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Books like Boat

If you loved Boat by Lisa Robertson, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Canadian, Women Authors, Subjects & Themes, and American.

Canadian Women Authors Subjects & Themes American Poetry

Top related books to Boat

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

Dearly New Poems — Margaret Atwood

Dearly New Poems

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Home Body — Rupi Kaur

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Depression & Other Magic Tricks — Sabrina Benaim

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Gay Girl Prayers — Emily Austin

Gay Girl Prayers

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

The Complete Poems — Anne Sexton

The Complete Poems

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Please Love Me at My Worst — Michaela Angemeer

Please Love Me at My Worst

Michaela Angemeer

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Words of a Goat Princess — Jessie Reyez

Words of a Goat Princess

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Good Want — Domenica Martinello

Domenica Martinello

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Admission Requirements — Phoebe Wang

Admission Requirements

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

The Sun and Her Flowers — Rupi Kaur

The Sun and Her Flowers

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

The Watchman and Other Poems — L. M. Montgomery

The Watchman and Other Poems

L. M. Montgomery

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Italian Women, and Other Tragedies — Gianna Patriarca

Italian Women, and Other Tragedies

Gianna Patriarca

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

King of Iron Hearts — Giana Darling

King of Iron Hearts

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

The Natural Hustle Poems — Eva H.D.

The Natural Hustle Poems

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Parasitic Oscillations Poems — Madhur Anand

Parasitic Oscillations Poems

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Rump + Flank — Carol Harvey Steski

Carol Harvey Steski

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Wanderer and the Moon a poetry and prose collection — Andreana Warlow

Wanderer and the Moon a poetry and prose collection

Andreana Warlow

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

I Wanted to be the Knife — Sara Sutterlin

I Wanted to be the Knife

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

You’ll Come Back to Yourself — Michaela Angemeer

You’ll Come Back to Yourself

Michaela Angemeer

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

The Caiplie Caves — Karen Solie

The Caiplie Caves

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

Poems The Weight of Oranges, Miner’s Pond, Skin Divers — Anne Michaels

Poems The Weight of Oranges, Miner’s Pond, Skin Divers

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • Subjects & Themes

This Is How We Disappear — Titilope Sonuga

This Is How We Disappear

Titilope Sonuga

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • American

Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes Poems — Natasha Kanapé Fontaine

Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes Poems

Natasha Kanapé Fontaine

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • American

Sonnets — Camille Martin

Themes: Canadian • Women Authors • American

If Boat by Lisa Robertson is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Canadian, Women Authors, Subjects & Themes and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood, Rupi Kaur, Sabrina Benaim, Emily Austin, and others.

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