Best Popular Poetry Books on Goodreads

1.
The Night Before Christmas
The Night Before Christmas 4.40 avg rating β€” 126,564 ratings
2.
Milk and honey
Milk and honey
by: Rupi Kaur
3.96 avg rating β€” 777,003 ratings
3.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
by: Dr. Seuss
4.31 avg rating β€” 830,249 ratings
4.
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating β€” 575,339 ratings
5.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating β€” 163,423 ratings
6.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating β€” 110,528 ratings
7.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,483,138 ratings
8.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating β€” 105,241 ratings
9.
The Complete Poetry
The Complete Poetry 4.27 avg rating β€” 16,617 ratings
10.
Salt
Salt 4.23 avg rating β€” 25,026 ratings
10.
RubΓ‘iyΓ‘t of Omar KhayyΓ‘m
RubΓ‘iyΓ‘t of Omar KhayyΓ‘m 4.17 avg rating β€” 22,748 ratings
12.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating β€” 86,773 ratings
13.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating β€” 291,511 ratings
14.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating β€” 234,642 ratings
14.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,209,886 ratings
16.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,812 ratings
17.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating β€” 992,234 ratings
18.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating β€” 568,115 ratings
19.
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott 4.19 avg rating β€” 19,683 ratings
20.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,768,004 ratings
21.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,020,279 ratings
22.
The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1)
The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 156,304 ratings
23.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating β€” 51,000 ratings
24.
The Sun and Her Flowers
The Sun and Her Flowers
by: Rupi Kaur
4.08 avg rating β€” 364,904 ratings
25.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 4.40 avg rating β€” 11,064 ratings
26.
Crush
Crush 4.34 avg rating β€” 41,099 ratings
27.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating β€” 321,147 ratings
28.
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters 4.08 avg rating β€” 16,042 ratings
29.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating β€” 57,833 ratings
30.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats 4.07 avg rating β€” 29,330 ratings
31.
Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things 3.72 avg rating β€” 13,595 ratings
32.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.18 avg rating β€” 29,674 ratings
33.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,154,239 ratings
34.
The Complete Poems 1927-1979
The Complete Poems 1927-1979 4.20 avg rating β€” 12,966 ratings
35.
Falling Up
Falling Up 4.36 avg rating β€” 156,738 ratings
36.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
by: Dr. Seuss
4.37 avg rating β€” 435,101 ratings
37.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating β€” 177,971 ratings
38.
No Matter the Wreckage: Poems
No Matter the Wreckage: Poems
by: Sarah Kay
4.20 avg rating β€” 15,623 ratings
39.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating β€” 176,962 ratings
40.
Song of Myself
Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating β€” 15,680 ratings
40.
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems 4.33 avg rating β€” 5,271 ratings
42.
Illuminations
Illuminations 4.32 avg rating β€” 13,676 ratings
43.
Lullabies (Volume 2) (Lang Leav)
Lullabies (Volume 2) (Lang Leav)
by: Lang Leav
3.97 avg rating β€” 28,357 ratings
43.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.06 avg rating β€” 14,667 ratings
43.
Memories
Memories
by: Lang Leav
4.06 avg rating β€” 15,061 ratings
46.
Love & Misadventure
Love & Misadventure
by: Lang Leav
3.93 avg rating β€” 57,965 ratings
47.
Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems 4.13 avg rating β€” 117,402 ratings
48.
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems 4.18 avg rating β€” 6,093 ratings
49.
A Light in the Attic
A Light in the Attic 4.36 avg rating β€” 470,756 ratings
50.
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating β€” 39,744 ratings
51.
Depression & Other Magic Tricks
Depression & Other Magic Tricks 3.74 avg rating β€” 16,810 ratings
52.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,741 ratings
52.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating β€” 200,543 ratings
52.
Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,817 ratings
55.
A Coney Island of the Mind
A Coney Island of the Mind 4.16 avg rating β€” 12,187 ratings
56.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating β€” 11,888 ratings
57.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating β€” 50,758 ratings
57.
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices 3.99 avg rating β€” 10,808 ratings
59.
Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series
Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,882 ratings
60.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating β€” 338,061 ratings
61.
100 Selected Poems
100 Selected Poems 4.28 avg rating β€” 29,268 ratings
62.
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,333 ratings
63.
Love That Dog (Jack, #1)
Love That Dog (Jack, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 47,530 ratings
64.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.25 avg rating β€” 24,227 ratings
64.
Autobiography of Red
Autobiography of Red 4.26 avg rating β€” 34,590 ratings
66.
Why I Wake Early
Why I Wake Early 4.40 avg rating β€” 9,039 ratings
66.
I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats
I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,623 ratings
68.
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke 4.36 avg rating β€” 16,995 ratings
69.
The Wild Iris
The Wild Iris 4.18 avg rating β€” 14,613 ratings
70.
E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 4.35 avg rating β€” 21,534 ratings
71.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
The Poetry of Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating β€” 48,974 ratings
72.
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating β€” 14,195 ratings
73.
To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)
To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 12,064 ratings
74.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating β€” 75,130 ratings
75.
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth 4.24 avg rating β€” 21,147 ratings
76.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating β€” 18,158 ratings
77.
100 Love Sonnets
100 Love Sonnets 4.34 avg rating β€” 18,307 ratings
78.
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda 4.43 avg rating β€” 20,293 ratings
79.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating β€” 14,237 ratings
80.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 569,020 ratings
81.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,023 ratings
82.
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories 4.12 avg rating β€” 42,370 ratings
83.
Diving Into the Wreck
Diving Into the Wreck 4.24 avg rating β€” 9,542 ratings
84.
The Trouble With Poetry - And Other Poems
The Trouble With Poetry - And Other Poems 4.16 avg rating β€” 7,386 ratings
85.
The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems 4.17 avg rating β€” 13,801 ratings
86.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese 4.11 avg rating β€” 12,702 ratings
86.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating β€” 139,155 ratings
88.
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters 3.89 avg rating β€” 10,288 ratings
89.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating β€” 375,231 ratings
90.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets 4.37 avg rating β€” 19,409 ratings
90.
The Crossover
The Crossover 4.22 avg rating β€” 68,011 ratings
92.
I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4)
I Wrote This For You (I Wrote This For You #4) 4.08 avg rating β€” 20,673 ratings
92.
Native Guard: Poems
Native Guard: Poems 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,698 ratings
92.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating β€” 138,782 ratings
92.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.36 avg rating β€” 4,173 ratings
96.
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos 4.21 avg rating β€” 7,898 ratings
97.
The Raven and Other Poems
The Raven and Other Poems 4.30 avg rating β€” 46,362 ratings
97.
Impulse (Impulse, #1)
Impulse (Impulse, #1) 4.25 avg rating β€” 81,843 ratings
99.
Good Poems
Good Poems 4.18 avg rating β€” 6,915 ratings
99.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating β€” 132,985 ratings
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