16 must-read poetry books like Playing with Matches by Michael Faudet

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Playing with Matches

By: Michael Faudet

3.80

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Playing with Matches is the ultimate collector’s edition by internationally best-selling poet, Mich…

"Run towards your dream, and never let anyone fill your pockets with rocks."

-Michael Faudet, Playing with Matches

If you liked the poetry plot in Playing with Matches by Michael Faudet , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Chaos of Longing

By: K.Y. Robinson

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

The Chaos of Longingis a brutally honest exploration of desire--physical, emotional, and spiritual.… read more

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  • poetry

2. Love & Misadventure

By: Lang Leav

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lang Leav is a poet and internationally exhibiting artist. Awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship, … read more

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3. Lullabies

By: Lang Leav

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A sequel to the hugely popular, best-selling Love & Misadventure, Lullabiescontinues to explore the… read more

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4. The Universe of Us

By: Lang Leav

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lang Leav presents a completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme in The Universe of … read more

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5. September Love

By: Lang Leav

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A book that will change the way you think about love, relationships, heartbreak, and self-empowerme… read more

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  • poetry
"A girl who looks up at the stars knowing one day, she will be among them."

-Lang Leav, September Love

"Understand that we must lose our way, over and over, before we can find the best version of ourselves."

-Lang Leav, September Love

"I don't want to be in a relationship where I feel the constant need to explain myself. I don't want to live in a world like that either."

-Lang Leav, September Love

"To be a poet you must hold nothing back. In poetry there is no room for ego, nowhere to hide. You must write under the pretense that no one will ever read a single word."

-Lang Leav, September Love

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6. LVOE: Poems, Epigrams & Aphorisms

By: Atticus Poetry

4.23

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For the first time since he began writing, three-time New York Times bestselling author Atticus is … read more

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  • poetry
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7. To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.02

Format: 160 pages, None

"You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself." This book … read more

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  • poetry
"some things don’t come alive until we believe in them with our whole hearts."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"what do we do with all the things we need to say to someone we’ll never see again? - maybe that’s why i write."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"I wish I had known I was never going to see you again because I would have spent more time clinging to the good we did have instead of clinging to the bad I couldn't change."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"lately, it seems like everywhere I look, I only find daughters haunted by something their mothers did to them. we tell each other that we could raise our daughters differently. we do this while wonde…"

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

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8. Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things , bestselling & award-winn… read more

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  • poetry
"but she was wearing a short skirt."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"everyone loves a strong woman until that woman no longer tolerates their bullshit. —the age-old proverb."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"some days i wake up & think, i would still do anything for the person you made me think you were. —it’s too bad he doesn’t exist."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"i refuse to be ashamed of taking up my rightful. i refuse to apologize for daring to have an opinion. —it’s a pleasure to disappoint you."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

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9. Sea of Strangers

By: Lang Leav

3.68

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Sea of Strangers  by Lang Leav picks up from her previous international bestselling books including… read more

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  • poetry
"The distance from you is measured in how far I've come."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"I will celebrate this life of mine, with or without you."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"love is a dormant volcano, lying in wait, biding its time."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"I am already nostalgic for what we have, even with you still here."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

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10. ゆびさきと恋々 5 [Yubisaki to Renren 5]

By: Suu Morishita

4.46

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

ーーーこの非日常みたいな事が少しずつ日常へ変わっていったりするのかな。 女子大生の雪は、聴覚障がいがあって耳が聴こえない自分にも動じることなく自然に接してくる大学の先輩・逸臣に惹かれ、好きになる。… read more

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11. ゆびさきと恋々 6 [Yubisaki to Renren 6]

By: Suu Morishita

4.52

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

ーーーもしかしたら今ならなんでも答えてくれるの? 女子大生の雪は、聴覚障がいがあって耳が聴こえない自分にも動じることなく自然に接してくる大学の先輩・逸臣に惹かれ、好きになる。この恋にしっかり向き合… read more

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12. Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“life is not something that can be experienced on a deadline.”amanda lovelace, the bestselling & aw… read more

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  • poetry
"actually, no, i don’t take it as a compliment when you tell me how “hot"

-Amanda Lovelace, Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3)

"you truly don’t have to wait until a special occasion to do anything, so go on & put the holiday tree up in august. stay up till dawn making that instagram-worthy cake. wear those glistening green he…"

-Amanda Lovelace, Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3)

Cover of The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2) by Amanda Lovelace

13. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, … read more

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  • poetry
" -call us alexandria "

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"Confiança não é egocentrismo"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"Fuck the idea of staying calm."

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

"i am the girl with the arsonist heart"

-Amanda Lovelace, The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #2)

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14. 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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  • poetry
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15. There Is Room for All of You Here

By: Michaela Angemeer

3.80

Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition

Fall into this collection of poetry and prose inspired by healing and being open to love again, per… read more

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  • poetry
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16. To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.73

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

"What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?"W… read more

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  • poetry
"darling, you are worthy."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

"yet here i am. i stand before you the woman who managed to become everything you said she could never one day be."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

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17. Flowers on the Moon

By: Billy Chapata

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Social media sensation Billy Chapata shares insight and advice into the powerful world of love, hea… read more

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  • poetry
"darling, if you have to convince them of your worthiness, they might not be worth holding on to. poison comes in shiny bottles too."

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"darling, you don't have to be seen to be worthy. you are still whole without their acknowledgment. you will still breathe without their surveillance. you still exist."

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"as my relationships with others change, my relationship with myself evolves too. at times i can’t get enough of myself, and at other times i need a hiatus from me. at times i understand myself, and a…"

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

"your journey will scare some people. the steps that you take will intimidate others, and the paths that you take will confuse some. people are afraid of things they can’t control, and when they reali…"

-Billy Chapata, Flowers on the Moon

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18. Self-Love for Small-Town Girls

By: Lang Leav

3.87

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Self-Love for Small Town Girls is an exciting offering from beloved bestselling author Lang Leav. A… read more

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  • poetry
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19. I Am Her Tribe

By: Danielle Doby

4.32

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

#IAmHerTribe creator Danielle Doby shares her poetry for the first time in a collection long antici… read more

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  • poetry
"i find myself moving in daydreams"

-Danielle Doby, I Am Her Tribe

"you won't be for everyone but you are from someone"

-Danielle Doby, I Am Her Tribe

"give yourself permission to be where you are and to still be loved for it"

-Danielle Doby, I Am Her Tribe

"it took me a long time to create an earth that would hold me for all that i am"

-Danielle Doby, I Am Her Tribe

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20. The Gift of Everything

By: Lang Leav

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

International best-selling author Lang Leav presents  The Gift of Everything , a stunning hardcover… read more

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  • poetry
Cover of Playing with Matches by Michael Faudet

21. Playing with Matches

By: Michael Faudet

3.80

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Playing with Matches is the ultimate collector’s edition by internationally best-selling poet, Mich… read more

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  • poetry
"Run towards your dream, and never let anyone fill your pockets with rocks."

-Michael Faudet, Playing with Matches

7 must-read contemporary books like Sea of Strangers by Lang Leav

Transform Your Habits

The Chaos of Longing

K.Y. Robinson

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Sabrina Benaim

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Dirty Pretty Things

Michael Faudet

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Sea of Strangers

Lang Leav

3.68

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