Year-End Lists

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

Poetry

4 Best Poetry Books of 2016 Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins

8 Best Poetry Books of 2016 New Yorker: Dan Chiasson

5 Best Poetry Collections of 2016 Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

11 Best Poetry Books of 2016 BuzzFeed

The Performance of Becoming Human - Daniel Borzutzky

Poetry 2016 National Book Award

Voyage of the Sable Venus - Robin Coste Lewis

16 Best Poetry Books of 2015 BuzzFeed

11 Best Poetry Books of 2015 Kansas City Star

5 Best Poetry Collections of 2015 Washington Post: Elizabeth Lund

10 Best Poetry Books of 2015 New York Times: David Orr

8 Best Poetry Books of 2015 Flavorwire: Jonathon Sturgeon

23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015 Dennis Cooper

12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015 New Yorker: Dan Chiasson

Voyage of the Sable Venus - Robin Coste Lewis

Best Poetry Books of 2015 Publishers Weekly

Citizen - Claudia Rankine

Best Poetry Books of 2014 Publishers Weekly

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Best Poetry Books of 2013 Publishers Weekly

Incarnadine - Mary Szybist

Poetry 2013 National Book Award

The Malady of the Century - Jon Leon

16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012 Dennis Cooper

8 Best Poetry Books of 2012 Boston Globe: Michael Andor Brodeur

7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012 Chicago Tribune: Michael Robbins

The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard - Joe Brainard

Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012 Frontier Psychiatrist

5 Best Poetry Books of 2012 Publishers Weekly

Engine Empire - Cathy Park Hong

Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012 Coldfront

Life on Mars - Tracy K. Smith

Best Poetry Books of 2011 Publishers Weekly