13 must-read nonfiction books like Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments by Nikita Gill, David Gauthier

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Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

By: Nikita Gill , David Gauthier

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments by Nikita Gill, David Gauthier , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Dogs I Have Kissed

By: Trista Mateer

3.52

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

Known for her eponymous blog and her confessional style of writing, this is Trista Mateer's second … read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's The Dogs I Have Kissed book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"I am always two parts tequila, one part longing."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"I’d suck salt off your fingers
 like a fucking animal.
"

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"Girl like a garden you never volunteered to tend. Dirt all tracked into your front hall."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

"I wanted to taste the salt on your skin, to press my mouth against the violent curve of you."

-Trista Mateer, The Dogs I Have Kissed

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2. 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

Similar categories in K.Y. Robinson's The Chaos of Longing book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
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3. HER II

By: Tremanda Pewett , Pierre Alex Jeanty , None

4.04

Format: 192 pages,

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Similar categories in Tremanda Pewett's HER II book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
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4. Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

By: Nikita Gill , David Gauthier

4.25

Format: 127 pages,

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  • romance
  • poetry
  • short stories
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • 21st century

5. The Princess Saves Herself in this One

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wish… read more

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6. Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I

By: R.H. Sin

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel is author R.H. Sin's first book of poetry. read more

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7. Night Sky with Exit Wounds

By: Ocean Vuong

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--s… read more

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8. 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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9. Her

By: Tremanda Pewett , Pierre Alex Jeanty , None

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Her" is a collection of poetry and prose about women, their strengths and beauty. Every woman shou… read more

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10. 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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11. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2) book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"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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12. Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts , Courtney Peppernell returns… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2) book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"You shouldn't lose sleep over somebody any more than they should lose sleep over you. But you do, we all do. And we call this love."

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"I know life isn't always about bright colors and fireworks. Sometimes the colors aren't always clear, and our days get so hard they hurt. But settle down with me, hold my hand, let me kiss you. All I…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will read things…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"There is great freedom in only having yourself. Not having to worry about supporting anyone else, not having to think or make choices with anyone else in mind. But there is still an ache, some days d…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

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13. 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

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"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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14. 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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  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"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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15. The Strength In Our Scars

By: Bianca Sparacino

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition

“The Strength In Our Scars” is Bianca Sparacino’s reminder to you: No matter what you’re going thro… read more

Similar categories in Bianca Sparacino's The Strength In Our Scars book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"Love will not save you. But it will hold your hand while you save yourself."

-Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

"How do you find the right one in a world of 7 billion people? First—you become the right one. The rest will follow."

-Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

"From time to time, trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point you fought for something. You believed."

-Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

"What a shame it truly is— that some of us have lived our entire lives under the impression that the love we have been searching for was to be found, first and foremost, in anyone but ourselves."

-Bianca Sparacino, The Strength In Our Scars

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16. Aphrodite Made Me Do It

By: Trista Mateer

3.97

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer takes an imaginative approach to self-care in th… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's Aphrodite Made Me Do It book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • poetry
"Not all gods are born. Plenty of us rise."

-Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

"I’m afraid of not unlearning the bad things my parents taught me."

-Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

"love has little to do with blood relations and more to do with who you choose to bleed for"

-Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

"The thing about embracing your own chaos is that it never becomes clear when you need to stop."

-Trista Mateer, Aphrodite Made Me Do It

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17. Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself."amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1) book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"when you spend all your time imagining yourself in other people's shoes, your own story goes unwritten, & there is nothing more painful than that."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"here is nothing unfeminist about the girl who chooses the ball gown & the prince. there is everything unfeminist about those who try to shame her for her choices."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"inside the cramped fitting room, she slips into dress after dress as if she´s trying to slip into someone else´s life. - much to her dismay, her reflection stays the same."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"if he doesn’t think you’re absolutely stunning at your dirty sweats & grass-stained feet, then he sure as hell doesn’t deserve you at your fancy dress & uncomfortable heels."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

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18. Honeybee

By: Trista Mateer

3.85

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Goodreads Choice Award winning poet Trista Mateer "expertly exposes the intensity of first love" in… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's Honeybee book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"I still wake up with things to tell you."

-Trista Mateer, Honeybee

"Walking away from you feels like not taking care of myself."

-Trista Mateer, Honeybee

"I Have A Postcard Mouth All it ever says is: wish you were here."

-Trista Mateer, Honeybee

"I still have a lot of growing to do and I know there is more room for it in your absence."

-Trista Mateer, Honeybee

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19. Artemis Made Me Do It

By: Trista Mateer

4.14

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another magical approach to self-ca… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's Artemis Made Me Do It book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • poetry
"Forgive me if I unlearn pretty and learn vicious in its place."

-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It

"I believe all men think of me as a piece. Correction: Not all men."

-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It

"Look at you, taking care of everyone but yourself, letting love make you hollow instead of full."

-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It

"The wolf caught me in its jaws but when I cried out, other only said: I have seen the wolf many times and he has not bitten me"

-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It

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20. Dragonhearts

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.86

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

“COME AND SEE HOW I HAVE TAMED THE MONSTER THAT ONCE TRIED TO KILL THE GOOD IN ME.”three of today’s… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Dragonhearts book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • poetry
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
"know when you need to draw your lines in the sand. know when you need to lock your windows & your doors. know when you need to put your fences up. (& when you need to lace them with barber wire.) tru…"

-Amanda Lovelace, Dragonhearts

"my spiraling thoughts are keeping me up late. again. i text her & i’m surprised to find that she’s still awake. she texts back to let me know that she’s being haunted too, & how she guesses that mean…"

-Amanda Lovelace, Dragonhearts

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21. I hope this reaches her in time

By: R.H. Sin

3.82

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

you have a message from r.h. Sin read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's I hope this reaches her in time book and Nikita Gill's Your Body is an Ocean: Love and Other Experiments

  • romance
  • poetry
  • nonfiction
"until next time, talk to you soon… (call ends…)"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"the clouds dance around each other like lovers avoiding the truth"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"i was the ocean you wanted rivers i was the moon you chased the stars"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"you owe it to yourself to give yourself the love that you've misplaced in other"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

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3.52

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K.Y. Robinson

4.16

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Nikita Gill , David Gauthier

4.25

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Amanda Lovelace

4.02

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K.Y. Robinson

4.16

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Sabrina Benaim

4.27

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Michael Faudet

4.25

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