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Books like Poems

Poems by Langston Hughes reads as soulful, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The people, yes cover
The people, yes
Carl Sandburg · 1936
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The weary blues cover
The weary blues
Langston Hughes · 1926
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79% genome match
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda cover
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda · 1982
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69% genome match
On the Road cover
On the Road
Jack Kerouac · 1957
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69% genome match
Spoon River Anthology cover
Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters · 1914
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69% genome match
Collected Poems 1947-1980 cover
Collected Poems 1947-1980
Allen Ginsberg · 1988
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69% genome match
Some love, some pain, sometime cover
Some love, some pain, sometime
J. California Cooper · 1995
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69% genome match
Swing cover
Swing
Kwame Alexander · 2018
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69% genome match
One crazy summer cover
One crazy summer
Rita Williams-Garcia · 2010
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69% genome match
Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People cover
Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People
Nikki Giovanni · 1973
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69% genome match
Americanah cover
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013
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69% genome match
An Island Like You cover
An Island Like You
Judith Ortiz Cofer · 1995
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match

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