Year-End Lists

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

Poetry
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency - Chen Chen

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

How Much? - Jerome Sala

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2022

Balladz - Sharon Olds

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2022

Hyperphantasia - Sara Deniz Akant

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2022

Path of Totality - Niina Pollari

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2022

The Illustrated Woman - Helen Mort

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2022

Please make me pretty, I don't want to die - Tawanda Mulalu

Troy Jollimore: Washington Post The 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2022

Punks - John Keene

National Book Award Poetry 2022

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head - Warsan Shire

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2022

C+nto and Othered Poems - Joelle Taylor

T.S. Eliot Prize 2021 Award

The Blues of Heaven - Barbara Ras

Maggie Smith: Whittier Daily News Top 10 Poetry Books of 2021

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

Electric Lit Favorite Poetry Collections of 2021

Floaters - Martín Espada

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2021

Returning the Sword to the Stone - Mark Leidner

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2021

Hoarders - Kate Durbin

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2021

If God Is a Virus - Seema Yasmin

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2021

Doppelgangbanger - Cortney Lamar Charleston

Boston Globe The Best Poetry of 2021

Floaters - Martín Espada

National Book Award Poetry 2021

The Essential June Jordan - June Jordan

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2021

How To Wash a Heart - Bhanu Kapil

T.S. Eliot Prize 2020 Award

Discipline - Jane Yeh

Hyperallergic Our Favorite Poetry Books of 2020

I Was Waiting to See What You Would Do First - Angie Mazakis

Boston Globe Best Poetry of 2020

Wicked Enchantment - Wanda Coleman

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2020

Toxicon and Arachne - Joyelle McSweeney

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2020