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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
525 books — 399 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
468 books — 377 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
315 books — 342 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
162 books — 195 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)
429 books — 181 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
454 books — 125 voters

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceThe Collected Poems by Sylvia PlathThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonHow We Became Human by Joy HarjoAnd Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Poetry by Women
472 books — 113 voters
The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac ShakurA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonLullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningA Night Without Armor by JewelWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny Winter
Poetry in Motion
63 books — 53 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 WinterOne Heart - Many Breaks by Sandeep Kumar MishraFlora, Fauna, Fairies and Other Favourite Things by Ann PerryEchoes from a Cobbled Street by David Hayes
Read More Poets!
51 books — 41 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
29 books — 32 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
90 books — 31 voters

Red Sea Press,U.S. Fall and Response, Poems. by Mary E. WeemsWhisper by Alison BellringerAnxiety by Danny WinterPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny Winter
Best Poetry You Overlooked
30 books — 31 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 OldsThe Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceBluets by Maggie NelsonLabyrinth Heart by NaiadWhat is Left of Us by Shreya Maurya
Best Contemporary Female Poets
132 books — 22 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
46 books — 20 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
94 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
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 — 15 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
86 books — 12 voters
The Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickSacred Animal Activism by Vikki KoplickMilk and honey by Rupi KaurYou'll Come Back to Yourself by Michaela AngemeerI Am Her Tribe by Danielle Doby
Self-Love Poetry
29 books — 9 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
6 books — 8 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

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 That Make Grown Men Cry by Anthony HoldenA Happy Poem to End Every Day by Jane McMorland HunterPoems That Make Grown Women Cry by Anthony Holden
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

That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote by K.J. BishopWedding Pictures by Jacqueline CareySaving the Gleeful Horse by K.J. BishopNo Fixed Address by Maureen BaylessThe Etched City by K.J. Bishop
An Authors List: Where Have You Gone?
11 books — 2 voters
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceThe Unabridged Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose BierceThe Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce by Ambrose BierceThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Writers, Poets and Authors Who Have Mysteriously Disappeared
25 books — 1 voter

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