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Crank by Ellen HopkinsImpulse by Ellen HopkinsIdentical by Ellen HopkinsGlass by Ellen HopkinsBurned by Ellen Hopkins
Novels in Verse
427 books — 756 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotThe Collected Poems by Sylvia PlathLove Poems and Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Your Favourite Book of Poetry.
906 books — 648 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
302 books — 324 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
452 books — 178 voters

The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsStarfish by Lisa FippsBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
52 Book Club 2025: #17 - Told In Verse
155 books — 105 voters
A Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonEthereal by Phillip BainbridgeThe Unwords by Non NomenComplex Knowing by Chris KatsaropoulosAll the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Books in Poem
85 books — 87 voters

Poems for the Hazara by Kamran Mir HazarExotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonAngels Cried by Stephen L. WilsonA World of Verse by Christopher ShieldsRevel by Michael Indemaio
Best poetry Anthologies
200 books — 80 voters
Revel by Michael IndemaioA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonVerse for Ages by Colleen ThatcherSongs of Love & Longing by Cassia HallIn the Eyes of a Military Wife by Amanda Springer
Poems to Love
119 books — 78 voters

Starfish by Lisa FippsRed, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRoccaMorning Fuel by Rebecca Faye Smith GalliAlone by Megan E. FreemanMuted by Mss Tami Charles
Novel in Verse - 2021
25 books — 26 voters
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaThe Stranger by Albert CamusNight by Elie WieselMatilda by Roald DahlThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
pretty short books because i'm lazy
173 books — 23 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromMotherwit by Urmila PawarThe Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay Navaria
Dalit Literature
99 books — 14 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFront Desk by Kelly YangGhost by Jason ReynoldsSolo by Kwame AlexanderThe Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Project LIT Book Club
69 books — 11 voters

October Mourning by Lesléa NewmanNix Minus One by Jill MacLeanGarvey's Choice by Nikki GrimesNothing by Robin FriedmanSharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Verse Novels for Boys
44 books — 10 voters
De Rerum Natura by David HillstromDissecting Room Ballads From The Dublin Schools Of Medicine F... by Daragh SmithPoetry in a time of Pestilence by Alex MorrittThe Little Book of Neuroscience Haiku by Eric ChudlerHeartsongs by Mattie J. T. Stepanek by Mattie J.T. Stepanek
•Medical Poetry
91 books — 10 voters

Good Different by Meg Eden KuyattAll the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. SawyerrEnemies in the Orchard by Dana VanderLugtI Am Kavi by Thushanthi PonweeraMirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca
Novels in Verse - 2023
36 books — 9 voters
Spine Poems by Annette Dauphin SimonKate's Black Ink Poems by Ruth FinneganVinegar and Char by Sandra BeasleyO Holy Cow! by Phil RizzutoThe Complete Verse and Other Nonsense by Edward Lear
"Verse"
134 books — 8 voters

Anne with an E by April Michelle BrattenThe Circus of Forgetting by Barbara DuffeyPastries and Other Things History Has Tried To Choke Us With by Margaryta GolovchenkoThese Walls Are Starting to Glow by Karen (prev. Karen Bjork Ku...Wolf Skin by Mary McMyne
Dancing Girl Press
104 books — 5 voters
Eating God by Arundhathi SubramaniamThe Interior Landscape by A.K. RamanujanHymns for the Drowning by NammalvarGive Us This Day a Feast of Flesh by N.D. RajkumarWild Embers by Nikita Gill
Indian Poetry
79 books — 5 voters

Crank by Ellen HopkinsFreakboy by Kristin Elizabeth ClarkThe Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl and Random Boy by Marie JaskulkaNix Minus One by Jill MacLean
Teen Problem Verse Novels
4 books — 4 voters
Extracting the Stone of Madness by Alejandra PizarnikDarkness Moves by Henri MichauxWatchfiends and Rack Screams by Antonin ArtaudBarbaric Vast & Wild by Jerome RothenbergSelected Works of Konrad Bayer by Konrad Bayer
•O God, You Hundred Weighted Load
112 books — 4 voters

Poecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Great Fight by William Henry Drummondduino elegies by rainer maria rilke by Rainer Maria RilkeDartmoor's Policeman Poet by Simon DellBanker Poet by Martin Blocksidge
•Normal Poetry
102 books — 4 voters
I Could Pee on This Too by Francesco MarciulianoSpine Poems by Annette Dauphin SimonOur Rude Forefathers by Louie M. MinerCountdown in Bedlam, A Portfolio of Paranoiac Poems by Walter H. KerrI Hope You Find Me by Alan Feuer
Porchy
123 books — 4 voters

Hey, Diddle, Diddle! Nursery Rhymes by Hilda BoswellCakes and Custard by Brian AldersonDean's Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes Old and New by Janet Grahame-JohnstoneHumpty Dumpty's Favourite Nursery Rhymes by Dawn CopeTime for a Rhyme by Lucy Kincaid
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1970s
26 books — 2 voters
Hey Diddle Diddle A first Book of Nursery Rhymes by Anne Grahame-JohnstoneHey Diddle Diddle & Other Mother Goose Rhymes by Tomie dePaolaMy Best Book of Nursery Rhymes by Anne Grahame-JohnstoneAn Enchanting Book of Nursery Rhymes by Janet Grahame-JohnstoneA Merry-Mouse Book of Nursery Rhymes by Priscilla Hillman
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1980s
31 books — 2 voters

A First Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes by Frank HampsonBrian Wildsmith's Mother Goose by Brian WildsmithA Second Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes by Ladybird BooksMother Goose by Gyo FujikawaA Third Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes by Ladybird Books
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1960s
15 books — 2 voters
My Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Igloo BooksMy First Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Igloo BooksBedtime Rhymes by Tony RossAction Rhymes by Tony RossPlaytime Rhymes by Tony Ross
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 2010s
19 books — 2 voters

Nursery Rhymes by Whitman Publishing CompanyMother Goose with Pictures by Ruth E.Newton Assisted by Betty... by Ruth E. Newton and Betty Ca...A Tiny Book of Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Harter Publishing Company
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1930s
3 books — 1 voter
The Singing Mother Goose Book by John C. Winston CompanyThe Little Golden Mother Goose by Feodor RojankovskyNursery Rhyme-Land by Hilda Boswell
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1950s
3 books — 1 voter

The Classic Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Thomas NelsonPiano Book - Nursery Rhymes by Lake PressBaby Touch by Ladybird BooksThe Real Dada Mother Goose by Jon ScieszkaMy First Nursery Rhymes Collection by Tony Ross
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 2020s
7 books — 1 voter
Beautiful Mistakes by R.J. AveniraWhen they met by Luckkk KThe Sun Will Rise and So Will We by Jennae CeceliaAll The Things I Never Said by Mae KrellThese Are the Apologies We Never Said by Miranda Noel
Best Of Poetry
100 books — 1 voter

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