American Poets Project Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of American Poets Project books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman)
Buy on Amazon1892
Edgar Allan Poe (By: Richard Wilbur)
Buy on Amazon1909
Theodore Roethke (By: )
Buy on Amazon1969
A. R. Ammons (By: David Lehman,A.R. Ammons)
Buy on Amazon1977
William Carlos Williams (By: William Carlos Williams)
Buy on Amazon1984
Edna St. Vincent Millay (By: Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Buy on Amazon1991
Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems
Buy on Amazon1996
Yvor Winters (By: Thom Gunn,Yvor Winters)
Buy on Amazon1999
Karl Shapiro (By: John Updike,Karl Shapiro)
Buy on Amazon2003
Poets of World War II (By: Various,Harvey Shapiro)
Buy on Amazon2003
American Wits (By: John Hollander)
Buy on Amazon2003
John Greenleaf Whittier (By: John Greenleaf Whittier)
Buy on Amazon2004
Kenneth Fearing (By: Robert Polito,Kenneth Fearing)
Buy on Amazon2004
Muriel Rukeyser (By: Muriel Rukeyser)
Buy on Amazon2004
John Berryman (By: Kevin Young,John Berryman)
Buy on Amazon2004
Poets of the Civil War (By: )
Buy on Amazon2005
Emma Lazarus (By: Emma Lazarus)
Buy on Amazon2005
Edith Wharton (By: Edith Wharton)
Buy on Amazon2005
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (By: Gwendolyn Brooks,Elizabeth Alexander)
Buy on Amazon2005
Cole Porter (By: Robert Kimball,Cole Porter)
Buy on Amazon2006
Louis Zukofsky (By: Louis Zukofsky,Charles Bernstein)
Buy on Amazon2006
Kenneth Koch (By: Ron Padgett,Kenneth Koch)
Buy on Amazon2007
American Sonnets (By: David Bromwich)
Buy on Amazon2007
James Agee (By: James Agee,Andrew Hudgins)
Buy on Amazon2008
Poems from the Women's Movement (By: Honor Moore)
Buy on Amazon2009
Ira Gershwin (By: Robert Kimball,Ira Gershwin)
Buy on Amazon2009
Lyrics of the First Great Popular Songs (By: Stephen Collins Foster,Ken Emerson)
Buy on Amazon2010
Countee Cullen (By: Major Jackson,Countee Cullen)
Buy on Amazon2010
Amy Lowell (By: Honor Moore)
Buy on Amazon2012
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the American Poets Project series is publication order: 1. Walt Whitman (By: Walt Whitman) (1892), 2. Edgar Allan Poe (By: Richard Wilbur) (1909), 3. Theodore Roethke (By: ) (1969), 4. A. R. Ammons (By: David Lehman,A.R. Ammons) (1977), 5. William Carlos Williams (By: William Carlos Williams) (1984), and 24 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The American Poets Project series by Carl Sandburg contains 29 books. The series began in 1892 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The American Poets Project series is written by Carl Sandburg. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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