Read-alikes and related books

Books like Modest Aspirations

24 titles for readers of Modest Aspirations by Gerald Locklin, selected for shared themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) and Poetry.

Anthologies (multiple authors) Poetry Fiction

Top related books to Modest Aspirations

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Modest Aspirations.

High Lonesome Stories 1966-2006 — Joyce Carol Oates

High Lonesome Stories 1966-2006

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Can You Sign My Tentacle? Poems — Brandon O’Brien

Can You Sign My Tentacle? Poems — Brandon O’Brien

Brandon O'Brien

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Jailbreaks 99 Canadian Sonnets — Zachariah Wells

Jailbreaks 99 Canadian Sonnets

Zachariah Wells

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Brown River, White Ocean An Anthology of Twentieth-century Philippine Literature in English — Luis Francia

Brown River, White Ocean An Anthology of Twentieth-century Philippine Literature in English

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Desert Songs of the Night 1500 Years of Arabic Literature — Suheil B. Bushrui

Desert Songs of the Night 1500 Years of Arabic Literature

Suheil B. Bushrui

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Hijas de América Latina una antología global — Sandra Guzman

Hijas de América Latina una antología global

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Annotated Poe — Edgar Allan Poe

The Annotated Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Torn Awake — Forrest Gander

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Stories of Art and Artists — Diana Secker Tesdell

Stories of Art and Artists

Diana Secker Tesdell

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Invisible Cities — Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Ausgewählte Gedichte — Georg Weerth

Ausgewählte Gedichte

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Poetry of Survival Post-war Poets of Central and Eastern Europe — Daniel Weissbort

The Poetry of Survival Post-war Poets of Central and Eastern Europe

Daniel Weissbort

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Eclectic Brew — Bull Run Unitarian Universalists

Bull Run Unitarian Universalists

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Penguin Book of Migration Literature Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns — Dohra Ahmad

The Penguin Book of Migration Literature Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

So Many Islands Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans — Nicholas Laughlin

So Many Islands Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans

Nicholas Laughlin

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Book of Songs — Joseph Roe Allen

The Book of Songs

Joseph Roe Allen

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry — Lucien Stryk

The Penguin Book of Zen Poetry

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Art of the Short Story — Dana Gioia

The Art of the Short Story

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The Little Big Book for Grandmothers, revised edition Fairy tales, poetry, activities, songs, nursery rhymes, games, recipes, stories — Alice Wong

The Little Big Book for Grandmothers, revised edition Fairy tales, poetry, activities, songs, nursery rhymes, games, recipes, stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices — Ayesha Harruna Attah

Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices

Ayesha Harruna Attah

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Artaud Anthology — Antonin Artaud

Artaud Anthology

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Early Twentieth-century Poetry — Paul Driver

Early Twentieth-century Poetry

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

Storm Minds Shine Bright — Amanda Scotney

Storm Minds Shine Bright

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Poetry

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Anthologies (multiple authors), Poetry — the same threads that run through Modest Aspirations by Gerald Locklin. Among the authors featured: Joyce Carol Oates, Brandon O'Brien, Zachariah Wells, Luis Francia, and others.

Explore more

More by Gerald Locklin More books tagged Anthologies (multiple authors) Explore Poetry

An informational database of English-language books