The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.

At age 19, Colorado’s Madi James Stearman is taking the end of the year by storm: releasing a bestselling poetry book. ‘There ...

Henry Taylor was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who drew on his upbringing in rural Northern Virginia to write exquisitely crafted verses about wild places.

In this French graphic novel, Cleo not only rediscovers her identity as an artist but uncovers her capacity to find love ...

Some of these are short poems, while others are excerpts from longer poetry books that you can also gift to those who ... will allow us to “move on” completely. But poetry both sad and hopeful can ...

A powerful new book of poetry is offering comfort and strength to those facing adversity. Ellen Brown Harrison’s new book of ...

From generous novels to NBA memoirs and poetry collections, here are some of the books to gift this holiday season.

But setting aside all the shock and the sheer, sad ... to books for respite and renewal. The best course is immersion in some ...

You can read Minneapolis poet Danez Smith’s work in two new books or, if you happen to be in New York, on subway walls. Smith ...

THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT—Joseph Bédier—Pantheon Books ($3.50). For more than a thousand years the legend of Tristan and Iseult has been one of the world’s best-loved love stories.

Whatever your poetry is, below you'll find some of the best poetry books to read now. Immerse yourself in dazzling collections from must-read modern poets, such as the award-winning Raymond Antrobus ...