2026 Reading Challenge

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jen Ashburn (6 Lists)



Still to Mow by Maxine KuminThe Light Around the Body by Robert BlyWaiting for the Light by Alicia Suskin OstrikerBuild Yourself a Boat by Camonghne FelixOn Time by Joanne Kyger
Political and Social Poetry
106 books — 25 voters
Nine Gates by Jane HirshfieldThe Practice of Poetry by Robin BehnThe Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted KooserWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergA Little Book on Form by Robert Hass
Best Books on Writing Poetry
111 books — 126 voters

Swallows and Waves by Paula Bohince
Ekphrastic Poetry
2 books — 2 voters
Leaf and Beak by Scott WiggermanLake Superior by Lorine NiedeckerMountains and Rivers Without End by Gary SnyderOn The Other Side Of The Eye by Bryan Thao WorraEarth Elegy by Margaret Gibson
Place-based Poetry
12 books — 5 voters

Leaf and Beak by Scott WiggermanBig-Eyed Afraid by Erica DawsonLike by A.E. Stallings
Contemporary Formal Poetry
6 books — 6 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesDubliners by James Joyce
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters