10 must-read poetry books like Echidna by Essa May Ranapiri

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Echidna

By: Essa May Ranapiri

4.48

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Echidna is a dangerous animal; she pokes holes in men just to remind them what kind of monster she…

If you liked the poetry plot in Echidna by Essa May Ranapiri , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. Cousins

By: Patricia Grace

4.22

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Mata, Makareta, and Missy, three Maori cousins, once shared a magical childhood moment. They have s… read more

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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
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3. Hera Lindsay Bird

By: Hera Lindsay Bird

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

this impressive debut has established Hera Lindsay Bird as a good girl.........with many beneficial… read more

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  • poetry

4. Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

By: Jeff Chu

4.06

Format: 663 pages, Hardcover

Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in Americais part memoir … read more

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5. The Bone People

By: Keri Hulme

3.51

Format: None pages,

In a tower on the New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes, part Maori, part European, an artist estran… read more

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6. The Halfmen of O (The O Trilogy, #1)

By: Maurice Gee

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

When Nick Quinn goes to spend a couple of weeks on his uncle's farm at Lodestone Creek, he expects … read more

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7. There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir

By: Emma Espiner

4.31

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

“I don’t know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking abo… read more

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8. How to Loiter in a Turf War

By: Coco Solid

4.23

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa’s fiercest and most versatile… read more

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  • poetry
"She gives him a hurled brick wrapped up in a smile"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

"Māoridom in Aotearoa dictates that we generate prestige from manaakitanga. It is the connection and hospitality we express for those in our care but also to show all that they are our equal, they too…"

-Coco Solid, How to Loiter in a Turf War

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9. Bellies

By: Nicola Dinan

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming.It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out wit… read more

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  • transgender
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10. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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11. Straight Up

By: Ruby Tui

4.38

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable child… read more

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"True leadership is the opposite of individualism, the opposite of one person standing above the rest. It's an encompassing, inclusive thing. I never liked the top-down way of leading. Even if I've be…"

-Ruby Tui, Straight Up

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12. Greta & Valdin

By: Rebecca K. Reilly

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An irresistible and bighearted international bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they n… read more

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"I wonder what plant I would be, if I were a plant. Maybe something with big leaves that droop sulkily if not provided with the exact right amount of water and light."

-Rebecca K. Reilly, Greta & Valdin

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13. Amma

By: Saraid de Silva

4.45

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Three generations. Three continents. Three sexualities. 1951. Singapore. Ten-year-old Josep… read more

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14. Flowerheart

By: Catherine Bakewell

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poiso… read more

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"The goal was not to subdue one's anger or shame, but rather to embrace it. Control was not the objective; freedom was. (Chapter 16, page 220)"

-Catherine Bakewell, Flowerheart

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15. Isaac and the Egg

By: Bobby Palmer

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Heartbreaking and heart-stealing, this bestselling modern-day fable is an unforgettable novel about… read more

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16. Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised

By: Alice Te Punga Somerville

4.51

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

A first book of poetry from acclaimed Maori writer and scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville. read more

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  • poetry
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17. The Bone Tree

By: Airana Ngarewa

3.71

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more

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18. Queen K

By: Sarah Thomas

3.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

On a balmy evening in late March, Kata hosts a party on her husband's superyacht. Tables cover the … read more

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19. Tauhou

By: Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities b… read more

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  • poetry
"Each no-dig hāngi we make in the oven with cabbage leaves sutures a different part of me back together. Every time we collect and cook something together with love and joy makes up for every time I a…"

-Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou

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20. The Greatest Thing

By: Sarah Winifred Searle

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more

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21. Closer Baby Closer

By: Savannah Brown

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In this dazzling third collection, poet Savannah Brown holds a magnifying glass to modern intimacy … read more

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  • poetry
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22. This All Come Back Now

By: Mykaela Saunders

4.08

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction – written, cu… read more

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23. Kurangaituku

By: Whiti Hereaka

4.34

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Kurangaituku is the story of Hatupatu told from the perspective of the traditional ‘monster’, Kuran… read more

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"The lives I have consumed are countless. The lives you can live within stories are endless. Through story, I gift you my sight. I let you see this world as I see it."

-Whiti Hereaka, Kurangaituku

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24. Super Model Minority

By: Chris Tse

4.25

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A spirited and confronting new poetry collection from one of New Zealand’s most notable voices. read more

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  • poetry
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25. Echidna

By: Essa May Ranapiri

4.48

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Echidna is a dangerous animal; she pokes holes in men just to remind them what kind of monster she… read more

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  • poetry
  • transgender
Cover of Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts, #87) by Alice Te Punga Somerville

26. Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts, #87)

By: Alice Te Punga Somerville

4.49

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook, No. 29: With a Non-argument … read more

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27. He's So Masc

By: Chris Tse

4.37

Format: 92 pages, ebook

This is my blood oath with myself: the onlydead Chinese person I'll write about from now onis me. '… read more

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  • poetry
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28. Dream Girl

By: Joy Holley

4.44

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Alice wants a heart-shaped bed. Mary, Genevieve and Angelica want to know the future. June says she… read more

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29. Kōhine

By: Colleen Maria Lenihan

4.02

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Tokyo is a humming backdrop to an array of outsiders: a young woman arrives to work as a stripper, … read more

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30. How to be a Bad Muslim

By: Mohamed Hassan

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Funny, elegiac and chilling, these essays from award-winning New Zealand writer Mohamed Hassan blen… read more

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31. Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick

By: Courtney Sina Meredith

4.27

Format: 70 pages, Hardcover

Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick is a collection of poetry by Courtney Sina Meredith. Meredith ha… read more

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  • poetry

15 must-read fiction books like How to Loiter in a Turf War by Coco Solid

Transform Your Habits

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

4.06

Transform Your Habits

How to Loiter in a Turf War

Coco Solid

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Lioness

Emily Perkins

3.43

Transform Your Habits

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Josie Shapiro

4.21

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