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Readers who finished Awe by Dorothea Lasky and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Women Authors, Subjects & Themes, American, and Poetry.

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Top related books to Awe

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Awe.

Changing with the Tides — Shelby Leigh

Changing with the Tides

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

A Handful of Stars — Ruby Dhal

A Handful of Stars

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt — Amy Clampitt

The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Ants on the Melon A Collection of Poems — Virginia Adair

Ants on the Melon A Collection of Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Gentlewomen — Megan Kaminski

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Reader, I — Corey Van Landingham

Corey Van Landingham

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Selected Poems 1988-2013 — Seamus Heaney

Selected Poems 1988-2013

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Rift Zone — Tess Taylor

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Living Above the Frost Line New and Selected Poems — Nancy Simpson

Living Above the Frost Line New and Selected Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

100 Poems to Break Your Heart — Edward Hirsch

100 Poems to Break Your Heart

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Erratic Boundaries — Sigrid Miller Pollin

Erratic Boundaries

Sigrid Miller Pollin

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Latitude — Natasha Rao

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Poppies — Amy Sexauer

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Blue Flax and Yellow Mustard Flower Poems — Alison Hawthorne Deming

Blue Flax and Yellow Mustard Flower Poems

Alison Hawthorne Deming

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Desire Lines New and Selected Poems — Lola Haskins

Desire Lines New and Selected Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Springing New and Selected Poems — Marie Ponsot

Springing New and Selected Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems (American Poets Project #1) — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems (American Poets Project #1)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Film for Her — Orion Carloto

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Racing Hummingbirds — Jeanann Verlee

Racing Hummingbirds

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

Virgin Poems — Analicia Sotelo

Analicia Sotelo

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Complete Poems — Anne Sexton

The Complete Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Lumberjack’s Dove A Poem — GennaRose Nethercott

The Lumberjack’s Dove A Poem

GennaRose Nethercott

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

We Want Our Bodies Back Poems — Jessica Care Moore

We Want Our Bodies Back Poems

Jessica Care Moore

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

The Essential Muriel Rukeyser Poems — Muriel Rukeyser

The Essential Muriel Rukeyser Poems

Muriel Rukeyser

Themes: Women Authors • Subjects & Themes • American

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Awe by Dorothea Lasky. Connected by Women Authors, Subjects & Themes, American. Authors featured include Shelby Leigh, Ruby Dhal, Amy Clampitt, Virginia Adair, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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