Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Poetry
In a Few Minutes Before Later - Brenda Hillman

Best Poetry of 2022 Library Journal

Hyperphantasia - Sara Deniz Akant

The Best Poetry of 2022 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

The Trees Witness Everything - Victoria Chang

Best Poetry of 2022 New York Public Library

Manorism - Yomi Sode

Best Poetry of 2022 Financial Times: Maria Crawford

Please make me pretty, I don't want to die - Tawanda Mulalu

The 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2022 Washington Post: Troy Jollimore

Punks - John Keene

Poetry 2022 National Book Award

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head - Warsan Shire

Best Poetry Books of 2022 Publishers Weekly

The Blues of Heaven - Barbara Ras

Top 10 Poetry Books of 2021 Whittier Daily News: Maggie Smith

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2021 Electric Lit

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Best Poetry of 2021 Library Journal

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

The Best Poetry of 2021 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

Best Poetry of 2021 New York Public Library

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

The Best Poetry of 2021 Boston Globe

Floaters - Martín Espada

Poetry 2021 National Book Award

The Essential June Jordan - June Jordan

Best Poetry Books of 2021 Publishers Weekly

Discipline - Jane Yeh

Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020 Hyperallergic

I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First - Angie Mazakis

Best Poetry of 2020 Boston Globe

Wicked Enchantment - Wanda Coleman

The Best Poetry of 2020 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

DMZ Colony - Don Mee Choi

Best Poetry Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly

Homie - Danez Smith

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020 David Gutowski

Best Poetry of 2020 Library Journal

Wicked Enchantment - Wanda Coleman

Best Poetry Collections of 2020 Washington Post: Troy Jollimore

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Best Poetry Books of 2020 Guardian

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020 New York Public Library