round two

Okay, here’s the next set of bests:

• Book Marks – The Best Reviewed Books of 2018: Poetry
• Entropy – Best of 2018: Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections
• Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 – Poetry
• The Listener (New Zealand) – 10 Best Poetry Books of 2018
• The New Yorker – The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 by Dan Chiasson
• NPR’s Book Concierge – Our Guide To 2018’s Great Reads (Short Stories, Essays & Poetry)
• The Times (London) – Best poetry books of 2018

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Let it begin!

One of our favorite signs of the year-end holidays is the pile-up of “year’s best poetry” lists. It’s always interesting to see which books make the lists, and which ones appear on multiple lists. The listing has begun, so let’s get started:

• The Financial Times – Best books of 2018: Poetry
• The Guardian – Top 10 poetry anthologies
• Publishers Weekly – Best Books 2018 – Poetry
• Publishers Weekly – Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Poetry
• The Washington Post – The 5 best poetry collections of 2018

three percent

The New York Times has released its list of 100 Notable Books of 2018. Three volumes of poetry are included:

• Brown: Poems by Kevin Young
• The Odyssey by Homer
• Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith

Catch up with the complete list here.

one more!

We thought it was over, but happened across one more best-of list: “Best” U.S. Poetry Books, 2000 – 2020 (a list in progress) by Bill Mohr.

best of 2017, round three

Here’s one more collection of best-of lists for 2017 poetry books:

• The Brooklyn Rail – Best 25 POETRY Books of 2017
• Bustle – The 18 Best Poetry Collections Of 2017
• BuzzFeed – The 13 Best Poetry Books Of 2017
• Financial Times – Best books of 2017: Poetry
• Literary Hub – Our Favorite Poetry Collections of 2017
• The Times (UK) – Best poetry books of 2017
• The Washington Post – The best poetry collections of 2017
• WBUR – Lloyd Schwartz: Our 5 Favorite Poetry Books This Year

Best-of, round two

• CBC – The best Canadian poetry of 2017
• Chicago Tribune – Notable poetry of 2017
• The Irish Times – 2017: A stellar year for new poetry
• Minnesota Public Radio – Best poetry collections of 2017: Poets’ picks
• The National Council of Teachers of English each year selects notable poetry titles for children ages 3-13 – both poetry books and verse novels (links appear about halfway down the page)
• The New York Times – David Orr lists The Best Poetry of 2017
• The New Yorker – The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017 By Dan Chiasson
• The Poetry Foundation’s 2017 Staff Picks

and so it begins…

As you may recall from years past, we’re particularly fond of year-end best-of lists. Although it’s not easy to find out how many poetry books are published each year (one source says 10,038 books of poetry or drama were published in the United States in 2012), it’s certainly a lot, and recommendations — from friends, reviewers, instructors, etc. — can help narrow the field a bit. Here’s the first of this year’s best-of poetry:

• Chicago Review of Books – The Best Poetry Books of 2017
• Entropy – Best of 2017: Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections
• The Guardian asks for recommendations from some favorite authors. Plenty of poetry included. Part 1, Part 2,
• The Guardian – Carol Rumens’s best poetry books of 2017
• NPR Book Concierge
• Publishers Weekly – five Best Poetry Books of 2017
• The Telegraph – The best poetry books of 2017