Year-End Lists

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

Poetry
I Was Working - Ariel Yelen

Best Poetry of 2024 New York Public Library

Forest of Noise - Mosab Abu Toha

Best Poetry Collections of 2024 Electric Lit

Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle - Katy Evans-Bush

The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Guardian: Rishi Dastidar

Modern Poetry - Diane Seuss

Best Poetry of 2024 Library Journal

Bluff - Danez Smith

Best Poetry of 2024 Financial Times: Maria Crawford

Something about Living - Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Poetry 2024 National Book Award

Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space - Catherine Barnett

Best Poetry Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly

Grand Tour - Elisa Gonzalez

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

Was It for This - Hannah Sullivan

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Guardian: Kate Kellaway

Pig - Sam Sax

Best Poetry Collections of 2023 Electric Lit

Information Desk - Robyn Schiff

11 Great Poetry Collections from 2023 Washington Post: Srikanth Reddy

from unincorporated territory [åmot] - Craig Santos Perez

Poetry 2023 National Book Award

suddenly we - Evie Shockley

Best Poetry Books of 2023 Publishers Weekly

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

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

Manorism - Yomi Sode

The Best Poetry Books of 2022 Guardian

Time Is a Mother - Ocean Vuong

Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022 Electric Lit

Alive at the End of the World - Saeed Jones

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

In a Few Minutes Before Later - Brenda Hillman

Best Poetry of 2022 Library Journal