling I Used to Have a Plan is back with more balm for the soul, offering a… read more

Similar categories in Alessandra Olanow's Hello Grief: I'll Be Right with You book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
  • mental health
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26. The Music Was Just Getting Good

By: Alicia Cook

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Some good things must come to an end, for new things to begin. Poet Alicia Cook explores this griev… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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27. The Rose That Blooms in the Night

By: Allie Michelle

3.89

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Without the sun, the rose that blooms in the night must learn to create light within herself and bl… read more

Similar categories in Allie Michelle's The Rose That Blooms in the Night book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
  • mental health
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28. Thriller

By: Heather Graham

3.43

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the title song of Michael Jackson’s iconic album, Thriller is New York Times and USA To… read more

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Cover of Between These Bones: A Collection of Poetry by Freya Sharp

29. Between These Bones: A Collection of Poetry

By: Freya Sharp

3.61

Format: 97 pages, Kindle Edition

between these bones i have many stories still waiting to be toldand one day i’ll set them free from… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Espresso Shots & Forget-Me-Nots: Selected Poems by Parker   Lee

30. Espresso Shots & Forget-Me-Nots: Selected Poems

By: Parker Lee

4.18

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

"some memories are too meaningful to let wither away.some memories are too bitter to be worth remem… read more

Similar categories in Parker Lee's Espresso Shots & Forget-Me-Nots: Selected Poems book and Brianna M. Pastor's Good Grief

  • poetry
Cover of The Span of a Small Forever: Poems by April Gibson

31. The Span of a Small Forever: Poems

By: April Gibson

4.07

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

With echoes of Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals and Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor, an extraor… read more

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  • poetry

22 must-read nonfiction books like Good Grief by Brianna M. Pastor

Transform Your Habits

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Ross Gay

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Clarity & Connection

Yung Pueblo

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Velvet Dragonflies

Billy Chapata

4.14

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21 best-selling poetry books like healing for no one but me by Jennae Cecelia

Transform Your Habits

She Was The Storm

Cherie Avritt

3.48

Transform Your Habits

Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

Melody Godfred

4.14

Transform Your Habits

2am thoughts

Makenzie Campbell

3.75

Transform Your Habits

To Be Honest

Nelle Starling

4.16

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