The Sun and Her Flowers
by Rupi Kaur
★ Top 10 book of 2017 · #9 on Best Books of 2017
Kaur's second poetry collection moves through five chapters: wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. Illustrated by the author, it explores healing, ancestry, finding a home within yourself, and love in all its forms.
Best for: Poetry lovers seeking illustrated verse about healing, heritage, growth and self-belonging
The Sun and Her Flowers is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2017, out of 73 2017 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Sun and Her Flowers is about
Rupi Kaur's second poetry collection, after milk and honey, is built from five chapters with her own illustrations: wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. Those titles trace a path of growth and healing, and the publisher's description quotes a poem in which a mother compares people to garden flowers that must wilt, fall, root, and rise in order to bloom.
Along the way the poems turn to ancestry and the honoring of one's roots, and to expatriation, including the work of rising up to find a home within yourself. The book also celebrates love in all its forms. It will appeal to readers who like short, spare poems they can return to in small moments, especially anyone going through a hard season and looking for words about starting again.
The Sun and Her Flowers on the Best Books of 2017
The Sun and Her Flowers came out in 2017. Of the 73 books first published in 2017 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #9 on our Best Books of 2017 list.
Why it made the list: 1,128 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (45 ratings); 42 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
It earns Being read right now.
Nearby on the 2017 list
- Turtles All the Way Down John Green, #7
- Becoming Supernatural Joe Dispenza, #8
- Dog Man and Cat Kid Dav Pilkey, #10
- Nightfall Shannon Messenger, #11
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 1,042 want to read it, 42 are reading it now and 44 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4 out of 5 from 45 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 93 | 55% |
| Reader love | 56 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 92 | 20% |
Questions about The Sun and Her Flowers
When was The Sun and Her Flowers published?
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur was first published in 2017.
Was The Sun and Her Flowers one of the best books of 2017?
The Sun and Her Flowers is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2017, out of 73 2017 books that cleared our data bar. 1,128 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (45 ratings); 42 are reading it right now.
Why is The Sun and Her Flowers on the Best Books of 2017 list?
1,128 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4 out of 5 (45 ratings); 42 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2017
- The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, #1
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, #2
- A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas, #3
- One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, #4
- The Dark Prophecy Rick Riordan, #5
- Why We Sleep Matthew P. Walker, #6
See the full Best Books of 2017, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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