Year-End Lists

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

Poetry
Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

The Best Poetry Books of 2024 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

I Was Working - Ariel Yelen

Best Poetry of 2024 New York Public Library

Bluff - Danez Smith

Best Poetry Collections of 2024 Electric Lit

Goodlord - Ella Frears

The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Guardian: Rishi Dastidar

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

Best Poetry of 2024 Library Journal

Fierce Elegy - Peter Gizzi

Best Poetry of 2024 Financial Times: Maria Crawford

Something about Living - Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Poetry 2024 National Book Award

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

Best Poetry Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly

Judas Goat - Gabrielle Bates

12 of the Best Poetry Collections from 2023 Book Riot: Connie Pan

Balladz - Sharon Olds

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Guardian: Rishi Dastidar

suddenly we - Evie Shockley

6 Favorite Poetry Collections of 2023 Boston Globe: Dasia Moore

Auction - Quan Barry

The Best Poetry of 2023 New York Times: Elisa Gabbert

Quiet - Victoria Adukwei Bulley

Best Poetry of 2023 New York Public Library

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Best Poetry of 2023 Library Journal

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Best Poetry of 2023 Financial Times: Maria Crawford

School of Instructions - Ishion Hutchinson

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Guardian: Kate Kellaway

Pig - Sam Sax

Best Poetry Collections of 2023 Electric Lit

The Lights - Ben Lerner

11 Great Poetry Collections from 2023 Washington Post: Srikanth Reddy

from unincorporated territory [åmot] - Craig Santos Perez

Poetry 2023 National Book Award

From From - Monica Youn

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

The Best Poetry Books of 2022 New Statesman: Ellen Peirson-Hagger

The Illustrated Woman - Helen Mort

The Best Poetry Books of 2022 Guardian

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022 Electric Lit

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency - Chen Chen

10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022 Book Riot: Connie Pan