15 Best nonfiction books like The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy by James Crews

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The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

By: James Crews

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An Indie Poetry Bestseller and Nautilus Award Winner! Crews, a fine poet and teacher, appears to h…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy by James Crews , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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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 James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • 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. The Cut Flower Garden

By: Erin Benzakein , Michele M. Waite , None

4.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Erin Benzakein's The Cut Flower Garden book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • adult
  • nonfiction
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3. Good Bones

By: Maggie Smith

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Poems written out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by the poet watching her own children t… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Smith's Good Bones book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • nonfiction

4. The Rain in Portugal: New Poems

By: Billy Collins

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering nearly f… read more

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5. Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul

By: Melody Beattie

4.23

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

"Melody Beattie gives you the tools to discover the magnificence and splendor of your being." -Deep… read more

Similar categories in Melody Beattie's Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

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6. 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

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Somehow: Thoughts on Love book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • nonfiction
"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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7. Musical Tables: Poems

By: Billy Collins

3.79

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A collection of more than 125 small poems, all of them new, each a thought or observation compresse… read more

Similar categories in Billy Collins's Musical Tables: Poems book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
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8. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

By: Bianca Bosker

4.16

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

The author of Cork Dork takes readers on another fascinating, hilarious, and revelatory journey—thi… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Bosker's Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • nonfiction
"Art Lovers pitied me: They said I lacked "Visual literacy", which they swore was downright dangerous in a world so saturated with pictures."

-Bianca Bosker, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See

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9. Goldenrod: Poems

By: Maggie Smith

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning poet and bestselling author of Keep Moving and Good Bones, a stunning poetry… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Smith's Goldenrod: Poems book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
"I am offering the only thing I have. I am holding out my hand, feeding myself to the hungry future."

-Maggie Smith, Goldenrod: Poems

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10. Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World

By: Pádraig Ó Tuama

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On Being Studios, Poetry Unbound offers imme… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Ó Tuama's Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
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11. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

By: Sarah Bessey

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bessey's Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • nonfiction
"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"

-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith

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12. 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

Similar categories in Barbara Kingsolver's How to Fly in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
"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

Cover of You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limon

13. 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

Similar categories in Ada Limon's You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
Cover of Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things by Kelly Williams Brown

14. Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things

By: Kelly Williams Brown

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of Adulting comes a story about how to make something wh… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Williams Brown's Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • nonfiction
Cover of Instructions for Traveling West: Poems by Joy Sullivan

15. 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

Similar categories in Joy Sullivan's Instructions for Traveling West: Poems book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bonfire Opera: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) by Danusha Laméris

16. Bonfire Opera: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)

By: Danusha Laméris

4.59

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Winner, 2021 Northern California Book Award Finalist, 2021 Patterson Poetry Prize Sometimes the m… read more

Similar categories in Danusha Laméris's Bonfire Opera: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
Cover of The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy by James Crews

17. The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

By: James Crews

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An Indie Poetry Bestseller and Nautilus Award Winner! Crews, a fine poet and teacher, appears to h… read more

Similar categories in James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • anthologies
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18. Poetry of Presence II: More Mindfulness Poems

By: Phyllis Cole-Dai

4.57

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

This follow-up volume to the immensely popular Poetry of Presence presents a feast of mindfulness p… read more

Similar categories in Phyllis Cole-Dai's Poetry of Presence II: More Mindfulness Poems book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry
Cover of Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) by Juneau Black

19. Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5)

By: Juneau Black

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A unique take on dark academia, featuring everyone's favorite vulpine sleuth, Vera Vixen. It's lat… read more

Similar categories in Juneau Black's Summers End (A Shady Hollow Mystery, #5) book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • adult
Cover of ADHD Explained: Your Tool Kit to Understanding and Thriving by Edward M. Hallowell

20. ADHD Explained: Your Tool Kit to Understanding and Thriving

By: Edward M. Hallowell

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A NYT best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly d… read more

Similar categories in Edward M. Hallowell's ADHD Explained: Your Tool Kit to Understanding and Thriving book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • nonfiction
Cover of Bright Poems for Dark Days: An Anthology for Hope by Julie Sutherland

21. Bright Poems for Dark Days: An Anthology for Hope

By: Julie Sutherland

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

This book of joyous and uplifting verse is a welcome beacon of hope and happiness in difficult and … read more

Similar categories in Julie Sutherland's Bright Poems for Dark Days: An Anthology for Hope book and James Crews's The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy

  • poetry

9 best-selling adult books like The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy by James Crews

Transform Your Habits

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Ross Gay

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Cut Flower Garden

Erin Benzakein , Michele M. Waite , None

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Musical Tables: Poems

Billy Collins

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Goldenrod: Poems

Maggie Smith

3.94

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13 Top poetry books like Poetry of Presence II: More Mindfulness Poems by Phyllis Cole-Dai

Transform Your Habits

Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems

Phyllis Cole , Ruby R. Wilson , Phyllis Cole-Dai

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy

John Brehm

4.06

Transform Your Habits

The Hurting Kind: Poems

Ada Limon

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

4.16

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