A book written in verse can be any type of genre and can be written in many different forms. The only rule about a book written in verse is that it uses poetic techniques to tell a story. Here are some of the books written in verse that you can find in our library.

Historical Fiction

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse *Newbery Medal Winner

Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton

Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai

Three Rivers Rising by James Richards

May B by Caroline Star Rose

Yellow Star by Jennifer Rozines Roy

White Rose by Kip Wilson

Memoirs or biographies written in verse

Becoming Muhammad Ali: A Novel by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander

Star Child: A Biography Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Books about animals

Odder by Katherine Applegate

Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle

Books about sports

The Crossover series by Kwame Alexander

Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ronald Koertge

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson