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Omaha Reading Challenge 2021: Read a Book of Poetry or a Novel in Verse

OPL librarians have created a series of reading challenges to help you stretch beyond your comfort zone. This list features titles suggested for you to complete the "Read a book of poetry or a novel in verse" challenge. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.

54 items

  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookNew York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] — 811 Harjo 2019
  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge book club.
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2014] — 814.6 Rankine 2014
  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog and Reading Challenge book club.
    BookNew York : Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — YAFICTION Acevedo
  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2020. — FICTION Bruno 2020
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Twayne ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1998. — 822.34 Kay
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookToronto : KCP Poetry, c2006. — j 811 Poe
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog and mentioned in the Reading Challenge book club.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press, [2017] — 811 Gatwood 2017
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press , [2017] — 811 Francisc 2017
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press, [2019] — 811 Baird 2019
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookMinneapolis : Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press, 2015. — 811 Hilborn 2015
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Blue Rider Press, [2016] — 811 Cash 2016
  • Joni Mitchell

    the Complete Poems and Lyrics

    Mitchell, Joni
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Crown Publishers, c1997. — 811 Mitchell
  • Nepantla

    An Anthology for Queer Poets of Color

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Nightboat Books, [2018] — 811 Nepantla 2018
  • Nebraska Presence

    An Anthology of Poetry

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookOmaha, Neb. : Blackwaters Press, 2007. — 811.08 Nebraska 2007
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookMadrid, España : Ediciones Urano, S.A.U., 2019. — YASPANISH FICTION Acevedo
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : HarperCollins, 2011. — jFICTION Lai
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Sterling Pub., [2006], c1994. — j 811 Hughes
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Sterling, c2007. — j 811 Angelou
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookHonesdale, Pennsylvania : WordSong, an imprint of Highlights, [2015] — j 811 Jumping