Crush by Richard SikenDiving Into the Wreck by Adrienne RichThe Selected Poems by Federico García LorcaMadness by Sam SaxDon't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Best LGBT Poetry
9th out of 166 books — 55 voters
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedopeluda by Melissa Lozada-OlivaBright Dead Things by Ada LimonAnti-Humboldt by Hugo García ManríquezCorazón by Yesika Salgado
Latinx Poets
9th out of 163 books — 10 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnBring Up the Bodies by Hilary MantelBroken Harbour by Tana FrenchFar from the Tree by Andrew SolomonWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Salon's Ultimate Book Guide 2012
61st out of 68 books — 34 voters
How To Say Goodbye by James ValvisThe Early Death of Men by Clint MargraveDirt Road Dreams by Susie ClevengerAngels Cried by Stephen L. WilsonMentality Listens by Venus Angelica Perez
Best of New 2012 Poetry Books
87th out of 98 books — 200 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
389th out of 507 books — 143 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithLife of Pi by Yann MartelKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieMonster by Walter Dean Myers
2016/17 People of Color Reading List
93rd out of 142 books — 12 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
3935th out of 7,706 books — 14,256 voters
Maya's Notebook by Isabel AllendeIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezThe Kaleidoscope by Adrian MendozaLove War Stories by Ivelisse RodriguezThe Femicide Machine by Sergia Gonzalez Rodriguez
Latinos heritage best books
66th out of 103 books — 11 voters

Joy & Sorrow by Peter Sean DalyAnxiety by Danny WinterBright Dead Things by Ada LimonNight Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean VuongRevel by Michael Indemaio
Poetry Published in Decade: 2010s
316th out of 321 books — 40 voters
First Platoon by Annie JacobsenRed Line by Joby WarrickThe Last Soul Company by Rob BowmanRodney Scott's World of BBQ by Rodney ScottThe Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus
Heard on Morning Edition from NPR
7th out of 23 books — 1 voter

The Solace Is Not the Lullaby by Jill OsierThe Year of Blue Water (Volume 113) by Yanyi .We Play a Game (Volume 112) by Duy DoanSimulacra (Volume 111) by Airea D. MatthewsThe Destroyer in the Glass (Volume 110) by Noah Warren
Yale Series of Younger Poets
9th out of 100 books — 1 voter
Crapalachia by Scott McClanahanSlow Lightning (Volume 106) by Eduardo C. CorralLast Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin
Recommendations by Ocean Vuong
1st out of 3 books — 2 voters

White Knuckle by Steven  BruceCrush by Richard SikenAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonBluets by Maggie NelsonA Village Life by Louise Glück
Best Collection of Poems by Living Authors
731st out of 1,010 books — 905 voters
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotAriel by Sylvia Plath
Best Poetry Books
2013th out of 2,996 books — 2,447 voters

No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaWhite Knuckle by Steven  BruceThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurJust Love Her by Raz MihalA Poet's Journey by Marta Moran Bishop
Contemporary Poetry
505th out of 545 books — 441 voters