14 must-read adult books like Love Poems for Anxious People by John Kenney

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Love Poems for Anxious People

By: John Kenney

3.56

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

In the spirit of his New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for Peo…

If you liked the adult plot in Love Poems for Anxious People by John Kenney , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

By: Courtney Peppernell , Rosy Bullot , None

3.82

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love and raw emotions. It… read more

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  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
"My heart is not in my body; it's lying under the castle you burned down."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"I had a dream that I was under my skin, lost and wandering around my body."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"Does art make sense to you? You are so brave an quiet; I think you would understand."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"Of all the tragedies on this earth, there is none more tragic than a person who cannot see their worth."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

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2. She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems

By: Caroline Kennedy

3.84

Format: None pages,

In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets t… read more

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  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Arabian Love Poems

By: نزار قباني , Bassam K. Frangieh , Clementina R. Brown

4.50

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

This translation of Nizar Kabbani's poetry is accompanied by the Arabic texts of the poems. It port… read more

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  • poetry
  • adult
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4. Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

By: Maya Angelou

4.00

Format: 199 pages,

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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5. For The Broken

By: Shenaia Lucas

3.50

Format: 296 pages,

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction

6. Who Was Frida Kahlo?

By: Sarah Fabiny , Jerry Hoare

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided h… read more

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7. The Princess Saves Herself in this One

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wish… read more

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8. Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I

By: R.H. Sin

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel is author R.H. Sin's first book of poetry. read more

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9. Dear Self,

By: Patience Tamarra

4.00

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

dear self, is a free-flowing collection of gentle reminders and loving affirmations centered around… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"choose you even when no one else does."

-Patience Tamarra, Dear Self,

"you will fall short at times and that's okay."

-Patience Tamarra, Dear Self,

"it is safe for you to be your authentic self."

-Patience Tamarra, Dear Self,

"you belong in every room you walk into period."

-Patience Tamarra, Dear Self,

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10. Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

By: Melody Godfred

4.14

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

In Self Love Poetry, Godfred explores concepts like authenticity, surrender, resilience, gratitude,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We make it look easy. (It wasn’t. It isn’t. It never will be.)"

-Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

"I didn’t realize how much I was carrying until I put it all down."

-Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

"When I started approving my own choices, guilt and shame became powerless over me."

-Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

"I finally found my rhythm when I realized that even the steps backward were part of the dance."

-Melody Godfred, Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

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11. Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts , Courtney Peppernell returns… read more

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  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"You shouldn't lose sleep over somebody any more than they should lose sleep over you. But you do, we all do. And we call this love."

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"I know life isn't always about bright colors and fireworks. Sometimes the colors aren't always clear, and our days get so hard they hurt. But settle down with me, hold my hand, let me kiss you. All I…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will read things…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"There is great freedom in only having yourself. Not having to worry about supporting anyone else, not having to think or make choices with anyone else in mind. But there is still an ache, some days d…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

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12. The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.68

Format: 210 pages, ebook

Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author Amanda Lovelace presents the m… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3) book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"at this point, staying with you is nothing more than muscle memory."

-Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

"When our villains win, do not fret, just rewrite the story. - mother knows best II"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

"becoming your own savior sometimes means knowing when you need to ask for help. - therapy session no. 1"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3)

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13. The Theft of America’s Soul: Blowing the Lid Off the Lies That Are Destroying Our Country

By: Phil Robertson

4.57

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

It's time to take back what the devil has stolen and bring God back into our culture. Phil Robertso… read more

Similar categories in Phil Robertson's The Theft of America’s Soul: Blowing the Lid Off the Lies That Are Destroying Our Country book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2) book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
" -call us alexandria "

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"Confiança não é egocentrismo"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"Fuck the idea of staying calm."

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"i am the girl with the arsonist heart"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

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15. 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

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  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"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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16. The Sun Will Rise and So Will We

By: Jennae Cecelia

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of poems written for YOU as a reminder that better days are ahead and there is still s… read more

Similar categories in Jennae Cecelia's The Sun Will Rise and So Will We book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • self help
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17. 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 John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.86

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Tiptoe past the dogs of the apocalypse asleep in the shade of your future. Pay at the window. You’ll be surprised: you can pass off hope like a bad check. You still have time, that’s the thing. To ma…"

-Barbara Kingsolver, How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons

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19. Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself."amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1) book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
"when you spend all your time imagining yourself in other people's shoes, your own story goes unwritten, & there is nothing more painful than that."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"here is nothing unfeminist about the girl who chooses the ball gown & the prince. there is everything unfeminist about those who try to shame her for her choices."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"inside the cramped fitting room, she slips into dress after dress as if she´s trying to slip into someone else´s life. - much to her dismay, her reflection stays the same."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"if he doesn’t think you’re absolutely stunning at your dirty sweats & grass-stained feet, then he sure as hell doesn’t deserve you at your fancy dress & uncomfortable heels."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

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20. Love Poems for Anxious People

By: John Kenney

3.56

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

In the spirit of his New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for Peo… read more

Similar categories in John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • memoir
  • humor
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • self help
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21. you are safe here.

By: AVA.

4.06

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

for soft souls. for hurting. for healing. for souls becoming. for anyone who loves too deeply and l… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"i am changing and i am loving change."

-AVA., you are safe here.

"i act harder than i am. i am softer than i look."

-AVA., you are safe here.

"we get brave. we move. we believe. we keep going."

-AVA., you are safe here.

"love yourself first, and you will always be in love."

-AVA., you are safe here.

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22. be the blooming flower

By: Freya Ede

3.60

Format: 116 pages, ebook

a poetry book through the journey through the struggles of mental health, trauma, and finding yours… read more

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  • poetry
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23. Corte & Costura: As Maiores Fofocas da Nossa Realeza

By: Márcia Gil Pedroso

4.07

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Quem foi o maior traidor de Portugal? Que rei teve mais filhos bastardos? Qual foi o maior chalup… read more

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24. Flowers on the Moon

By: Billy Chapata

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Social media sensation Billy Chapata shares insight and advice into the powerful world of love, hea… read more

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  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • self help
"darling, if you have to convince them of your worthiness, they might not be worth holding on to. poison comes in shiny bottles too."

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"darling, you don't have to be seen to be worthy. you are still whole without their acknowledgment. you will still breathe without their surveillance. you still exist."

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"as my relationships with others change, my relationship with myself evolves too. at times i can’t get enough of myself, and at other times i need a hiatus from me. at times i understand myself, and a…"

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"your journey will scare some people. the steps that you take will intimidate others, and the paths that you take will confuse some. people are afraid of things they can’t control, and when they reali…"

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

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25. Chameleon Aura

By: Billy Chapata

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Zimbabwean poet Billy Chapata provides a thought-provoking take on the universal experiences of lov… read more

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  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"your awareness opened me, but your overanalyzing closed me."

-Billy Chapata, Chameleon Aura

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26. When the World Didn't End

By: Caroline Kaufman

3.91

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Teen Instagram sensation and author of Light Filters In @poeticpoison returns with a second collect… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Kaufman's When the World Didn't End book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am a book with the pages all worn. the cover is tearing, the ink is fading, but I swear I'm worth the read."

-Caroline Kaufman, When the World Didn't End

"well, you made it. you survived. the unbearable weight suddenly lifted. the endless night broke into dawn. the uphill battle led you to a peak, and now you stand tall at the summit. so what now? what…"

-Caroline Kaufman, When the World Didn't End

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27. Coffee Days Whiskey Nights

By: Cyrus Parker

3.89

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

coffee days, whiskey nights is a collection of poetry, prose, and aphorisms that juxtaposes the hop… read more

Similar categories in Cyrus Parker's Coffee Days Whiskey Nights book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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28. Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

By: Alice Walker

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy wo… read more

Similar categories in Alice Walker's Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hope is a woman who has lost her fear."

-Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

"Repelled by cruelty let us ban it from our hearts."

-Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

"And when they spy on us let them discover us loving"

-Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

"Be what they do not want: Be thoughtful. Be skilled at loving. Be of good heart. Be of the world tribe."

-Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

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29. LVOE. Volume II

By: Atticus Poetry

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the highly anticipated follow-up to last year’s Poems, Epigrams & Aphorisms , three-time New Yo… read more

Similar categories in Atticus Poetry's LVOE. Volume II book and John Kenney's Love Poems for Anxious People

  • poetry
"The greatest secret of love is that the more vulnerable we become the safer we will be."

-Atticus Poetry, LVOE. Volume II

"The greatest mistake in love is to expect our partners to be everything for us that we are not."

-Atticus Poetry, LVOE. Volume II

"She was my muse. an endless fountain of beautiful colors and words— and all she ever did was exist as so effortlessly herself."

-Atticus Poetry, LVOE. Volume II

"Her life was a tapestry woven together with stories of joy and sadness moments of pain but also hope— and within those threads of life she created herself in every stitch of colored string."

-Atticus Poetry, LVOE. Volume II

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30. We Hope This Reaches You in Time

By: R.H. Sin

3.91

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Ideas, poetry and prose from Best Selling Authors Samantha King Holmes & r.h. Sin. read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Settling is the enemy of true love."

-R.H. Sin, We Hope This Reaches You in Time

"You will be someone's best thing, but until then, be the best for yourself."

-R.H. Sin, We Hope This Reaches You in Time

"I will minimize your place in my life till your absence is no longer an issue."

-R.H. Sin, We Hope This Reaches You in Time

"Real friendship is a bond that survives in a world where most things will end."

-R.H. Sin, We Hope This Reaches You in Time

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31. I Really Needed This Today: Words to Live By

By: Hoda Kotb

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From New York Times bestselling author and beloved Today s… read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

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