Late one night, you’re on the couch, an overwhelming menu of Netflix shows radiates unwatched on the screen, and you snatch up a handheld repository of short, attention-grabbing items. A poetry ...

Forbes’ strongest collection is The Stunned Mullet (1988). The book was funded by the Australian bicentennial authority. The celebrations marking 200 years of European “settlement” were controversial.

While ancient Greek bards were revered, melodic keepers of memory, Benjamin West’s The Bard (1778) gives us something far fiercer: the last Welsh poet hurling a mountain-top curse at an invading king.

Explore the most influential and best fantasy books of all time, ranked by their impact and popularity, from Odyssey to The ...