5 best-selling poetry books like Poems for Palestine by Maher Massis

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Poems for Palestine

By: Maher Massis

4.48

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

An anthology of poems dedicated to the people of Palestine and their long struggle for freedom "Poe…

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1. Ariel

By: Sylvia Plath

4.19

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Sylvia Plath's celebrated collection. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolifi… read more

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"I do not fear it: I have been there."

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"I could not run without having to run forever"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

"Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue"

-Sylvia Plath, Ariel

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2. Orientalism

By: None , Edward W. Said

4.12

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more

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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."

-None, Orientalism

"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."

-None, Orientalism

"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."

-None, Orientalism

"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."

-None, Orientalism

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3. The Wretched of the Earth

By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha

4.32

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more

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"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."

-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth

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4. If Beale Street Could Talk

By: James Baldwin

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the fa… read more

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5. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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6. Even this Page is White

By: Vivek Shraya

3.67

Format: None pages,

Vivek's debut collection of poetry is a bold and timely interrogation of skin: its origins, functio… read more

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7. Why I Write

By: George Orwell

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unp… read more

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8. Night Sky with Exit Wounds

By: Ocean Vuong

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more

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9. A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

By: Marie Brennan

3.84

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the s… read more

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"I have often found this to be true since, that matters which seem terribly important in the early days of such a journey (what will people back home say?) fade into triviality with the passage of tim…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than you can imagine, and the sky a glory that puts to shame the most splendid jewels…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"... I think that was the moment at which I realised I was truly leaving. This is something the gentlemen readers of this memoir may not understand, but the ladies will know it all too well. If they a…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

"It’s—it’s as if there is a dragon inside me. I don’t know how big she is; she may still be growing. But she has wings, and strength, and—and I can’t keep her in a cage. She’ll die. I’ll die. I know i…"

-Marie Brennan, A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)

10. And Still I Rise

By: Maya Angelou

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this inspiring poem, Maya Angelou celebrates the courage of the human spirit over the harshest o… read more

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11. A Living Remedy: A Memoir

By: Nicole Chung

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more

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"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"

-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir

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12. The Baker and the Bard

By: Fern Haught

3.62

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy tale of friendship, determination, a… read more

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13. SPY×FAMILY 7

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.38

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

黄昏は標的・デズモンドと次男・ダミアンの親子の時間に割り込む形で、ついにデズモンドとの初接触を果たす!! 腹の内を見せない標的に対し、会話の中で人となりを探ろうとする黄昏だが…!? read more

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14. Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things , bestselling & award-winn… read more

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"but she was wearing a short skirt."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"everyone loves a strong woman until that woman no longer tolerates their bullshit. —the age-old proverb."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"some days i wake up & think, i would still do anything for the person you made me think you were. —it’s too bad he doesn’t exist."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"i refuse to be ashamed of taking up my rightful. i refuse to apologize for daring to have an opinion. —it’s a pleasure to disappoint you."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

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15. If Cats Disappeared from the World

By: Genki Kawamura

3.80

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage… read more

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"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"They say that when a man is dying, the first name that comes to mind is his first love."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Throughout history we’ve given birth to new things, only to lose the old way of doing things."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

"Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important."

-Genki Kawamura, If Cats Disappeared from the World

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16. SPY×FAMILY 8

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.52

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

東国の秘密組織「ガーデン」の任務で、ヨルは豪華客船に乗り込みマフィアの要人を護衛する事に! ロイドとアーニャも旅行で同船している上、ヨルは裏の仕事に迷いが生じ!? read more

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17. Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

By: Olivia Atwater

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Regency housemaid Euphemia Reeves has acquired a faerie godfather. Unfortunately, he has no idea wh… read more

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"A faerie told me that true love's kiss could wake Miss Buckley," Effie told him. "I cannot think of any truer or more unconditional love than that of a dog."

-Olivia Atwater, Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

"Lady Panovar made mention of her French maid about a dozen times last night," Mrs Sedgewick informed the staff tiredly. "Lady Culver ended the night in a fury. She has insisted that I should find her…"

-Olivia Atwater, Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)

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18. Rifqa

By: Mohammed El-Kurd

4.66

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Rifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani… read more

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"Sing me a song of home break a dish or two throw a stone or two because the screams make me nostalgic: I almost don't fear the sirens."

-Mohammed El-Kurd, Rifqa

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19. All Boys Aren’t Blue

By: George M. Johnson

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explor… read more

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"History has an interesting way of painting."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"We are not as different as you think, and all our stories deserve to be celebrated and told."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

"When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself."

-George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

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20. Twelfth Grade Night

By: Molly Horton Booth

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The course of true love never did run smooth . . . and neither does high school in this new graphic… read more

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21. Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

By: Tamsyn Muir

4.18

Format: 146 pages, ebook

When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Eac… read more

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"It's also not fair at all that stupidity has gotten you this far. That's another creature you've killed simply by having no brains, which makes anyone with brains feel as if it isn't worth the headac…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

"If one does nothing but think of someone, it takes up all the time you could use to do something about them. I wish nobody thought of me, but did a lot for me instead. It's just like someone else goi…"

-Tamsyn Muir, Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

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22. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

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  • poetry
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23. A Letter to the Luminous Deep

By: Sylvie Cathrall

3.69

Format: 432 pages, ebook

Dive into the curious correspondence of Sylvie Cathrall’s delightful debut novel, A Letter to the L… read more

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24. Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.96

Format: 173 pages, ebook

The fourth novel in the internationally bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following a… read more

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"Yet, even so, Mieko and I shared our lives. But Meiko had an accident and fell into a vegetative state. Her eyes no longer saw; her ears no longer heard. My children grieved, but as much as I felt it…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before We Say Goodbye (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #4)

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25. Dark Days

By: James Baldwin

4.40

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

'So the club rose, the blood came down, and his bitterness and his anguish and his guilt were compo… read more

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"A mob is not autonomous: it executes the real will of the people who rule the State."

-James Baldwin, Dark Days

"No curtain under heaven is heavier than that curtain of guilt and lies behind which white Americans hide."

-James Baldwin, Dark Days

"The question of color was but another detail, somewhere between being six feet tall and being six feet under."

-James Baldwin, Dark Days

"But the Irish became white when they got here and began rising in the world, whereas I became black and began sinking."

-James Baldwin, Dark Days

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26. Garlic and the Witch

By: Bree Paulsen

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bree Paulsen's brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone … read more

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27. SPY×FAMILY 9

By: Tatsuya Endo

4.45

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

ヨルvs暗殺者集団の戦いは終局へ…!! その一方で、豪華客船には爆弾が仕掛けられていた――! 危機を察知したロイドとアーニャは、それぞれ尽力するが…!? read more

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28. So You Want to Talk About Race

By: Ijeoma Oluo

4.49

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more

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"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."

-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."

-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."

-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."

-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

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29. Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

By: Olivia Atwater

3.93

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians – but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from pr… read more

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"Abigail shook her head. "Carin' what happens to someone doesn't make it all right to make decisions for 'em," she said. "Sometimes we choose our pain because it's for somethin' we believe in. If no o…"

-Olivia Atwater, Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

"Mercy looked down at her hands in surprise... 'I'm not a woman. Or even a man, really. I guess I'm actually nothin' at all.' Abigail smiled slowly. 'I beg to differ Mercy Midnight,' she said. 'I comm…"

-Olivia Atwater, Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)

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30. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

By: Amélie Wen Zhao

3.80

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and u… read more

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"A sword's purpose may be determined by its wielder, but take the weapon away entirely, and neither the merciful nor the cruel may draw blood with it."

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"

-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)

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31. Poems for Palestine

By: Maher Massis

4.48

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

An anthology of poems dedicated to the people of Palestine and their long struggle for freedom "Poe… read more

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