15 best-selling poetry books like No Ruined Stone by Shara McCallum

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No Ruined Stone

By: Shara McCallum

4.06

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

”Shara McCallum’s magnificent sixth book mythologizes the poet Robert Burns and his imagined Jamaic…

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1. The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

By: Virginia Woolf

3.75

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

Woolf’s first novel is a haunting book, full of light and shadow. It takes Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and… read more

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"I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say."

-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

"J'ai un faible pour les gens qui ne se décident pas à commencer quelque chose."

-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

"I can’t imagine anything nicer than to sit out in the moonlight and listen to music—"

-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

"Ce qu'on attend de l'être avec qui l'on vit c'est qu'il vous maintienne au niveau le plus élevé de vous-même."

-Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out (The Virginia Woolf Library)

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2. Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more

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  • poetry
"Melt Egypt into Nile!"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"...make death proud to take us."

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"

-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

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3. Wide Sargasso Sea

By: Jean Rhys

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more

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"When trouble comes, close ranks"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought I'd try to write her a life"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

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4. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • poetry
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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5. Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more

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6. Between the Acts

By: Virginia Woolf

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Woolf's last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart o… read more

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7. Breath, Eyes, Memory

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists… read more

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8. Lucy

By: Jamaica Kincaid

4.02

Format: None pages,

The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in pape… read more

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9. A Small Place

By: Jamaica Kincaid

4.02

Format: None pages,

Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, A Small Placemagnifies our vision of one small place with Swifti… read more

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10. The Taming of the Shrew

By: William Shakespeare

3.78

Format: 438 pages,

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young … read more

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11. Ulysses

By: James Joyce

3.75

Format: 925 pages, Paperback

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the A… read more

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"Shite and onions!"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Let my country die for me."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"Be just before you are generous."

-James Joyce, Ulysses

"no more pain. wake no more. nobody owns"

-James Joyce, Ulysses

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12. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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  • poetry
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

13. The Monk

By: None

4.71

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more

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14. The Tempest

By: William Shakespeare

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more

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15. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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16. Camp Damascus

By: Chuck Tingle

3.94

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more

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"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"

-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus

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17. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

By: Franny Choi

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds--past, present, an… read more

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  • poetry
"I have last year's ashes in my throat, stories stuffed so full of morals they bleed sugar."

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

"How can I explain the things and things and things I did wrong? I was never any good at telling the difference between what wanted me and what wanted me gone"

-Franny Choi, The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

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18. Blackwater

By: Jeannette Arroyo

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Riverdale meets Stranger Things in this debut queer YA graphic novel, developed from a hit webcomic… read more

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19. Alive At The End Of The World

By: Saeed Jones

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author… read more

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  • poetry
"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I wish I knew a woman who was both the light and every shadow the light pierces."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"A few months and many deaths ago, I asked someone "how are you doing" and felt, in the way her eye fell, how I had failed her before I had even reached the end of my question. I've hurt many people b…"

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

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20. How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

By: Jane Wong

4.21

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Explores the vulnerable ways we articulate and reckon with fear: fear of intergenerational trauma a… read more

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  • poetry
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21. Promise

By: Rachel Eliza Griffiths

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, a… read more

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22. Poukahangatus: Poems

By: Tayi Tibble

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-centur… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan

23. The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

By: Hala Alyan

4.22

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

From the author of The Arsonists’ City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that t… read more

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  • poetry
"My favorite house is my mother."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

"I don’t have time to write about the soul. There are bodies to count. There’s a man wearing his wedding tuxedo to sleep in case I meet God and there’s a brick of light before each bombing."

-Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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24. 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

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  • poetry
Cover of All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture by Daisy  Jones

25. All The Things She Said: Everything I Know About Modern Lesbian and Bi Culture

By: Daisy Jones

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A modern, personal guide to the culture of queer women and everyone in between. All The Things S… read more

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26. No Ruined Stone

By: Shara McCallum

4.06

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

”Shara McCallum’s magnificent sixth book mythologizes the poet Robert Burns and his imagined Jamaic… read more

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  • poetry
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27. Toska

By: Alina Pleskova

4.57

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Toska explores a sense of rootlessness and a sort of anti-nationalism; how the pervasive sense of b… read more

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  • poetry
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28. mother (Penguin Poets)

By: m.s. RedCherries

4.37

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

A stunning, multimorphic work of poetry and prose about Indigenous identity mother is a work roote… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Muse Found in a Colonized Body (Stahlecker Selections) by Yesenia Montilla

29. Muse Found in a Colonized Body (Stahlecker Selections)

By: Yesenia Montilla

4.30

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In the book's eponymous poem, Yesenia Montilla writes, “How do you not love yourself when you / con… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) by Jared Harel

30. Let Our Bodies Change the Subject (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)

By: Jared Harel

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

National Jewish Book Award Finalist Paterson Poetry Prize FinalistLet Our Bodies Change the Subject… read more

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  • poetry
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31. The Daughter of Man

By: L.J. Sysko

4.64

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2023 Miller Williams Poetry Prize Selected by Patricia Smith The Daughter of Ma… read more

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  • poetry

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Transform Your Habits

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

Travis Alabanza

4.38

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Jeremy Atherton Lin

3.80

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3.67

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