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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,033 books — 898 voters
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesUprooted by Naomi NovikThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisStardust by Neil GaimanThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Fantasy with Old-School Fairy Tale Vibes
273 books — 156 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
204 books — 81 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnanimity by Alexandra Almeida
Beautifully Written, Literary Fantasy and Science Fiction
112 books — 62 voters

Shatter Me by Tahereh MafiDaughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini TaylorLips Touch by Laini TaylorBlackbringer by Laini TaylorOnce Upon a Road Trip by Angela N. Blount
Most Beautifully-Written YA Books
67 books — 60 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Beautifully Disturbing
84 books — 58 voters

Wood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris RoseThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Lover by Marguerite DurasTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Stream of Life by Clarice Lispector
Poetic Novels and Novellas
33 books — 34 voters
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternOnce Upon a River by Diane SetterfieldThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanPractical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Books That Make You Want To Curl Up With a Blanket & Tea
77 books — 23 voters

Eating Salad Drunk by Gabe HenryA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessRosemary's Baby by Ira LevinThe Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel SparkHappy Birthday, Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Haiku Challenge
278 books — 14 voters
Ethereal by Phillip BainbridgeAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. SmithRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Lyrical & Beautifully Written Books
33 books — 13 voters

Pushback by John E. StithBone Flake by Keith J. BeasleyThe Empty Couple by Oneal WaltersOur Song, Memento Mori by P.G. LengsfelderVENGEANCE by H. BRYANT COOK
Best Poetic Thriller Novels
17 books — 11 voters
Lullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanSelected Poems by Emily DickinsonREPERCUSSIONS OF LOVE by Nathan OlszewskiThe Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry Everyone Should Read - 2021
53 books — 10 voters

Echos of the Canyon by Betty Nadine ThomasComing to Jakarta by Peter Dale ScottPoetry in a time of Pestilence by Alex MorrittThe Secret of Divine Civilization by Abdu'l-BaháAgainst Forgetting by Carolyn Forché
Poetic Politics
66 books — 8 voters
Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer HamannLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe End of Everything by Megan AbbottThe Albino Album by Chavisa WoodsDare Me by Megan Abbott
Incandescent American Novels
6 books — 4 voters

Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression by Donald A. LandesThe Visible and the Invisible by Maurice Merleau-PontyPhenomenology of Perception by Maurice Merleau-PontyMerleau-Ponty’s Philosophy of Nature by Ted ToadvineMerleau-Ponty's Ontology by M.C. Dillon
Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy
186 books — 4 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosI Thirst by Gina Marinello-SweeneyKrik? Krak! by Edwidge DanticatThe Rose and the Sword by Gina Marinello-SweeneyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Poetic Prose
17 books — 2 voters

A Slip of a Girl by Patricia Reilly GiffRusty the Rooster by Mik RevohladA Time to Dance by Padma VenkatramanLong Way Down by Jason Reynolds
La Crosse County Library Youth Services Book Talk – Novels in Verse
4 books — 2 voters
La Celestina by Fernando de RojasElizabeth's Mountain by Lucille GuarinoThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Arabian Nights by AnonymousThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Erotic Prosimetra
16 books — 2 voters

Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae CarsonHow a Star Falls by Amber StokesWhile You're Awake by Amber StokesA Wish Made Of Glass by Ashlee WillisLike a River Glorious by Rae Carson
Most Poetic Titles Ever
7 books — 1 voter

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