Crave
Tracy Wolff
2020 · 2021 edition
592 pages
The most popular poetry books of 2020
Poetry says in a few lines what prose takes pages to reach. Love, grief, nature, protest and everyday moments are all its subjects. Classic and contemporary collections are here, along with anthologies for newcomers. Read a poem slowly, and then read it again. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
See also Love poetry, War poetry, and Children's poetry
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Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
Published 2020
432 pages
Troy
Stephen Fry
Published 2020
414 pages
The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate
Published 2020
352 pages
Poor
Caleb Femi
Published 2020
140 pages
Memorial Drive A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey
2020 · 2021 edition
240 pages
What Kind of Woman Poems
Kate Baer
Published 2020
93 pages
Punching the Air
Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
2020 · 2021 edition
386 pages
Swimming Lessons
Lili Reinhart
Published 2020
229 pages
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown
2020 · 2021 edition
496 pages
A Gentle Reminder
Bianca Sparacino
Published 2020
146 pages
Break Your Glass Slippers
Amanda Lovelace
Published 2020
133 pages
Dearly
Margaret Atwood
2020 · 2021 edition
144 pages
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Janae Marks
Published 2020
291 pages
Charming as a Verb
Ben Philippe
2020 · 2022 edition
336 pages
The Canyon's Edge
Dusti Bowling
2020 · 2021 edition
320 pages
Homie Poems
Danez Smith
Published 2020
96 pages
All Along You Were Blooming Thoughts for Boundless Living
Morgan Harper Nichols
Published 2020
182 pages
Film for Her
Orion Carloto
Published 2020
183 pages
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz
Published 2020
105 pages
Becoming Brianna
Terri Libenson
Published 2020
313 pages
I Hope You Stay
Courtney Peppernell
Published 2020
224 pages
Keep Moving Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change
Maggie Smith
Published 2020
224 pages
On the Horizon
Lois Lowry, Kenard Pak
2020 · 2022 edition
80 pages