100 Must-Read YA Books in Verse

"These range from novels to non-fiction, as this category of books is privileged to have writers who can easily navigate both through poetry."

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5 to 1 (Holly Bodger)

5 to 1

1

Holly Bodger

After the Death of Anna Gonzales (Terri Fields)

After the Death of Anna Gonzales

2

Terri Fields

After the Kiss (Terra Elan McVoy)

After the Kiss

3

Terra Elan McVoy

All the Broken Pieces (Ann E. Burg)

All the Broken Pieces

4

Ann E. Burg

All We Have Is Now (Lisa Schroeder)

All We Have Is Now

5

Lisa Schroeder

Amiri & Odette: A Love Story (Walter Dean Myers)

Amiri & Odette: A Love Story

6

Walter Dean Myers

And We Stay (Jenny Hubbard)

And We Stay

7

Jenny Hubbard

Ask Me How I Got Here (Christine Heppermann)

Ask Me How I Got Here

8

Christine Heppermann

Audacious (Gabrielle Prendergrast)

Audacious

9

Gabrielle Prendergrast

Audacity (Melanie Crowder)

Audacity

10

Melanie Crowder

Audition (Stasia Ward Kehoe)

Audition

11

Stasia Ward Kehoe

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl (Tanya Lee Stone)

A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl

12

Tanya Lee Stone

Beanball (Gene Fehler)

Beanball

13

Gene Fehler

Because I Am Furniture (Thalia Chaltas)

Because I Am Furniture

14

Thalia Chaltas

Becoming Billie Holiday (Carole Boston Weatherford)

Becoming Billie Holiday

15

Carole Boston Weatherford

The Braid (Helen Frost)

The Braid

16

Helen Frost

Bronx Masquerade (Nikki Grimes)

Bronx Masquerade

17

Nikki Grimes

Bruiser (Neal Shusterman)

Bruiser

18

Neal Shusterman

By the River (Steven Herrick)

By the River

19

Steven Herrick

Caminar (Skila Brown)

Caminar

20

Skila Brown

Coaltown Jesus (Ron Koertge)

Coaltown Jesus

21

Ron Koertge

Crank (Ellen Hopkins)

Crank

22

Ellen Hopkins

Crash Boom Love (Juan Felipe Herrera)

Crash Boom Love

23

Juan Felipe Herrera

Crazy (Linda Vigen Phillips)

Crazy

24

Linda Vigen Phillips

The Crossover (Kwame Alexander)

The Crossover

25

Kwame Alexander

The Day Before (Lisa Schroeder)

The Day Before

26

Lisa Schroeder

The Death of Jayson Porter (Jaime Adoff)

The Death of Jayson Porter

27

Jaime Adoff

Displacement (Thalia Chaltas)

Displacement

28

Thalia Chaltas

Escaping Tornado Season: A Story in Poems (Julie Williams)

Escaping Tornado Season: A Story in Poems

29

Julie Williams

Exposed (Kimberly Marcus)

Exposed

30

Kimberly Marcus

Family (Micol Ostow)

Family

31

Micol Ostow

The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba (Margarita Engle)

The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba

32

Margarita Engle

Fishtailing (Wendy Phillips)

Fishtailing

33

Wendy Phillips

Forget Me Not (Carolee Dean)

Forget Me Not

34

Carolee Dean

Freakboy (Kristin Elizabeth Clark)

Freakboy

35

Kristin Elizabeth Clark

The Geography of Girlhood (Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith)

The Geography of Girlhood

36

Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith

Ghosting (Edith Pattou)

Ghosting

37

Edith Pattou

Girl Coming in for a Landing (April Halprin Wayland)

Girl Coming in for a Landing

38

April Halprin Wayland

A Girl Named Mister (Nikki Grimes)

A Girl Named Mister

39

Nikki Grimes

Glimpse (Carol Lynch Williams)

Glimpse

40

Carol Lynch Williams

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