The Indie Poetry Bestseller List

The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Poetry Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 31, 2023.

1. The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805

2. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263

3. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250

4. The Way Forward
yung pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524874834

5. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $16, 9780143125839

6. Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Books, $17, 9780593300251

7. The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.99, 9781635866445

8. The Best American Poetry 2023
David Lehman, Elaine Equi (Eds.), Scribner, $20, 9781982186753

9. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256

10. The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486792

11. Musical Tables: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $17, 9780399589805

12. A Nature Poem for Every Winter Evening
Jane McMorland Hunter (Ed.), Batsford, $19.95, 9781849947985

13. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808

14. The Hurting Kind: Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $24, 9781639550494

15. Love Poems
Pablo Neruda, Donald D. Walsh (Transl.), New Directions, $11.95, 9780811217293

16. Cat Poems
Tynan Kogane (Ed.), New Directions, $11.95, 9780811227506

17. The Poetry of Birds
Samuel Carr (Ed.), Batsford, $19.95, 9781849948357

18. How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.95, 9781635863864

19. Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $24.99, 9780593465066

20. A Child's Christmas in Wales
Dylan Thomas, New Directions, $9.95, 9780811231879

21. Clarity & Connection
yung pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524860486

22. Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
Pádraig Ó. Tuama, Norton, $27.95, 9781324035473

23. You Better Be Lightning
Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, $18, 9781943735990

24. Bright Dead Things: Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $16, 9781571314710

25. The Carrying: Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $16, 9781571315137