7 best-selling poetry books like Gary Snyder: Collected Poems by Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder: Collected Poems

By: Gary Snyder

4.65

Format: 1105 pages, Hardcover

Gary Snyder is one of America’s indispensable poets. Winner of the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, a…

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1. Visions of Gerard

By: Jack Kerouac

3.74

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"His life...ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his… read more

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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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"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. The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

By: Ernest Hemingway

4.29

Format: 650 pages, Paperback

THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR In this definitive collection of E… read more

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"My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

"Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

"If you had stars inside your brain cells, you'd probably understand what I am talking about."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

"I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

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4. White Tears

By: Hari Kunzru

3.68

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most talented fiction writers at work today: two ambitious young musicians are draw… read more

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"I wanted to avoid slippage."

-Hari Kunzru, White Tears

"Fuck humanity, was my basic position at that point."

-Hari Kunzru, White Tears

"People always look aroused when they’re acting violently."

-Hari Kunzru, White Tears

"Let me be clear. I play two kinds of music. God's and the other kind."

-Hari Kunzru, White Tears

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5. Howl and Other Poems

By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg

4.13

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

A beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotec… read more

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"You too must seek the sun..."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"America this is quite serious"

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

"Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness."

-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems

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6. Winter in the Blood

By: James Welch

3.82

Format: 177 pages, Paperback

During his life, James Welch came to be regarded as a master of American prose, and his first novel… read more

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"He had followed the calendar, the years, time- Bird farted. And it came to me, as though it were riding one moment of the gusting wind, as though bird had had it in him all the time and had passed it…"

-James Welch, Winter in the Blood

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7. Selected Stories

By: Anton Chekhov , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

3.18

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the highly acclaimed translators of War and Peace, Doctor Z… read more

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8. Petals of Blood

By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Moses Isegawa

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this f… read more

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9. Spoon River Anthology

By: Edgar Lee Masters

4.05

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more

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"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."

-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology

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10. Maggie Cassidy

By: Jack Kerouac

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

"When someone asks 'Where does [Kerouac] get that stuff?' say: 'From you!' He lay awake all night l… read more

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11. Planet News

By: Allen Ginsberg

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Planet News collecting seven years' Poesy scribed to 1967 begins with electronic politics disassoci… read more

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12. As serious as your life: John Coltrane and beyond

By: None , Val Wilmer

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Reissue of a jazz classic with photos by the author who is a well known photographer. read more

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13. The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)

By: William S. Burroughs

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

In Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs revealed his genius. In The Soft Machine he begins an adventur… read more

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14. The Charterhouse of Parma

By: Robert Andrew Parker , Richard Howard , Stendhal , Arthur Schurig

3.79

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Richard Howard's exuberant and definitive rendition of Stendhal's stirring tale has brought about t… read more

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"Mutluluğu uzaklarda aramaya kalkmanın ne anlamı var, işte burada, elimin altında!"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"Hay que confesar que había días en que la condesa no dirigía la palabra a nadie; era vista paseando bajo los altos castaños, hundida en sombríos ensueños; era demasiado inteligente para no sentir a v…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"Men siden året 1635, da Milano-provinsen ble underlagt spanjolene, disse tause, mistenksomme, hovmodige herrer som alltid fryktet opprør, hadde livsgleden vært borte. Folk tok etter herskernes livsfo…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

"El lejano sonido de la campana de un pueblecito escondido bajo los árboles conmueve nuestra imaginación. Estos sones que las aguas transportan dulcificándolos adquieren un tinte de dulce melancolía y…"

-Robert Andrew Parker, The Charterhouse of Parma

15. Ham on Rye

By: Charles Bukowski

3.40

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely … read more

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16. Tropic of Capricorn

By: Henry Miller

4.00

Format: 16 pages,

Banned in America for almost 30 years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume… read more

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17. Desolation Angels

By: Jack Kerouac , Joyce Johnson

3.93

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

The classic autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac featuring "one of the most true, comic, and griz… read more

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"So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry"

-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels

"Meanwhile the sunsets are mad orange fools raging in the gloom...."

-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels

"Every night I still ask the Lord, "Why?" and havent heard a decent answer yet"

-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels

"Tutte le notti continuo a chiedere al Signore, "Perché?" E ancora non ho avuto una risposta decente."

-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels

18. The Subterraneans

By: Jack Kerouac

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Jack Kerouac, one of the great voices of the Beat generation and author of the classic On the Road,… read more

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19. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

By: Carson McCullers

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twe… read more

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20. Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

3.50

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential wr… read more

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21. Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002

By: Sharon Olds

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A powerful collection from one of our most gifted and widely read poets-117 of her finest poems dra… read more

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22. The Dharma Bums

By: Jack Kerouac

4.71

Format: None pages,

Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more

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23. Collected Poems

By: Jane Kenyon

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Jane Kenyon is considered one of America's best contemporary poets. Her previous collection, Otherw… read more

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24. American Pastoral

By: Philip Roth

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize Winner (1998) In American Pastoral, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified g… read more

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"Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy—that is every man's tragedy."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"Exhibitionismul inerent unei marturisiri nu face decat sa agraveze suferinta."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

"[...] ero una biografia in moto perpetuo, memoria sino al midollo delle ossa."

-Philip Roth, American Pastoral

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25. Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

By: Eve Babitz

4.10

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Eve Babitz captured the voluptuous quality of L.A. in the1960s in a wildly original, totally unique… read more

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"The only time men fall in love with roses is on douche commercials."

-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

"...chivalry was just another nefarious masculine scheme to keep women in their place."

-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

"Well, who is he?' I asked, the first time I saw Mary with his glazed expression. 'Money,' Mary said."

-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

"It's very easy to stand L.A., which is why it's almost inevitable that all sorts of ideas get entertained."

-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.

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26. The Vulnerables

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more

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"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables

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27. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

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28. The Trees Witness Everything

By: Victoria Chang

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

*Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the The New Yorker *Named one of the Best Books of the… read more

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29. Getting Lost

By: Annie Ernaux

3.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The diary of one of France’s most important, award-… read more

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"I write in lieu of love, to fill that empty space above death."

-Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost

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30. The Deluge

By: Stephen Markley

4.23

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching c… read more

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"Yeah, well, time marches on. Getting caught up in causes don’t interest me. Not anymore. Especially when you see the scope of what this is."

-Stephen Markley, The Deluge

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31. Gary Snyder: Collected Poems

By: Gary Snyder

4.65

Format: 1105 pages, Hardcover

Gary Snyder is one of America’s indispensable poets. Winner of the Pulitzer and Bollingen prizes, a… read more

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