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The 2 Bestselling Adult Poetry Books for 1997

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This page highlights 2 books, published in 1997, that made our Bestsellers List.

Note: We carry over bestseller status for out of print versions of books to new editions, so the punlication year may not reflect the year the book was orignally published.


  • Adult Fiction
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Adult Poetry
  • Board Book Fiction
  • Board Book Nonfiction
  • Early Reader Fiction
  • Early Reader Nonfiction
  • Early Reader Poetry
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Middle Grade Nonfiction
  • Middle Grade Poetry
  • Picture Book Fiction
  • Picture Book Nonfiction
  • Picture Book Poetry
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Young Adult Nonfiction
  • Young Adult Poetry

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10 Time 1997 Bestseller Book cover of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf

by Ntozake Shange

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5 Time 1997 Bestseller Book cover of The Words Don’t Fit In My Mouth by jessica Care moore

The Words Don’t Fit In My Mouth

by jessica Care moore

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