Booksology The New York Public Library (NYPL) recently released a list of 25 best new poem books this year. To come up with the list, NYPL librarians and staff read over 250 poem books and narrowed them down to the current list. There are also choices for readers of poetry interested in speculative stories and sports.
Below is a sample of the list. When reading a poem book, don’t forget to download the checkoff list that NYPL has created to accompany it.
Animals are chemicals from Hadara Bar Nadab
At the end of the world is a pond by Stephen Duon
Black Bell by Allison C. Rollins
Bluff by Danez Smith
Relative Books by Darius Atefat-Peckham
Kim Addonizio will leave opera
FAR district by Ishion Hutchinson
Noise forest by Mosab Abu Toha
Restless herd geometry by Sophie Cabot Black
Raisa Tolchinsky’s Glass Jaw
I don’t want Joshua Jennifer Espinoza to understand
I was working by Ariel Yellen
For a complete list, please visit the NYPL landing page.
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