The Indie Poetry Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 29, 2018.

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

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

3. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30, 9780399563249

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

5. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Trans.), Norton, $39.95, 9780393089059

6. Love Poems
Pablo Neruda, New Directions, $11.95, 9780811217293

7. Felicity: Poems
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $16, 9780143128762

8. The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One
Amanda Lovelace, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449489427

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

10. The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Amanda Lovelace, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449486419

11. Take Me with You
Andrea Gibson, Plume, $15, 9780735219519

12. Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism
Danielle Barnhart (Ed.), OR Books, $14.95, 9781944869793

13. The Rain in Portugal: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $16, 9780812982688

14. Bluets
Maggie Nelson, Wave Books, $16, 9781933517407

15. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me (25th Anniversary Edition)
Maya Angelou, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sara Jane Boyers, Abrams, $19.95, 9781419727481

16. Envelope Poems
Emily Dickinson, New Directions, $12.95, 9780811225823

17. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Ekua Holmes (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763680947

18. Sea of Strangers
Lang Leav, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449489892

19. The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran, Knopf, $15, 9780394404288

20. Love Her Wild: Poems
Atticus, Atria Books, $17.99, 9781501171239

21. The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780544570979

22. The Odyssey
Homer, Robert Fagles (Trans.), Penguin, $17, 9780143039952

23. Wade in the Water: Poems
Tracy K. Smith, Graywolf Press, $24, 9781555978136

24. Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems
Kate Coombs, Anna Emilia Laitinen (Illus.), Sounds True, $17.95, 9781622039371

25. Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems
Danez Smith, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555977856