Poetry and bestseller in the same sentence? As compiled by the American Booksellers Association, four of the top fifteen titles on the “poetry bestseller list” are by Amanda Gorman, three by Rupi Kaur, two by Mary Oliver, one by Nobel laureate Louise Glück, one by Margaret Atwood. There is also one anthology that made the top 15: The Best American Poetry 2021.The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
Here is the Indie Poetry Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 2, 2022.
1. Call Us What We Carry: Poems
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $24.99, 9780593465066
2. Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
3. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
4. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20, 9780399563263
5. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $12, 9780063137998
6. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
7. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
8. Winter Recipes from the Collective: Poems
Louise Glück, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374604103
9. The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486792
10. Clarity & Connection
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524860486
11. How to Love the World: Poems of Gratitude and Hope
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.95, 9781635863864
12. The Best American Poetry 2021
Tracy K. Smith, David Lehman (Eds.), Scribner, $20, 9781982106638
13. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $16, 9780143125839
14. Dearly: New Poems
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $16.99, 9780063032507
15. Books and Libraries: Poems
Andrew Scrimgeour, Everyman’s Library, $15.95, 9780593320198
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