14 Best contemporary books like When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1) by Jasmin Kaur

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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…

"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)

"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 hold your heart just as you have held my hand and maybe we will both unfurl and maybe we will both blossom beneath all this sunlight."

-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 hold your heart just as you have held my hand and maybe we will both unfurl and maybe we will both blossom beneath all this sunlight."

-Jasmin Kaur, When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

If you liked the contemporary plot in When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1) by Jasmin Kaur , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

By: pleasefindthis , Iain S. Thomas , Jon Ellis

4.09

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyo… read more

Similar categories in pleasefindthis's I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4) book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"The little things you forget, kill me."

-pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

"You’re just another story I can’t tell anymore."

-pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

"Because we all need to believe in movies, sometimes."

-pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

"I'd rather live with the answer than die with the question."

-pleasefindthis, I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

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2. Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems

By: Robin Coste Lewis

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A stunning poetry debut: this meditation on the black female figure through time introduces us to a… read more

Similar categories in Robin Coste Lewis's Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • race

3. Love Her Wild: Poems

By: Atticus Poetry

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wildis a collection of new … read more

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4. Life on Mars

By: Tracy K. Smith

4.45

Format: 122 pages,

You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib.… read more

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5. Black Girl You Are Atlas

By: Renée Watson

4.61

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more

Similar categories in Renée Watson's Black Girl You Are Atlas book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • race
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

4.30

Format: 102 pages, Hardcover

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's For Every One book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Dreams don't have timelines, deadlines, and aren't always in straight lines."

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"When it comes to my dream, the way I like to describe it is that it's a rabid beast that found me when I was young"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"The truth is, finding that beast may or may not happen. But the treasures I've discovered under the heavy stones and behind the massive trees and deep in the dark caves have created the hunter and th…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

"One thing I am now certain of is that this road less traveled has in fact been traveled by far more suckers than you think. All of us out here, slumped over wearing weird fake broken smiles, trying t…"

-Jason Reynolds, For Every One

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7. 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

Similar categories in Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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

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8. The Dark Between Stars

By: Atticus Poetry

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The … read more

Similar categories in Atticus Poetry's The Dark Between Stars book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • contemporary
"I love you most in that place between coffee and sleep."

-Atticus Poetry, The Dark Between Stars

"She was powerful, not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear."

-Atticus Poetry, The Dark Between Stars

"The plane shook and it scared her not because she was scared to fall but because she cared so little if she did."

-Atticus Poetry, The Dark Between Stars

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9. The Truth About Magic

By: Atticus Poetry

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ATTICUS! From the internationally bestselling author of The Dark Between Star… read more

Similar categories in Atticus Poetry's The Truth About Magic book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • contemporary
"All I wish is for you to one day love you the way I do."

-Atticus Poetry, The Truth About Magic

"Some girls look good in diamonds, some girls make diamonds look good."

-Atticus Poetry, The Truth About Magic

"She wasn’t looking for a fairytale just to feel a little less lonely."

-Atticus Poetry, The Truth About Magic

"We lay there within the lonely silence of all the things we didn’t say."

-Atticus Poetry, The Truth About Magic

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10. Planting Gardens in Graves

By: R.H. Sin

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel comes the first volume in an all new series… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Planting Gardens in Graves book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • mental health
"Children who were abandoned grow up to love people who abandon them"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"you are not difficult to love your soul mate will love you with ease"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"you've seen the stains of my past and you still want to love me you've witnessed the weight of my heart and yet, you'd still like to hold it"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"here's the thing and I need you to take in every word when someone truly loves you and I'm not talking about that watered-down shit that you got from every ex who caused you nothing but a great deal …"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

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11. The Truth Project

By: Dante Medema

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school.… read more

Similar categories in Dante Medema's The Truth Project book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"I've been cut open and spread out so everyone can see how every moment my heart pumps is a moment it bleeds."

-Dante Medema, The Truth Project

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12. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

By: Andrea Gibson

4.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Gibson's Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry) book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • mental health
"There will be music for you one day."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

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13. Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself."amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1) book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"when you spend all your time imagining yourself in other people's shoes, your own story goes unwritten, & there is nothing more painful than that."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"here is nothing unfeminist about the girl who chooses the ball gown & the prince. there is everything unfeminist about those who try to shame her for her choices."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"inside the cramped fitting room, she slips into dress after dress as if she´s trying to slip into someone else´s life. - much to her dismay, her reflection stays the same."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"if he doesn’t think you’re absolutely stunning at your dirty sweats & grass-stained feet, then he sure as hell doesn’t deserve you at your fancy dress & uncomfortable heels."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

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14. To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.73

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

"What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?"W… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1) book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • feminism
  • mental health
"darling, you are worthy."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

"yet here i am. i stand before you the woman who managed to become everything you said she could never one day be."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

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15. 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

Similar categories in Mary Lambert's Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • feminism
  • mental health
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16. Home Is Not a Country

By: Safia Elhillo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A novel in verse about family, identity, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places. Nim… read more

Similar categories in Safia Elhillo's Home Is Not a Country book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. Chlorine Sky

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.82

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Chlorine Sky book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"

-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky

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18. 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

Similar categories in Caroline Kaufman's When the World Didn't End book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • 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

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19. Dear Girl

By: Aija Mayrock

3.91

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From a poet and celebrated spoken-word performer comes a debut poetry collection that takes readers… read more

Similar categories in Aija Mayrock's Dear Girl book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1) book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • poetry
  • race
  • canada
  • feminism
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • audiobook
"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)

Cover of Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance by Sherman Kennon

21. 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

Similar categories in Sherman Kennon's Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance book and Jasmin Kaur's When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1)

  • contemporary
"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

7 must-read fiction books like When You Ask Me Where I'm Going (When You Ask Me Where I'm Going, 1) by Jasmin Kaur

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I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)

pleasefindthis , Iain S. Thomas , Jon Ellis

4.09

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For Every One

Jason Reynolds

4.30

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Light Filters in: Poems

Caroline Kaufman

4.10

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The Truth Project

Dante Medema

4.00

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bridgett devoue

4.22

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soft magic.

Upile Chisala

3.90

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The Chaos of Longing

K.Y. Robinson

4.16

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Sabrina Benaim

4.27

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