Read-alikes and related books

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Readers who finished Trembling by Karen Petersen and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Women Authors and Poetry.

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Top related books to Trembling

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

Grime — Thea Matthews

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

From the Heart and Mind A Touch of Healing Written in Rhyme — Jessica Crane

From the Heart and Mind A Touch of Healing Written in Rhyme

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

A Heart Full of Lavender — Jaclyn Villavicencio

A Heart Full of Lavender

Jaclyn Villavicencio

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Wild Blue Yonder — Leah Campbell Badertscher

Wild Blue Yonder

Leah Campbell Badertscher

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

The Shift Poetry for a New Perspective — Melody Godfred

The Shift Poetry for a New Perspective

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Wonder Rooms — Allison Funk

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Longings — Lili S. McDeath

Lili S. McDeath

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

They Rise Like a Wave An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets — Allison Albino

They Rise Like a Wave An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Head on a Gleaming Plate August 1917-October 1918 — Marina Tsvetaeva

Head on a Gleaming Plate August 1917-October 1918

Marina Tsvetaeva

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

The Generosity — Luci Shaw

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Directions Poetry — Ange Chan

Directions Poetry

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Memory Rewritten — Mariella Nigro

Memory Rewritten

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

House of Light — Mary Oliver

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Garments Against Women — Anne Boyer

Garments Against Women

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Piano in the Dark — Nancy Naomi Carlson

Piano in the Dark

Nancy Naomi Carlson

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

100 Poems to Break Your Heart — Edward Hirsch

100 Poems to Break Your Heart

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things — Amanda Lovelace

Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

Amanda Lovelace

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

The Orchard Poems — Brigit Pegeen Kelly

The Orchard Poems

Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Helen of Troy and Other Poems — Sara Teasdale

Helen of Troy and Other Poems

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Nerve Storm — Amy Gerstler

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Gossamurmur — Anne Waldman

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Beauty for Ashes A Journey of Healing — Emma Leigh Levine

Beauty for Ashes A Journey of Healing

Emma Leigh Levine

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Changing with the Tides — Shelby Leigh

Changing with the Tides

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

Eat the World A Collection of Poems — Marina Diamandis

Eat the World A Collection of Poems

Marina Diamandis

Themes: Women Authors • Poetry

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Women Authors, Poetry — the same threads that run through Trembling by Karen Petersen. Among the authors featured: Thea Matthews, Jessica Crane, Jaclyn Villavicencio, Leah Campbell Badertscher, and others.

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