Poetry · 2019

Best Poetry Books of 2019

Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington was the most-recognized poetry book of 2019, named by 10 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 33 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2019 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#BookAuthorSourcesNamed by
1Lot: StoriesBryan Washington10
2The World Doesn't Require You: StoriesRion Amilcar Scott9
3I Like To Watch: Arguing My Way Through The TV RevolutionEmily Nussbaum6
4DunceMary Ruefle5
5Song For The Unraveling Of The WorldBrian Evenson5
6The Collected Schizophrenias: EssaysEsmé Weijun Wang5
7Be Recorder: PoemsCarmen Giménez Smith4
8Lima :: LimónNatalie Scenters-Zapico4
9Felon: PoemsReginald Dwayne Betts3
10Oculus: PoemsSally Wen Mao3
11The TraditionJericho Brown3
12What My Mother And I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break The SilenceMichele Filgate (editor)3
13Deaf Republic: PoemsIlya Kaminsky2
14Growing Things And Other StoriesPaul Tremblay2
15Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory: StoriesRaphael Bob-Waksberg2
16Exhalation: StoriesTed Chiang1
17Orange World And Other StoriesKaren Russell1
18Trick Mirror: Reflections On Self-DelusionJia Tolentino1
19An American Sunrise: PoemsJoy Harjo0
    20Black Is The Body: Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, And MineEmily Bernard0
      21Coventry: EssaysRachel Cusk0
        22Cyborg DetectiveJillian Weise0
          23Everything Inside: StoriesEdwidge Danticat0
            24Hybrida: PoemsTina Chang0
              25I Miss You When I Blink: EssaysMary Laura Philpott0
                26Love Poems For Married PeopleJohn Kenney0
                  27Make It Scream, Make It Burn: EssaysLeslie Jamison0
                    28NightingalePaisley Rekdal0
                      29Nobody's Looking At You: EssaysJanet Malcolm0
                        30Sight LinesArthur Sze0
                          31Sing To It: New StoriesAmy Hempel0
                            32The Witches Are ComingLindy West0
                              33Thick: And Other EssaysTressie McMillan Cottom0