MENU
SHOPS
SEARCH
0
Basket
Spend £25.00 to qualify for free UK delivery.
Your order qualifies for free UK delivery.
Joinplus before checkout to earn stamps on your order and be eligible for plus rewards.

Your basket is empty.

    • Books

You are here: Category  > Poetry, Drama & Criticism

Poetry, Drama & Criticism Books

Sort by:

10000+ items

Sort

Choose filters

Category
Edition type
Format
More
Gift Books
Book Awards
More
Price
Review ratings
Author
More
Interest age
Educational qualifications
More
Language
More
Geographic region
More
​
Take your time and enjoy browsing our selection of poetry books, new and old, including poetry anthologies and classic poetry. From Shakespeare plays to Sylvia Plath's poetry, you'll also find books on popular plays and drama books as well as books on literary theory and criticism.
SEE MORE 

Our Bestselling Poetry, Drama & Critcism Books

Blossomise
Added to basket
Blossomise
Simon Armitage
£10.00
Hardback
WHAT
Added to basket
WHAT
John Cooper Clarke
£16.99
Hardback
I Wish I Knew
Added to basket
I Wish I Knew
Donna Ashworth
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
An Inspector Calls
Added to basket
An Inspector Calls
J. B. Priestley
£9.99
Hardback
Reading Lessons
Added to basket
Reading Lessons
Carol Atherton
£18.99
Hardback
Inferno
Added to basket
Inferno
Dante
£7.99
Paperback
Tim Key: Chapters
Added to basket
Tim Key: Chapters
Tim Key
£15.00
Paperback
Milk and Honey
Added to basket
Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur
£12.99
Paperback
Days Like These
Added to basket
Days Like These
Brian Bilston
£12.99
Paperback
The Odyssey
Added to basket
The Odyssey
Homer
£14.99
Paperback
A Room of One's Own
Added to basket
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
£5.99
Paperback
Let the Light Pour In
Added to basket
Let the Light Pour In
Lemn Sissay
£12.99
Hardback
poyums
Added to basket
poyums
Len Pennie
£14.99
Hardback
Macbeth
Added to basket
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
£7.99
Paperback
The Sun and Her Flowers
Added to basket
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
£12.99
Paperback
The Luckiest Guy Alive
Added to basket
The Luckiest Guy Alive
John Cooper Clarke
£10.99
Paperback
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Added to basket
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Lana Del Rey
£16.99
Hardback
Shakespeare
Added to basket
Shakespeare
Judi Dench
£25.00   £21.99
Hardback
Knife
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder (Hardback)
Salman Rushdie
£20.00 £17.99
Hardback
10+ in stock
Usually dispatched within 2-3 working days
The Booker Prize winner and internationally acclaimed author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses delivers a powerful account of the attempt on his life on 12 August 2022.
  • This item has been added to your basket
View basket Checkout

Our Best New & Coming Soon Poetry, Drama & Literary Criticism Books

Shakespeare’s Book
Added to basket
Shakespeare’s Book
Chris Laoutaris
£12.99
Paperback
Shakespeare for Every Night of the Year
Added to basket
Shakespeare for Every Night of the Year
Colin Salter
£25.00
Hardback
The Great White Bard
Added to basket
The Great White Bard
Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper
£11.99
Paperback
Searching for Juliet
Added to basket
Searching for Juliet
Sophie Duncan
£12.99
Paperback
Out of Chaos Comes Bliss
Added to basket
Out of Chaos Comes Bliss
Dylan Thomas
£12.99
Paperback
Much Ado About Numbers
Added to basket
Much Ado About Numbers
Rob Eastaway
£16.99
Hardback
The Scandal of the Century
Added to basket
The Scandal of the Century
Lisa Hilton
£22.00
Hardback
Like Love
Added to basket
Like Love
Maggie Nelson
£20.00
Hardback
Who Is Big Brother?
Added to basket
Who Is Big Brother?
D. J. Taylor
£18.99
Hardback
The Orwell Tour
Added to basket
The Orwell Tour
Oliver Lewis
£10.99
Paperback
With Love, Grief and Fury
Added to basket
With Love, Grief and Fury
Salena Godden
£16.99
Hardback
100 Queer Poems
Added to basket
100 Queer Poems
Andrew McMillan
£10.99
Paperback
On Quality
Added to basket
On Quality
Robert M. Pirsig
£12.99
Paperback
Slip
Added to basket
Slip
Amelia Loulli
£13.00
Paperback
Inventions of a Present
Added to basket
Inventions of a Present
Fredric Jameson
£25.00
Hardback
Twelfth Night
Added to basket
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
£25.00
Hardback
Fast Music
Added to basket
Fast Music
Hugo Williams
£12.99
Paperback
See More 

Great Books You Must Read

Our selection of classic paperbacks

On Writing
Added to basket
On Writing
Stephen King
£10.99
Paperback
Book of Longing
Added to basket
Book of Longing
Leonard Cohen
£10.99
Paperback
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Added to basket
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
John Cooper Clarke
£8.99
Paperback
Sister Outsider
Added to basket
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
£9.99
Paperback
Essays
Added to basket
Essays
George Orwell
£14.99
Paperback
Shakespeare
Added to basket
Shakespeare
Bill Bryson
£10.99
Paperback
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin
Added to basket
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin
Alan Bennett
£10.99
Paperback
The Peace of Wild Things
Added to basket
The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
£8.99
Paperback
The Ode Less Travelled
Added to basket
The Ode Less Travelled
Stephen Fry
£10.99
Paperback
The Divine Comedy
Added to basket
The Divine Comedy
Clive James
£16.99
Paperback
1606
Added to basket
1606
James Shapiro
£12.99
Paperback
Around the World in 80 Books
Added to basket
Around the World in 80 Books
David Damrosch
£12.99
Paperback
On Writers and Writing
Added to basket
On Writers and Writing
Margaret Atwood
£10.99
Paperback
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
Added to basket
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
Colm Toibin
£10.99
Paperback
The Opposite of Loneliness
Added to basket
The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan
£8.99
Paperback
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Added to basket
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Alain de Botton
£10.99
Paperback

Luxury Editions & Gift Books

The Poetry Pharmacy
Added to basket
The Poetry Pharmacy
William Sieghart
£14.99
Hardback
Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright
Added to basket
Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright
Ana Sampson
£12.99
Hardback
The Mousetrap
Added to basket
The Mousetrap
Agatha Christie
£25.00
Hardback
Puss in Books
Added to basket
Puss in Books
Paul Magrs
£12.99
Hardback
Hansel & Gretel
Added to basket
Hansel & Gretel
Simon Armitage
£14.99
Hardback
Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists
Added to basket
Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists
Henry Eliot
£12.99
Hardback
Life Lessons from Literature
Added to basket
Life Lessons from Literature
Joseph Piercy
£12.99
Hardback
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Added to basket
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig
£14.99
Hardback
Everyday Shakespeare
Added to basket
Everyday Shakespeare
Ben Crystal
£16.99
Hardback
What Writers Read
Added to basket
What Writers Read
Pandora Sykes
£12.99
Hardback
Banned Books
Added to basket
Banned Books
DK
£12.99
Hardback
Poetry Unbound
Added to basket
Poetry Unbound
Pádraig Ó Tuama
£20.00
Hardback
Literary Landscapes: Paris
Added to basket
Literary Landscapes: Paris
Dominic Bliss
£20.00
Hardback
Blurb Your Enthusiasm
Added to basket
Blurb Your Enthusiasm
Louise Willder
£14.99
Hardback
With Love, Grief and Fury
With Love, Grief and Fury (Hardback)
Salena Godden
£16.99
Hardback
Coming soon - 02/05/2024
Awaiting publication
With Love, Grief and Fury contains love poems, for people and the planet. Grief poems brimming with compassion, mourning what was and contemplating what could be. And poems of fire and fury that will kick some ass, tell the truth and inspire change and hope.
  • This item has been added to your basket
View basket Checkout
SEE MORE 

Our Best Poetry Books

Blossomise
Added to basket
Blossomise
Simon Armitage
£10.00
Hardback
WHAT
Added to basket
WHAT
John Cooper Clarke
£16.99
Hardback
I Wish I Knew
Added to basket
I Wish I Knew
Donna Ashworth
£8.99   £7.49
Paperback
Inferno
Added to basket
Inferno
Dante
£7.99
Paperback
Tim Key: Chapters
Added to basket
Tim Key: Chapters
Tim Key
£15.00
Paperback
Milk and Honey
Added to basket
Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur
£12.99
Paperback
Days Like These
Added to basket
Days Like These
Brian Bilston
£12.99
Paperback
The Odyssey
Added to basket
The Odyssey
Homer
£14.99
Paperback
Let the Light Pour In
Added to basket
Let the Light Pour In
Lemn Sissay
£12.99
Hardback
poyums
Added to basket
poyums
Len Pennie
£14.99
Hardback
The Sun and Her Flowers
Added to basket
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
£12.99
Paperback
The Luckiest Guy Alive
Added to basket
The Luckiest Guy Alive
John Cooper Clarke
£10.99
Paperback
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Added to basket
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Lana Del Rey
£16.99
Hardback
Ariel
Added to basket
Ariel
Sylvia Plath
£12.99
Hardback
The Poetry Pharmacy
Added to basket
The Poetry Pharmacy
William Sieghart
£14.99
Hardback
Ruin, Blossom
Added to basket
Ruin, Blossom
John Burnside
£13.00
Paperback
The Orange and other poems
Added to basket
The Orange and other poems
Wendy Cope
£10.00   £8.99
Hardback
SEE MORE 

Penguin Clothbound Poetry 

Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
Added to basket
Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
Dante
£18.99
Hardback
Letters to a Young Poet
Added to basket
Letters to a Young Poet
Charlie Louth
£9.99
Hardback
Goblin Market and Other Poems
Added to basket
Goblin Market and Other Poems
Christina Rossetti
£12.99
Hardback
The Aeneid
Added to basket
The Aeneid
Virgil
£16.99
Hardback
Leaves of Grass
Added to basket
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
£12.99
Hardback
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Added to basket
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake
£12.99
Hardback
Poems
Added to basket
Poems
Wilfred Owen
£12.99
Hardback
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
Added to basket
Wessex Poems and Other Verses
Thomas Hardy
£12.99
Hardback
Lyrical Ballads
Added to basket
Lyrical Ballads
William Wordsworth
£12.99
Hardback
A Shropshire Lad
Added to basket
A Shropshire Lad
A.E. Housman
£12.99
Hardback
The Temple
Added to basket
The Temple
George Herbert
£14.99
Hardback
The Tower
Added to basket
The Tower
W B Yeats
£12.99
Hardback

Musical Notes

Our best books of song lyrics

The Lyrics
Added to basket
The Lyrics
Sir Paul McCartney
£22.00   £17.99
Paperback
How To Be Invisible
Added to basket
How To Be Invisible
Kate Bush
£10.99
Paperback
Fear Stalks the Land!
Added to basket
Fear Stalks the Land!
Thom Yorke
£9.99
Paperback
The Flame
Added to basket
The Flame
Leonard Cohen
£16.99
Paperback
Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics
Added to basket
Johnny Cash: The Life in Lyrics
Mark Stielper
£40.00
Hardback
Useless Magic
Added to basket
Useless Magic
Florence Welch
£18.99
Paperback
Wrote For Luck
Added to basket
Wrote For Luck
Shaun Ryder
£14.99   £7.50
Hardback
Wading in Waist-High Water
Added to basket
Wading in Waist-High Water
Fleet Foxes
£16.99
Hardback
Side by Side
Added to basket
Side by Side
Robert Wyatt
£14.99
Hardback
Never Good with Horses
Added to basket
Never Good with Horses
Simon Armitage
£14.99
Hardback
The Complete Lyrics
Added to basket
The Complete Lyrics
Nick Cave
£16.99
Paperback
The Work
Added to basket
The Work
Frightened Rabbit
£14.99
Paperback
Keep 'Er Lit
Added to basket
Keep 'Er Lit
Van Morrison
£14.99
Hardback
Sundog
Added to basket
Sundog
Scott Walker
£14.99
Hardback
Morning Glory on the Vine
Added to basket
Morning Glory on the Vine
Joni Mitchell
£30.00
Hardback
Mother, Brother, Lover
Added to basket
Mother, Brother, Lover
Jarvis Cocker
£10.99
Paperback
So This is Permanence
Added to basket
So This is Permanence
Ian Curtis
£25.00
Paperback
I'll Be Your Mirror
Added to basket
I'll Be Your Mirror
Lou Reed
£25.00
Hardback

You May Be Looking For...

The Books You've Always Meant to Read | Browse
Paperback Offers
Great Book Deals | Shop Now
Gift Cards | Shop Now
SEE MORE 

Reading for the Theatre

Macbeth
Added to basket
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
£10.99
Paperback
The Motive and the Cue
Added to basket
The Motive and the Cue
Jack Thorne
£10.99
Paperback
The Time Machine: A Comedy
Added to basket
The Time Machine: A Comedy
Steven Canny
£10.99
Paperback
Dreaming and Drowning
Added to basket
Dreaming and Drowning
Kwame Owusu
£10.99
Paperback
Infinite Life
Added to basket
Infinite Life
Annie Baker
£10.99
Paperback
The Lonely Londoners
Added to basket
The Lonely Londoners
Sam Selvon
£9.99
Paperback
The Little Big Things
Added to basket
The Little Big Things
Henry Fraser
£9.99
Paperback
A Song for Ella Grey
Added to basket
A Song for Ella Grey
David Almond
£7.99
Paperback
Starter For Ten
Added to basket
Starter For Ten
David Nicholls
£9.99
Paperback
Maggie & Me
Added to basket
Maggie & Me
Damian Barr
£10.99
Paperback
This Is Memorial Device
Added to basket
This Is Memorial Device
David Keenan
£9.99
Paperback
The Devil Wears Prada
Added to basket
The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
£9.99
Paperback
Minority Report
Added to basket
Minority Report
Philip K. Dick
£9.99
Paperback
A Little Life
Added to basket
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
£12.99
Paperback
2:22 – A Ghost Story
Added to basket
2:22 – A Ghost Story
Danny Robins
£10.99
Paperback
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Added to basket
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Dario Fo
£10.99
Paperback
SEE MORE 

Our Best Literary Criticism & Essays

Super-Infinite
Added to basket
Super-Infinite
Katherine Rundell
£10.99   £9.49
Paperback
Books v. Cigarettes
Added to basket
Books v. Cigarettes
George Orwell
£7.99
Paperback
Why I Write
Added to basket
Why I Write
George Orwell
£7.99
Paperback
The Fire Next Time
Added to basket
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
£8.99
Paperback
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
Added to basket
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
£10.99
Paperback
This Is Shakespeare
Added to basket
This Is Shakespeare
Emma Smith
£9.99
Paperback
At the Pond
Added to basket
At the Pond
Margaret Drabble
£9.99
Paperback
Mantel Pieces
Added to basket
Mantel Pieces
Hilary Mantel
£9.99
Paperback
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Added to basket
Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion
£9.99
Paperback
Intimations
Added to basket
Intimations
Zadie Smith
£5.99
Paperback
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Added to basket
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Audre Lorde
£7.99
Paperback
Trick Mirror
Added to basket
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
£9.99
Paperback
Everybody
Added to basket
Everybody
Olivia Laing
£10.99
Paperback
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Added to basket
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Mark Aldridge
£12.99
Paperback
Why We Read
Added to basket
Why We Read
David Wengrow
£8.99
Paperback
Homo Irrealis
Added to basket
Homo Irrealis
André Aciman
£9.99
Paperback
Banned Books
Added to basket
Banned Books
DK
£12.99
Hardback
env: aptum
branch: