9 best-selling poetry books like Damnation and Cotton Candy by Alan S. Kessler

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Damnation and Cotton Candy

By: Alan S. Kessler

3.12

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

A book of poetry from Alan S. Kessler, the award-winning author of the 2022 Eric Hoffer Finalist Gh…

If you liked the poetry plot in Damnation and Cotton Candy by Alan S. Kessler , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Adultolescence

By: Gabbie Hanna

4.00

Format: None pages,

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  • poetry
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2. The End of Drum-Time

By: Hanna Pylväinen

3.94

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more

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  • fiction
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3. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

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  • fiction
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4. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

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  • fiction
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5. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

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  • fiction
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6. Slot Machine Fever Dreams

By: Chris Bohjalian

3.14

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s called Sin City for a reason. Dark secrets emerge when a young bartender meets a stranger on a… read more

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  • fiction
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7. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Goddess of Filth

By: V. Castro

3.63

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

“Five of us sat in a circle doing our best to emulate the girls in The Craft, hoping to unleash som… read more

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  • fiction
"Why the black lipstick? Is this goddess a Goth?"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"I have traveled a long way through light and volatile stardust. The stars in the night sky are moth holes in space-time and the bodies of the larvae between each hole are the means of travel"

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

"Be smart, but not too smart. Be beautiful, but not so pretty as to make other females mad. Be successful, but not bossy or overly ambitious. Nobody likes a mouthy brown woman. Be a declawed kitten."

-V. Castro, Goddess of Filth

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9. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

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  • fiction
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10. I Choose Darkness

By: Jenny Lawson

3.97

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From cheap costumes to creepy dolls to questionable candy, number one New York Times bestselling au… read more

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11. Just a Girl

By: Alyssa Cole

3.49

Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition

Social media can be a dangerous game. A young woman’s world teeters on the verge of implosion when … read more

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  • fiction
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12. Persephone (Into Shadow, #2)

By: Lev Grossman

3.02

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A teenage nobody crosses a line that will change her life forever in this short coming-of-age story… read more

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  • fiction
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13. The Garden (Into Shadow, #1)

By: Tomi Adeyemi

2.80

Format: 33 pages, Kindle Edition

In this dreamlike short story told in alternating prose and verse, number one New York Times bestse… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
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14. Watering the Soul

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.07

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Poetry and prose to encourage us to grow.  Watering the Soul  is a timeless reminder that everyone … read more

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  • poetry
"But just because the anxiety, the loss, and the struggle tell you that you are not strong or capable or deserving of dreams coming true does not mean it is the narrative you belong to."

-Courtney Peppernell, Watering the Soul

"There was nothing about you that was ever wrong in the first place. You were not made in error; there is no mistaking that everything you are was intended. The night loves all of the moon and her man…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Watering the Soul

"Her lips felt like breathing fresh air. It felt like two people feeling after weeks of being numb. It felt like two people coming home to each other after months of being away. It felt like two peopl…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Watering the Soul

"She was everything I had ever wanted but everything I couldn't have. It was difficult; every time she looked at me, every touch, every kiss, every moment I wanted to tell the world I loved her, but I…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Watering the Soul

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15. Wandering Souls

By: Cecile Pin

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more

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  • fiction
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."

-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

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16. Bread and Circus

By: Airea Dee Matthews

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

“Discerning and significant.” — Poetry Foundation “A sharp memoir in verse.” — LitHub This powe… read more

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  • poetry
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17. Life is Messy

By: Matthew Kelly

3.77

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

Life is messy. It isn't a color-within-the-lines exercise. It's a wild and outrageous invitation … read more

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18. Little Creeping Things

By: Chelsea Ichaso

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When she was a child, Cassidy Pratt accidentally started a fire that killed her neighbor. At least,… read more

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  • fiction
"I stand helpless, a familiar desire seeping into my veins. That desire to watch something burn."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Little Creeping Things

"I let those little creeping things embed themselves inside my brain, inside my very core, until they ate away at who I was."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Little Creeping Things

"I've spent the past ten years trying to erase this image. Fire Girl. Trying to convince everyone - trying to convince myself - I'm not a killer."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Little Creeping Things

"Cold sweat breaks out over my forehead. I zero in on the photo and the caption beneath it. Just one line that makes my skin prickle and my heart lunge. "I'm so glad we're in this together."

-Chelsea Ichaso, Little Creeping Things

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19. Puck One Night Stands (Chicago Racketeers, #1)

By: Emma Foxx

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Chicago Racketeers Book One I don’t do casual hookups, so I have no idea what to expect when I … read more

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20. Chauffer le dehors

By: Marie-Andree Gill

4.12

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Elle souhaiterait faire encore partie du décor, s’inscrire dans l’ordinaire de chaque jour avec lu… read more

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  • poetry
"C'est une histoire d'amour comme toutes mes autres un autobus écrit Spécial avec personne dedans"

-Marie-Andree Gill, Chauffer le dehors

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21. Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror

By: Lincoln Michel

3.38

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

A collection of horror-inspired flash fiction, featuring over 40 new stories from literary, horror,… read more

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  • fiction
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22. The Tower

By: William Pauley III

3.68

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Something is happening to the residents of Eighth Block Tower... There's radiation in the walls… read more

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  • fiction
"How curious is this home, our tower?"

-William Pauley III, The Tower

"There’s radiation in the walls of our apartment building, at least that’s what Buzz tells me."

-William Pauley III, The Tower

"The radiation from the walls continues to soak into our skin, and we glow happily and beautifully until the moment we all step down into our graves."

-William Pauley III, The Tower

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23. Even If Everything Ends

By: Jens Liljestrand

3.39

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Life goes on in the face of a climate crisis in this astonishing and unforgettable debut novel that… read more

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  • fiction
"We need to teach them that the worst thing isn't what nature is gom to do to us, it's what we're going to do to each other."

-Jens Liljestrand, Even If Everything Ends

"... there is a difference between reading about the end of the world and actually seeing it with your own eyes. Watching a kingdom, drunk on sugar and youth culture and hippie nostalgia and reality T…"

-Jens Liljestrand, Even If Everything Ends

"Life is running away from us, and it would be one thing if we had something to look forward to, if you and I could enjoy a bit of luxury once we're fifty or sixty, but that's never going to happen, i…"

-Jens Liljestrand, Even If Everything Ends

"Life is running away from us, and it would be one thing if we had something to look forward to, if you and I could enjoy a bit of luxury once we're fifty or sixty, but that's never going to happen, i…"

-Jens Liljestrand, Even If Everything Ends

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24. Festival of the Elves: The Magic Around You

By: Holly Figgyworth

4.40

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

“Festival of the Elves: The Magic Around You is a wondrous holiday delight…It will be a magical add… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Damnation and Cotton Candy

By: Alan S. Kessler

3.12

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

A book of poetry from Alan S. Kessler, the award-winning author of the 2022 Eric Hoffer Finalist Gh… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
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26. The Humbling and Other Poems

By: Robert J. Tiess

3.85

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

This inspired debut poetry collection, which was featured as an "Editor's Pick" in the June 20, 202… read more

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  • poetry
"the universe / is not just you." (from Personal Copernican Revolution)"

-Robert J. Tiess, The Humbling and Other Poems

"Come dreamers, / be our architects! (from Architects of the Impossible)"

-Robert J. Tiess, The Humbling and Other Poems

"Tomorrows hinge / on one decision. / In all directions: / consequence. (from Destinations)"

-Robert J. Tiess, The Humbling and Other Poems

"Be more than symbol, strength, and dream. / Be light! Inspire! Revive! / Redeem! (from Phoenix: Salvation)"

-Robert J. Tiess, The Humbling and Other Poems

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27. Mirror Mirror: Poetry 2022

By: Cliff Sowers

3.01

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

The second book from poet Cliff Sowers. read more

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  • poetry
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28. The Neon God

By: R.M. Gayler

3.93

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Computers and phones across the globe suddenly erupt with dazzling neon light, hypnotizing billions… read more

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29. (Un)Tethered: A Collection of Poems

By: S.V. Segal

3.85

Format: 90 pages, Kindle Edition

You bit me, And when you lost your tooth, You blamed me. I guess self-awareness Is for people… read more

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  • poetry
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30. Dusted by Stars

By: G.A. Matiasz

3.09

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Stacy Jones is a small-time contractor and proud citizen of socialist Mars. But she barely makes en… read more

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31. Hidden in God's Heart: 40 Reflections to Draw You Close to Christ (Silent Moments with God Series)

By: Lisa Are Wulf

4.47

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes God seems so far away. You may feel super close today, yet flounder in the fog tomorrow. … read more

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