11 best-selling nonfiction books like Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry by Carol Dommermuth-Costa

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Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

By: Carol Dommermuth-Costa

3.77

Format: 168 pages, Library Binding

When Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest w…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry by Carol Dommermuth-Costa , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

By: Zaretta Lynn Hammond

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement… read more

Similar categories in Zaretta Lynn Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • nonfiction
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2. Lift Off

By: Melissa de la Cruz , Lamar Giles , Daniel José Older , Gene Luen Yang , Malinda Lo , Walter Dean Myers , Nicola Yoon , Eric Gansworth , Jason Reynolds , Sara Farizan , Thien Pham , None

3.64

Format: 192 pages,

The young adult anthology, Lift Off, is scheduled for release in Summer 2018 and will be edited by … read more

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3. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

By: Steve Silberman

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more

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4. How to Find What You're Not Looking For

By: Veera Hiranandani

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg… read more

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5. Butts: A Backstory

By: Heather Radke

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Garment makers are rarely in the business of making clothes that will work for actual people. Instead, they cater to a fantasy of who the customer hopes to be."

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

"To see your butt, you need the cocoon of mirrors of a dressing room, the cumbersome triangulation of a hand mirror in a bedroom, or an awkwardly held smartphone."

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

"Our bodies, by their very nature, resist control, a fact that always has felt paradoxically triumphant when I encounter it. We invent bustles and girdles and exercise videos and cabbage diets and siz…"

-Heather Radke, Butts: A Backstory

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6. Ferris

By: Kate DiCamillo

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more

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7. Womb City

By: Tlotlo Tsamaase

3.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which be… read more

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8. Homebody

By: Theo Parish

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more

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"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"

-Theo Parish, Homebody

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9. A Year to the Day

By: Robin Benway

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones—holidays, birthdays, everything witho… read more

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10. Invisible

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

4.16

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who ar… read more

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11. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

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12. 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

Similar categories in Clint Smith's Above Ground book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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13. Wrecker

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Wrecker needs to deal with smugglers, grave robbers, and pooping iguanas—just as soon as he finishe… read more

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14. The Honey Witch

By: Sydney J. Shields

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young … read more

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"But what happens when the girl keeps living, when she ages proudly and defiantly, without abandoning imagination, or stories, or that secret wish to find magic wherever it hides? Well, then the poets…"

-Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

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15. The Length of a String

By: Elissa Brent Weissman

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Imani is adopted, and she's ready to search for her birthparents. But when she discovers the diary … read more

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"I was looking up my name,"

-Elissa Brent Weissman, The Length of a String

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16. These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice

By: Nikita Gill

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the… read more

Similar categories in Nikita Gill's These Are the Words: fearless verse to find your voice book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
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17. The Blackbird Girls

By: Anne Blankman

4.43

Format: None pages, None

On a spring morning in 1986, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry re… read more

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"La distanza tra i veri amici non conta, quando l'amicizia continua nei loro cuori."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Distance between true friends doesn't matter when their friendship lives in their hearts"

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

"Siamo su questa terra per essere gentili gli uni con gli altri. Gli esseri umani sono la lingua di Dio."

-Anne Blankman, The Blackbird Girls

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18. Colton Gentry's Third Act

By: Jeff Zentner

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"A story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) following a down on his luck country … read more

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"His heart leapt like a murmuration of starlings taking flight. Every reach of him filled with light. He wondered how anyone survived this feeling he'd just named. This delirious sweetness. Maybe no o…"

-Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry's Third Act

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19. Witches of Brooklyn (Witches of Brooklyn, #1)

By: Sophie Escabasse

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

There's a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs … read more

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"The feelings you've experienced through her music are yours, pumpkin. It's okay to like her music and not like her, and it's okay to not like her music after meeting her. These are your feelings and …"

-Sophie Escabasse, Witches of Brooklyn (Witches of Brooklyn, #1)

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20. The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

By: Amy Butler Greenfield

4.24

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

The true story about an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only rece… read more

Similar categories in Amy Butler Greenfield's The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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21. Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

By: Candace Fleming

4.15

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave an… read more

Similar categories in Candace Fleming's Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • nonfiction
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22. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By: Kip Wilson

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
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23. Emily Dickinson Face to Face

By: Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi

4.14

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Long out of print, a uniquely intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson written by her niece. What wo… read more

Similar categories in Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi's Emily Dickinson Face to Face book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • nonfiction
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25. A Million Quiet Revolutions

By: Robin Gow

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

For as long as they can remember, Aaron and Oliver have only ever had each other. In a small town w… read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's A Million Quiet Revolutions book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
"I feel like the only way to exist as a queer person is to hide."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

"It’s hard to search for someone like yourself when you’re not even sure who you are."

-Robin Gow, A Million Quiet Revolutions

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26. Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words

By: Lindsay Herriot

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be young and transgender today? Growing Up Trans  shares stories, essays, art … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Herriot's Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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27. Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

By: Carol Dommermuth-Costa

3.77

Format: 168 pages, Library Binding

When Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest w… read more

Similar categories in Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • poetry
  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more

Similar categories in RoseMarie Terenzio's JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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29. Ambushed! The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield

By: Gail Jarrow

4.20

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

This title blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination an… read more

Similar categories in Gail Jarrow's Ambushed! The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield book and Carol Dommermuth-Costa's Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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30. The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5)

By: Nita Prose

3.81

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Molly the Maid has a whole new mystery to solve this holiday when a Secret Santa gift exchange rais… read more

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31. Wide Awake Now

By: David Levithan

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this is a queer love story set against the… read more

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4.24

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Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi

4.14

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Carol Dommermuth-Costa

3.77

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4.43

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Nicole Melleby

4.25

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Amy Sarig King

4.21

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Veera Hiranandani

4.28

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Johnnie Christmas

4.28

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