Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across
By: Mary Lambert
3.95
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked …
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1. peluda
By: Melissa Lozada-Oliva
3.98
Format: 392 pages,
One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada-Oliva has captivated c… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- nonfiction
2. No Matter the Wreckage
By: Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry … read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- nonfiction
3. Howl
By: Allen Ginsberg , Eric Drooker
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
Now a Major Motion Picture First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" is a prophetic masterp… read more
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- poetry
4. Depression & Other Magic Tricks
By: Sabrina Benaim
4.27
Format: 359 pages,
Depression & Other Magic Tricksis the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performa… read more
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- mental illness
- poetry
- nonfiction
- mental health
5. Mules of Love
By: Ellen Bass
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Balancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass's Mules of Lovei… read more
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- poetry
- queer
- lgbt
6. The Madness Vase: By Andrea Gibson
By: Andrea Gibson
3.91
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Andrea Gibson's second book of poems, TITLE, offers a breathtaking continuation of the poet's most … read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
7. Our Numbered Days
By: Neil Hilborn
4.24
Format: 212 pages,
In 2013, Neil Hilborn's performance of his poem "OCD" went viral. To date, it has been watched over… read more
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- mental illness
- poetry
- nonfiction
- mental health
8. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
By: John Ashbery
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
John Ashberry won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle… read more
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9. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By: Susan Jeffers , Robert Frost
3.36
Format: None pages,
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10. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
4.00
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..." Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who… read more
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11. Swimming Lessons: Poems
By: Lili Reinhart
3.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental he… read more
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- poetry
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I think you might be the death of me. And its as if I'm running at full speed towards my grave."-Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems
"This is how I know I love you so much. Whenever I see something beautiful, I want you to see it, too."-Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems
"I stopped taking photos of sunsets a long time ago. I can never capture its colours. The same goes for you."-Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems
"Život nije savršena pozornica. Naposljetku ćeš čeznuti za trenutcima koji su ti bili pred nosom jer nisi u stanju vidjeti da nešto obično može biti iznimno."-Lili Reinhart, Swimming Lessons: Poems
12. Light Filters in: Poems
By: Caroline Kaufman
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short… read more
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- mental illness
- poetry
- audiobook
- mental health
"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"how to stop the thoughts how to stop the sadness how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy"-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"Be grateful that Time will heal the wounds but Leave the scars. How else will you Remember all that You've survived?"-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
13. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
By: Kate Baer
4.28
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
14. Helium (Button Poetry)
By: Rudy Francisco
4.29
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist Helium is the debut poetry collection by … read more
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
"The word “repurpose"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"I held you the way a boat holds water."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"Loving you was the last thing I felt really good at."-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
"you wouldn't let me love both of us at the same time"-Rudy Francisco, Helium (Button Poetry)
15. 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
- 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
16. it was never going to be okay
By: jaye simpson
4.35
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
"Sovereignty, vulnerability, honesty." — Ms. Magazine it was never going to be okay is a collection… read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
17. Brute: Poems
By: Emily Skaja
4.03
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Selected by Joy Harjo as the winner of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets Emi… read more
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- poetry
- feminism
- lgbt
- queer
"unfull but full of loathing"-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems
"I know what to do with the dark."-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems
"Hello you are a vessel of vessels."-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems
"Blue river nameless, sky blank, pointless"-Emily Skaja, Brute: Poems
18. This Wound Is a World
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.49
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
Part manifesto, part memoir, This Wound is a World is an invitation to “cut a hole in the sky to wo… read more
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- poetry
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
". . . if i am somehow, miraculously, bodied then/ my skin is a collage of meditations on love and shattered selves."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound Is a World
"when love looks into the rubble of heartbreak he sees his kookum standing there and he thinks about how she made old worlds feel livable again and about how those who died already never forget what i…"-Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound Is a World
19. You Better Be Lightning
By: Andrea Gibson
4.63
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning
20. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
By: Madisen Kuhn
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular … read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- memoir
- lgbt
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
"it's amazing how music can do that: make life feel so much more real."-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"i swear you always knew me better than i knew myself. you saw me in ways i didn't know how to see myself yet."-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"it's easy to look back and romanticize the bits of time when you were first getting to know someone. both of you were looking at each other the same way you have to look at the sun when it's in the m…"-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"right now, i feel i am someone who is cold, insecure, nervous, idle. i am not the person i dream of being. i want to be warm and joyful, like i used to be before i decided i was too fucked up. i crav…"-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
21. Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across
By: Mary Lambert
3.95
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked … read more
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- lesbian
- poetry
- audiobook
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- queer
22. If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)
By: Blythe Baird
4.36
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Blythe Baird's If My Body Could Speak is a celebration of girlhood and all of its struggles and tri… read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- feminism
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- queer
"Remember: you did the best you could in the situation you were in with the materials you had."-Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)
"Even though trauma has a way of becoming the wallpaper of my head, watch me drag the art out of my suffering. Watch me plant seeds down my spine and bloom into a garden of poetry from every horrible …"-Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak (Button Poetry)
23. Life of the Party
By: Olivia Gatwood
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalize… read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Some things are more a feeling than they are a memory."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"The truth is: It is a privilege to have your body looked for."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"You must know the width of the knife and how it ruined you, name the organs it kissed."-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
"I want to know what it means to survive something. does it just mean I get to keep my body?"-Olivia Gatwood, Life of the Party
24. 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
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- audiobook
- poetry
- nonfiction
- mental health
25. The Z Word
By: Lindsay King-Miller
3.48
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
“Sexy, scathing, delightful, and intimately devastating.”—Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- queer
26. 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
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- poetry
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"it is impossible to unlace my heartstrings from yours how do I untangle a connection authored by the stars?"-Whitney Hanson, Harmony
27. 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
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- poetry
- lgbt
- mental health
- mental illness
- 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
28. You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead (Morgan Harper Nichols Poetry Collection)
By: Morgan Harper Nichols
4.18
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. This ill… read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- nonfiction
- mental health
29. Nothing Is Okay
By: Rachel Wiley
4.16
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Nothing is Okay is the second full-length collection by Rachel Wiley, whose work simultaneously dec… read more
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- poetry
- lgbt
- feminism
- mental health
- nonfiction
- queer
30. When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)
By: Jasmin Kaur
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Rupi Kaur and Elizabeth Acevedo, Jasmin Kaur’s stunning debut novel is a collec… read more
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- audiobook
- poetry
- feminism
- mental health
"do you remember the night i left all my tears on your skin?"-Jasmin Kaur, When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)
"dear mom i know you worry about the way i worry i know there are walls in placewhere rivers want to flow i know it feels like there is a clenched fist beating beneath your chest sometimes but i can h…"-Jasmin Kaur, When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)
31. Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
By: Sherman Kennon
4.35
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Whisk Of Dust is a book of poetry. It aims to uplift and inspire, as it speaks of love, peace, and … read more
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"Each moment embrace or more so cherish. As gentle the wind blows,"-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
"Just as dust of a gentle breeze, quiet ascends of fallen leaves, upward to the skies. Still, we rise."-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
"Still I chase the wind and float as a gentle breeze up among the stars then descending as a bird down amidst the trees."-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
"Things are sometimes faded but they will always become clear, where there seems nothing but bad look closer, you’re sure to find good."-Sherman Kennon, Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
