Year-End Lists

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

Poetry
DMZ Colony - Don Mee Choi

Poetry 2020 National Book Award

Hybrida - Tina Chang

5 Best Poetry Books of 2019 Publishers Weekly

The Year of Blue Water - Yanyi

10 Great Poetry Collections You May Have Missed Chicago Review of Books: Anthony Frame

The Next Loves - Stéphane Bouquet

The Best Poetry Books of 2019 New York Times: David Orr

Soft Science - Franny Choi

14 Unmissable Poetry Books from 2019 Electric Lit: Christina Orlando

Library of Small Catastrophes - Alison C. Rollins

Best Poetry Books of 2019 New York Public Library

Library of Small Catastrophes - Alison C. Rollins

Best Poetry of 2019 BuzzFeed

Dunce - Mary Ruefle

Favorite Poetry of 2019 Dennis Cooper

Deaf Republic - Ilya Kaminsky

Best Poetry of 2019 Library Journal

Dunce - Mary Ruefle

Best Poetry Books of 2019 Via Negativa

Time - Etel Adnan

Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019 Entropy

The Best Poetry Collections of 2019 Washington Post

Sight Lines - Arthur Sze

Poetry 2019 National Book Award

The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade Lit Hub

Indecency - Justin Phillip Reed

Best Poetry of 2018 Book Riot

9 Best Books of Poetry in 2018 Vulture: Meghan O'Rourke

15 Poetry Collections From 2018 You Won’t Want To Miss Bustle: E. Ce Miller

Best Poetry Collections of 2018 Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins

Favorite Poetry of 2018 Dennis Cooper

Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2018 Entropy

The Carrying - Ada Limón

10 Best Poetry Books of 2018 Chicago Review of Books

The Carrying - Ada Limón

6 of the Best Feminist Poetry Books of 2018 Autostraddle

Best Poetry of 2018 New York Times: David Orr

5 Best Poetry Books of 2018 Publishers Weekly