7 must-read nonfiction books like Composition by Junious Ward

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Composition

By: Junious Ward

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In his debut full length collection, Junious ‘Jay’ Ward dives deep into the formation of self. Comp…

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1. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Octavia E. Butler , John Jennings , Damian Duffy

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Instant #1New York TimesBestseller Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterp… read more

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2. Saga, Volume 11

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

Format: 153 pages, ebook

While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new all… read more

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3. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

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"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

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4. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

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"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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5. Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky

By: Rudy Francisco

4.64

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky is the third installment of the Rudy Francisco poetry collection. With … read more

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  • poetry
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6. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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7. The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)

By: Mai Mochizuki

3.67

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Translated from the Japanese bestseller, this charming and magical novel, inspired by the myth of c… read more

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8. 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
  • nonfiction
"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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9. Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

By: Jared Singer

3.93

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

Singer’s highly anticipated debut book collects and transforms work from his ten years as a mainsta… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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10. Sweet, Young, & Worried

By: Blythe Baird

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird. This… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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11. 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
  • nonfiction
"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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12. Mass for Shut-Ins (Volume 117) (Yale Series of Younger Poets)

By: Mary-Alice Daniel

4.23

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Mass for Shut-Ins is the 117th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, selected by award-winnin… read more

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  • poetry
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13. Toil & Trouble

By: Augusten Burroughs

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"My youth is gone, but something far better has taken its place."

-Augusten Burroughs, Toil & Trouble

"I like the bad one better,' I said. 'She had flying monkeys, and the good one was tacky and seemed kind of dumb."

-Augusten Burroughs, Toil & Trouble

"The thing is, I wouldn't believe in them, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did, except for one thing: I am a witch."

-Augusten Burroughs, Toil & Trouble

"He sees the shit that happens around me - or because of me - so now he is only 99.99 percent certain I can't turn him into a frog."

-Augusten Burroughs, Toil & Trouble

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14. Forever Is Now

By: Mariama J. Lockington

4.28

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more

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  • poetry
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15. Ephemera

By: Sierra DeMulder

4.52

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

If every experience lasted forever and the sands of time never interrupted our most loving moments,… read more

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  • poetry
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16. Urbanshee

By: Siaara Freeman

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Urbanshee is Siaara Freeman's retelling of fairy tales and mythological stories through a modern an… read more

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  • poetry
"After the funeral, I see him everywhere. Every time a man is shot in the head. I see him between the couch cushions. The blunt’s end, in Jamaica drinking a Red Stripe on a patch of grass, in a backya…"

-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee

"I thought about having a child, naming it after you. Then I realized that child would never know its namesake & that it’s not fair to want someone just because you want someone else. Instead I named …"

-Siaara Freeman, Urbanshee

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17. How to Maintain Eye Contact

By: Robert Wood Lynn

3.68

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

How to Maintain Eye Contact takes readers through a journey of uncertainty and what we make of it. … read more

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  • poetry
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18. Composition

By: Junious Ward

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In his debut full length collection, Junious ‘Jay’ Ward dives deep into the formation of self. Comp… read more

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  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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19. 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
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20. Staying Right Here

By: Usman Hameedi

4.19

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Usman Hameedi’s debut collection, Staying Right Here, is a journey in finding home. Hameedi invites… read more

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  • poetry
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21. Rock Stars (Button Poetry)

By: Matt Mason

4.09

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Witty, nostalgic, rhythmic and forlorn, Matt Mason’s poetry calls on the classic rock music that sh… read more

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  • poetry

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Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky

Rudy Francisco

4.64

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Ada Limon

4.11

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Chauffer le dehors

Marie-Andree Gill

4.12

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Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

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3.93

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Naomi Fontaine

4.16

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Caroline Dawson

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