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Books like Water

24 books recommended for fans of Water by Rumi, tied together by themes of Love & Erotica, Middle Eastern, Inspirational & Religious, and Subjects & Themes.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Water.

Gold

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Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious

Rumi’s Little Book of Love 150 Poems That Speak to the Heart

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Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious

The Twenty-ninth Year Poems

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Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious

A Winding Line: Three Hebrew Poets Maya Bejerano, Sharron Hass, Anat Zecharia (Poems in Hebrew and English)

Maya Bejerano

Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Subjects & Themes

Emerald Wounds Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour

Joyce Mansour

Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Subjects & Themes

The Love Poems of Rumi

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Themes: Love & Erotica • Middle Eastern • Subjects & Themes

The Satyricon

Petronius

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

I Find You in the Darkness Poems

Alfa

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

Rumi: Soul Fury Rumi and Shams Tabriz on Friendship

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Themes: Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#10

The Conference of the Birds

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Themes: Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#11

Rupi Kaur Trilogy Boxed Set

Rupi Kaur

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#12

Serenity Poems

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Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#13

The Winged Energy of Delight Selected Translations

Robert Bly

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#14

The Invisible Sun A Guide for the Soul from Rumi’s Master

Attar

Themes: Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#15

Some Kiss We Want Poems Selected and New

Dorothy Walters

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#16

Shine Your Icy Crown

Amanda Lovelace

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#17

Murmuration

Blake Auden

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#18

The Conference of the Birds

Attar

Themes: Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#19

You Are Your Own Fairy Tale

Amanda Lovelace

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#20

Sincerely

F. S. Yousaf

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#21

I Hope You Remember Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living

Josie Balka

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#22

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Themes: Middle Eastern • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#23

She Just Wants to Forget

R. H. Sin

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

#24

Selected Poems of Philip Lamantia, 1943-1966 Pocket Poets No. 20

Philip Lamantia

Themes: Love & Erotica • Inspirational & Religious • Subjects & Themes

If Water by Rumi is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Love & Erotica, Middle Eastern, Inspirational & Religious and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Rumi, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Hala Alyan, Maya Bejerano, and others.