The most popular war poetry books of 2022

War poetry bears witness to conflict. Soldiers in the trenches, civilians under bombardment and those left to mourn have written some of the most powerful poems in any language. Short and unsparing, they say what official histories leave out. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.

Combines Poetry and War

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The Voices of Babyn Yar
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The Voices of Babyn Yar

Marianna Kiyankovska, Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky

Published 2022

160 pages

The Littlest Hound
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The Littlest Hound

Patrick Garber, Cassie Garber

Published 2022

33 pages

Mardi
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Mardi

Herman Melville

Published 2022

245 pages

Game of Gifts
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Game of Gifts

Όμηρος, Adams Michael R.E.

Published 2022

40 pages

Heroic Idyls
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Heroic Idyls

Walter Savage Landor

Published 2022

360 pages