14 must-read poetry books like Poems and Peonies by Chelsie Diane

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Poems and Peonies

By: Chelsie Diane

3.89

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection for women taking back their one wild and precious lif…

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1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

4.28

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more

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"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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2. The Artist's Way

By: Julia Cameron

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Artist's Wayis the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, mill… read more

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3. Tell Me

By: Kim Addonizio

3.95

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Poems of loneliness and late nights, liquor and loss. read more

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4. Letter to My Daughter

By: Maya Angelou

4.33

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wi… read more

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5. Women Who Run With the Wolves

By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

4.13

Format: 537 pages, Paperback

Within every woman, there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity… read more

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"Dogs are the magicians of the universe."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"Failure is a greater teacher than success"

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

"There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal."

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Hardcover

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer as been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of sci… read more

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7. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul

By: John Eldredge , Stasi Eldredge

4.01

Format: 0 pages,

Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious drea… read more

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8. What Kind of Woman: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.07

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a w… read more

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"Unclasp the thought of leaving, tie it to the door."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"When someone asks for the secret to a happy marriage, remember you don't know. This is not a happy ending. This is not a fairy tale. This is the beginning of a life you haven't met."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"What time will you be home? What time do you think you may be home? What time should we wait for you outside on the lawn while the pasta boils over and the baby cries because he misses you? Oh, befor…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"In the morning, I take your picture in front of the sign, gaps in your teeth. I do not say a life without you is not worth living. I do not say I've memorized every inch of your frame. Instead, I wav…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

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9. The Journey (Big Panda & Tiny Dragon, #2)

By: James Norbury

4.45

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The journey of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon continues with an inspiring story of friendship and discov… read more

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10. Men Who Hate Women

By: Laura Bates

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more

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"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"

-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women

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11. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

By: Susan Cain

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bitte… read more

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"Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The place you suffer is the place you care. You hurt because you care. Therefore, the best response to pain is to dive deeper into your caring."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The third answer is the most difficult one to grasp, but it's also the one that can save you. The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its sh…"

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

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12. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

By: Lana Del Rey

3.98

Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio

The highly anticipated spoken word poetry collection from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards over … read more

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"Live your life like no one’s listening"

-Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

"You don't want to be forgotten You just want to disappear"

-Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

"and in that moment i decided to do nothing about everything"

-Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

"Stay on your path Sylvia Plath don't fall away like all the others"

-Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

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13. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

By: Warsan Shire

4.21

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more

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"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."

-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

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14. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

By: Mikki Kendall

4.37

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more

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"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."

-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

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15. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

By: Tricia Hersey

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more

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16. The Birth House

By: Ami McKay

4.03

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

Spanning the 20th century Ami McKay takes a primitive and superstitious rural community in Nova Sco… read more

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"No matter what you do, someone always knew you would."

-Ami McKay, The Birth House

"Each day brings another handful of opportunities. It's up to you to make the best of what you're given."

-Ami McKay, The Birth House

"If women lose the right to say where and how they birth their children, then they will have lost something that's as dear to life as breathing."

-Ami McKay, The Birth House

"Miss B. says, "It's a mama's faith what keeps her children right. I'm not talkin' 'bout the churchgoin' kind, neither. Miss Mabel's got faith in goodness. Tell me you can't help but believe in it too…"

-Ami McKay, The Birth House

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17. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By: Mary Oliver

4.58

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more

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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"

-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

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18. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

By: Megan Fox

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over… read more

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19. Dreadful

By: Caitlin Rozakis

3.72

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

A sharp-witted, high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards and… read more

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"Gug." Ah, monosyllables, his old friend. They would always be there, even when all other concepts of fundamental liguistics deserted him."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

"It occured to him that a spell to make one's enemies into idiots via the power of breasts might be immensely helpful. Then again, it might not be a spell. It might have only been the breasts."

-Caitlin Rozakis, Dreadful

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20. The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy)

By: Yung Pueblo

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most inspiring collection yet. In this thir… read more

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21. Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

By: Yung Pueblo

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward… read more

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"The end of a relationship is the end of a home."

-Yung Pueblo, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

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22. You'll Come Back to Yourself

By: Michaela Angemeer

3.85

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

You'll Come Back to Yourself explores themes of lost love, infidelity, depression, body image, and … read more

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"Your roots will always show you the importance of holding on to what grounds you but don't ignore the lessons the leaves are trying to teach you -Michaela Angemeer"

-Michaela Angemeer, You'll Come Back to Yourself

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23. Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet

By: Meggan Watterson

4.25

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

--WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story… read more

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24. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

By: Evy Poumpouras

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned fro… read more

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"I wasn't unstoppable, but I was harder to stop."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"I know fear keeps us alive, but I also know that fear keeps us from living."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"Fear is like fire, if you extinguish it while it's small, it won't become an inferno."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"become a counter-predator willing to defend yourself against anyone who tries to overpower you."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

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25. This Is For The Women Who Don’t Give A Fuck

By: Janne Robinson

3.89

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

She writes about the conversations she has with her gynecologist while his head is between her thig… read more

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26. The Setup

By: Lizzy Dent

3.32

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

SHE HAS A PLAN . . . FATE HAS OTHER IDEAS ---------------------------------------------------------… read more

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27. Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

By: Joy Sullivan

4.45

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor … read more

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28. Adelaide

By: Genevieve Wheeler

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Williams, an American living in dreamy London, meeting Rory Hughes… read more

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"But it feels so cold here without her."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"It made her feel a bit nauseous, but also deeply, deeply in love."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"So many things that never should have belonged to him had become his."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

"It's so cruel... that grief comes part and parcel with love. It's just so unfair."

-Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

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29. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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30. Golden

By: Wilder Poetry

3.93

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Just as basking in the glow of the warm evening sun does, this radiant collection of poetry and art… read more

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"i see surrender on the horizon, and as the sun says goodbye in shades of rose, i look up and remember that leaving can be beautiful and coming back can be, too."

-Wilder Poetry, Golden

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31. Poems and Peonies

By: Chelsie Diane

3.89

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection for women taking back their one wild and precious lif… read more

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21 best-selling fiction books like Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

Transform Your Habits

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Rufi Thorpe

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

3.53

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