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The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert FrostThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Complete Poems by John Keats
Best Poets
522 books — 392 voters
The Hell Within Me by C.B. RobertsCleaning Out The 'Fridge by Sandra CutchallStupid Poems by Linda De QuinceyA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonThe Dust of Us by Michelle Boske
New Poetry books
459 books — 381 voters

White Knuckle by Steven BruceJust Love Her by Raz MihalThe Strength In Our Scars by Bianca SparacinoEmerson, the Stoics, and Me by Mark MatousekWild Hope by Donna Ashworth
Goodreads Poets
304 books — 326 voters
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonSeptember Verses by Hunter S. JonesRevel by Michael IndemaioA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonA World of Verse by Christopher Shields
Modern Indie Poets
159 books — 194 voters

No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaLullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningThe Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceThe Collected Poems by Sylvia PlathThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Poetry by Women
450 books — 179 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyBoot by Charles L. TempletonThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Counter-Culture of the 1960s (fiction and nonfiction)
419 books — 171 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksRegeneration by Pat BarkerA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
WW I books
451 books — 122 voters
Lullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningThe Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonA Night Without Armor by JewelWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny Winter
Poetry in Motion
63 books — 57 voters

Glitterland by Alexis HallFatal Shadows by Josh LanyonSole Support by Kaje HarperTight Quarters by Annabeth AlbertSomebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
MM Romance featuring Writers, Authors, Journalists etc.
282 books — 53 voters
My Stroke of Inspiration by Ann Marie ThomasWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterWaking Up at the Gates by Thomas KudlaOne Heart - Many Breaks by Sandeep Kumar MishraFlora, Fauna, Fairies and Other Favourite Things by Ann Perry
Read More Poets!
52 books — 45 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuIf Not, Winter by SapphoThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanOroonoko by Aphra BehnThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Early Female Fiction Writers
89 books — 30 voters
Filing Order by John DelaneyMy Heart Is Not Asleep by Thomas A. ThomasAnxiety by Danny WinterWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterEchoes From a Cobbled Street by David Hayes
Favourite contemporary poetry
25 books — 30 voters

Dickinson by Emily DickinsonBronte by Emily BrontëPoems of Paris by Emily FragosFriendship Poems by Peter WashingtonFatherhood by Carmela Ciuraru
Everyman's Library Pocket Poems
132 books — 28 voters
Will in the World by Stephen GreenblattCharles Dickens by Claire TomalinDickens by Peter AckroydByron by Fiona MacCarthyPoe by Peter Ackroyd
Great Literary Biographies
81 books — 22 voters

The Dead and the Living by Sharon OldsBluets by Maggie NelsonLabyrinth Heart by NaiadWhat is Left of Us by Shreya MauryaBullets and Silver Linings by Lorelei .
Best Contemporary Female Poets
127 books — 20 voters
Ruthless. Heartless! Loveless. by Holly StarWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterAnxiety by Danny WinterSourdough by Diane Lee MoomeyNo Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
Best Underground-ish Poetry
21 books — 20 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaThe Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred OwenThe Aeneid by VirgilCivil War Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman
War Poetry
43 books — 19 voters
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne AshfordJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie BarronThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Sherlockian by Graham MooreLove and Ruin by Paula McLain
Historical Fiction Featuring Real Life Authors, Poets, and Playwrights
93 books — 19 voters

Anxiety by Danny WinterPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterBournemouth Boys and Boscombe Girls by Danny WinterNear Death / Near Life by Dennis Maulsby
Best Poetry You Overlooked
28 books — 16 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonBeloved by Toni MorrisonCatherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Dead in 2019: The Authors We Lost
212 books — 14 voters

The Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickSacred Animal Activism by Vikki KoplickWaking Up at the Gates by Thomas KudlaMilk and honey by Rupi KaurYou'll Come Back to Yourself by Michaela Angemeer
Self-Love Poetry
25 books — 12 voters
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen by Deborah HopkinsonPapa Is a Poet by Natalie S. BoberBrave Jane Austen by Lisa PliscouThe Right Word by Jen BryantJust Like Beverly by Vicki Conrad
Picture Book Bios of Poets and Authors
85 books — 11 voters

Poecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Lost Bookshop by Evie WoodsLying Awake by Mark SalzmanI Thirst by Gina Marinello-SweeneyThe God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Poets and Poetry in Fiction
5 books — 7 voters
Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G. HeilbrunPrisons We Choose to Live Inside by Doris LessingThe Dud Avocado by Elaine DundyThe Long-Winded Lady by Maeve BrennanThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Works Mentioned in Spinster
23 books — 6 voters

Bittersweetness by Stella Donatowhile the rest of the world dances by Bryony RosehurstLove Lost And Found by E.M. McConnellA Graceless & Flourishing Heart by Lauren EveEmotionally Raw by Carlos Cabrera
Indie Poetry & Prose
56 books — 6 voters
Poecabulary by Francis DiClementeType 2 by Ben DitmarsHet verband tussen de dagen by Miriam Van heeCrushed Wild Mint by Jess HoustyA Poet's Journey by Marta Moran Bishop
Addicted to Poetry
7 books — 5 voters

Verses of a Poet Who Didn't Know It by Thomas Kudla100 Poems to Help You Sleep by Jane McMorland HunterPoems for Tortured Souls by Liz IsonPlease Excuse This Poem by Brett Fletcher LauerThe Hell with Love by Mary D. Esselman
Poetry for/Poetry to
88 books — 5 voters
Blessing the Boats by Lucille CliftonHow We Became Human by Joy HarjoElectric Light by Seamus HeaneyBroken Miracles by Kwame AlexanderBluets by Maggie Nelson
Poetry Published in Decade: 2000s
51 books — 3 voters

Poecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe August Sleepwalker by Bei DaoMemory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwishalphabet by Inger ChristensenMy Life by Lyn Hejinian
Poetry Published in Decade: 1980s
7 books — 3 voters
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerSherry and the Butterfly Lady by Celeste BoudreauxThe Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino by Hiromi KawakamiDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThat They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern
Vol. I: Haunted, Yearning, Rooted.
16 books — 2 voters

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