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Poetry for Young People Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Poetry for Young People books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Poetry for Young People series? Start with "Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)" (1977) and follow publication order through all 107 books.
The complete Poetry for Young People reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
1977
Robert Frost (By: Robert Frost)
1994
Emily Dickinson (By: Emily Dickinson)
1994
Edgar Allan Poe
1995
Carl Sandburg (By: Carl Sandburg)
1995
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
1998
Edna St. Vincent Millay (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
1999
Robert Louis Stevenson (By: Robert Louis Stevenson)
2000
William Shakespeare (By: William Shakespeare)
2000
Lewis Carroll (By: Lewis Carroll)
2000
Rudyard Kipling (By: Rudyard Kipling)
2000
Edward Lear (By: Edward Lear)
2001
American Poetry (By: John Hollander)
2002
William Butler Yeats (By: W.B. Yeats)
2002
Robert Browning (By: Robert Browning)
2003
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
2003
William Wordsworth (By: William Wordsworth)
2003
Alfred Tennyson (By: Alfred Tennyson)
2003
William Carlos Williams (By: William Carlos Williams)
2003
Animal Poems (By: John Hollander)
2004
Wallace Stevens (By: Wallace Stevens)
2004
The Seasons (By: John N. Serio)
2004
Langston Hughes (By: Langston Hughes)
2006
William Blake (By: William Blake)
2007
Poetry for Young People (By: Maya Angelou)
2007
Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg (By: Carl Sandburg)
2008
African American Poetry (By: Karen Barbour)
2013
Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
2017
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror
1931
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction
1948
50 Great Short Stories
1952
Fantastic, Fall 1952
1952
Stories for the Dead of Night
1957
Great Tales of Action and Adventure
1958
50 Great American Short Stories
1963
21 Great Stories
1969
Sea Tales of Terror
1974
Echoes Of Terror
1980
65 Great Spine Chillers
1982
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
1983
Great Fantasy
1983
Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls
1985
Wickedest Show on Earth
1985
Ghost Stories
1986
Mysterious Sea Stories
1987
The Monster Book of Monsters
1988
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats
1988
Tales of the Occult
1989
Great Law and Order Stories
1990
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror
1993
The Giant Book of Zombies
1993
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993
100 Wild Little Weird Tales
1994
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories
1994
Sea-Cursed
1994
Thrillers
1994
Weird Business
1995
100 Best-Loved Poems
1995
Classic Sea Stories
1996
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
1996
Detective Duos
1997
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime
1997
Writing New York
1998
Masters of the Macabre
1999
Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them
2000
The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark
2000
Dark
2000
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
The World's Greatest Horror Stories
2004
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction
2004
Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V
2006
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural
2006
Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
2008
Birds of Prey
2010
Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True
2010
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849
2010
Dreams and Wonders
2010
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
2012
Short Stories: After Dark Classics
2012
Obsession: Tales of Irresistible Desire
2012
Books to Die For
2012
Psychos
2012
Classic Horror Collection, Vol.2
2012
Zombies!: Tales of the Walking Dead
2013
Mesaerion
2013
Easy Reading for Difficult Devils: An Anthology of Dark Fiction
2014
Red Sky
2014
Fossil Lake II
2015
Fireside Horror Stories About Supernatural Cats
2017
Fireside Horror Stories About Mummies and Curses
2017
50 Halloween Stories You Have to Read Before You Die
2017
50 Eternal Masterpieces of Horror Stories
2017
Behind the Mask - Tales from the Id
2018
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories
2018
The Great Sea Adventure
2019
American Midnight
2019
The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3
2019
Poetry Comix
2020
Tales of the Devil
2020
Classic Cat Stories
2020
Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird
2021
Night Frights Issue #2
2021
30 Press Presents: Classic Horror Poems Volume One
2023
Crimes of Hate
2023
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