20 best-selling poetry books like The Music Was Just Getting Good by Alicia Cook

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The Music Was Just Getting Good

By: Alicia Cook

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Some good things must come to an end, for new things to begin. Poet Alicia Cook explores this griev…

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1. 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

Similar categories in Melody Godfred's Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"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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2. Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Cir… read more

Similar categories in Mosab Abu Toha's Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • art
  • nonfiction
"Borders are those invented lines drawn with ash on maps and sewn into the ground by bullets."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"A country that exists only in my mind. Its flag has no room to fly freely, but there is space on the coffins of my countrymen."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"In Gaza, some of us cannot completely die. Every time a bomb falls, every time shrapnel hits our graves, every time the rubble piles up on our heads, we are awakened from our temporary death."

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

"PALESTINE A–Z A An apple that fell from the table on a dark evening when man-made lightning flashed through the kitchen, the streets, and the sky, rattling the cupboards and breaking the dishes. “Am"

-Mosab Abu Toha, Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

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3. Velvet Dragonflies

By: Billy Chapata

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Embark on a gentle journey back to self with this wistful and inspiring collection of poetry from b… read more

Similar categories in Billy Chapata's Velvet Dragonflies book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"oxymoron silence can be both healing and toxic, but never at the same time."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"i pray, that you never become so familiar with pain that you reject anything good that tries to find you."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"i see more than i say. . . do not mistake my gentleness for passiveness. the lack of words is not a lack of awareness."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

"people come, and call it love. people stay, and call it love. people go, and call it love. but this is why you must become love, so that regardless of what they do or do not do, you still remain full."

-Billy Chapata, Velvet Dragonflies

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4. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

By: Megan Fox

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over… read more

Similar categories in Megan Fox's Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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5. 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 Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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6. My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

By: Rose Brik

4.26

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

"My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage" is the raw and emotionally charged debut poetry collection by … read more

Similar categories in Rose Brik's My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"when your mother is your first love, you can search to the ends of the earth and never find any love comparable. when your mother is your first heartbreak, no love will ever fill the void of feeling …"

-Rose Brik, My Father's Eyes, My Mother's Rage

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7. Persephone Made Me Do It

By: Trista Mateer

4.21

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another mythical a… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's Persephone Made Me Do It book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
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8. Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams

By: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This hilarious and thoughtful memoir from comedy legend Anjelah Johnson-Reyes explores questions of… read more

Similar categories in Anjelah Johnson-Reyes's Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • nonfiction
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9. Feel Your Way Through

By: Kelsea Ballerini

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The personal and poignant debut poetry collection from the award-winning singer, songwriter, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Kelsea Ballerini's Feel Your Way Through book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • music
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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10. Eclipse

By: Wilder Poetry

4.09

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Experience a cosmic love story like no other, told through a collection of stunning poetry and ench… read more

Similar categories in Wilder Poetry's Eclipse book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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11. Time Will Tell

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.02

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Time Will Tell  is a collection of introspective poetry from bestselling author Courtney Peppernell… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Time Will Tell book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

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

12. 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 Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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13. With My Back to the World: Poems

By: Victoria Chang

4.08

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

*A Today Show Pick *Roxane Gay Audacious Book Club Selection *Publisher's Weekly Starred Review a… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Chang's With My Back to the World: Poems book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • art
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14. The Way Back Home

By: Courtney Peppernell

3.90

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

When a dark storm settled upon the earth, you lost many things—your hope, your strength, yourself. … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's The Way Back Home book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"They wonder why we need big parades filled with color and confetti or a month dedicated to asking for recognition and empathy. And to them, I do not respond in anger or affliction, even if sometimes …"

-Courtney Peppernell, The Way Back Home

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15. 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

Similar categories in Billy Chapata's Chameleon Aura book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

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

-Billy Chapata, Chameleon Aura

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16. Someone Somewhere Maybe

By: Sophie Diener

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For fans of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Amanda Lovelace, Someone Somewhere Maybe speaks to the joys a… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Diener's Someone Somewhere Maybe book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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17. The Music Was Just Getting Good

By: Alicia Cook

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Some good things must come to an end, for new things to begin. Poet Alicia Cook explores this griev… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • music
  • poetry
  • art
  • nonfiction
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18. A Month of Sundays

By: Courtney Peppernell

3.98

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From poet Courtney Peppernell comes the story of a very long winter, a month of dark and unforgivin… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's A Month of Sundays book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
Cover of What Will People Say: Poems by Taniya Gupta

19. What Will People Say: Poems

By: Taniya Gupta

4.34

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

I had to fight for my existence before I was even out of my mother’s womb. If I didn’t stop fightin… read more

Similar categories in Taniya Gupta's What Will People Say: Poems book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"I had to fight for my existence before I was even out of my mother's womb. If I didn't stop fighting then, why would I stop now?"

-Taniya Gupta, What Will People Say: Poems

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20. What I Should've Texted

By: Pierre Alex Jeanty

3.62

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What I Should’ve Texted is a collection of words that have been buried. A spill of hidden thoughts … read more

Similar categories in Pierre Alex Jeanty's What I Should've Texted book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry
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21. Central Avenue Poetry Prize

By: Beau Adler

4.61

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Beau Adler's Central Avenue Poetry Prize book and Alicia Cook's The Music Was Just Getting Good

  • poetry

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Self Love Poetry: For Thinkers & Feelers

Melody Godfred

4.14

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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

Mosab Abu Toha

4.74

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Velvet Dragonflies

Billy Chapata

4.14

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Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

Megan Fox

3.76

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Yung Pueblo

4.22

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Atticus Poetry

4.23

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Amanda Lovelace

3.82

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Amanda Lovelace

3.85

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