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You're Not a Girl in a Movie by Hala Alyan

You're Not a Girl in a Movie

Hala Alyan

34 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

We Are All So Good at Smiling

Amber McBride

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy poetry young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

When We Make It

Elisabet Velasquez

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry emotional medium-paced
Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk

Nothing Burns As Bright As You

Ashley Woodfolk

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Jasmines In Her Hair: Poetry for the Soul by Kalpesh Desai

Jasmines In Her Hair: Poetry for the Soul

Kalpesh Desai

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

poetry
The Love Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili by Rumi

The Love Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili

Rumi

128 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry reflective medium-paced
You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

You Better Be Lightning

Andrea Gibson

115 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith

Incendiary Art: Poems

Patricia Smith

144 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

Content Warning: Everything

Akwaeke Emezi

47 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Ain't Burned All the Bright

Jason Reynolds

376 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction art poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced