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Best American poetry Books

📚 26 books🔄 Updated 2026

🏆 Top Rated

#1
Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
#2
A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
#3
Howl and other poems
by Allen Ginsberg

All American poetry Books (26)

Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe - Poetry book cover

Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

800 pagesHard
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein - Children book cover

A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein

167 pagesEasy
Howl and other poems by Allen Ginsberg - Poetry book cover

Howl and other poems

Allen Ginsberg

57 pagesEasy
Love Poems by Emily Dickinson book cover

Love Poems

Emily Dickinson

Medium
The poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost - Poetry book cover

The poetry of Robert Frost

Robert Frost

607 pagesHard
Raven by Edgar Allan Poe book cover

Raven

Edgar Allan Poe

24 pagesEasy
Where the sidewalk ends by Shel Silverstein book cover

Where the sidewalk ends

Shel Silverstein

166 pagesEasy
The Middle Kingdom by Christopher Morley book cover

The Middle Kingdom

Christopher Morley

140 pagesEasy
Voice in the Wind by Marvin Louis Dorsey book cover

Voice in the Wind

Marvin Louis Dorsey

20 pagesEasy
The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell book cover

The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

462 pagesHard
Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer book cover

Modern American Poetry

Louis Untermeyer

1322 pagesHard
Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg book cover

Cornhuskers

Carl Sandburg

172 pagesEasy
Voices of the Night by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow book cover

Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

46 pagesEasy
Poetry Criticism book cover

Poetry Criticism

Medium
Joggin' Erlong by Paul Laurence Dunbar book cover

Joggin' Erlong

Paul Laurence Dunbar

136 pagesEasy
Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi book cover

Amulet

Kazu Kibuishi

210 pagesMedium
The Man with the Hoe by Edwin Markham book cover

The Man with the Hoe

Edwin Markham

148 pagesEasy
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell book cover

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell

528 pagesHard
Candle-lightin' Time by Paul Laurence Dunbar book cover

Candle-lightin' Time

Paul Laurence Dunbar

0Medium
American Negro Poetry by Arna Bontemps book cover

American Negro Poetry

Arna Bontemps

232 pagesMedium
The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck by Fitz-Greene Halleck book cover

The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck

Fitz-Greene Halleck

0Medium
Poems of Pleasure by Ella Wheeler Wilcox book cover

Poems of Pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

170 pagesEasy
An Index to Poetry and Recitations by Edith Granger book cover

An Index to Poetry and Recitations

Edith Granger

9 pagesEasy
Bitter-sweet by Josiah Gilbert Holland book cover

Bitter-sweet

Josiah Gilbert Holland

240 pagesMedium
Snow-bound by John Greenleaf Whittier book cover

Snow-bound

John Greenleaf Whittier

82 pagesEasy
The Diggers by Margaret Wise Brown book cover

The Diggers

Margaret Wise Brown

52 pagesEasy