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Mary Oliver · IBDB

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Mary Oliver

8.3out of 10

from 4 member ratings

Born / Died: 1935 to 2019
Writes: Poetry
Here: 2 books

American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Biography from Open Library, CC BY-SA

The Stacks

The Books

Ordered the way the charts order books: the member average out of 10, weighted by how many readers have rated them. Unrated titles file below.

Devotions
2017
8.0out of 10from 3 ratings
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Dream Work

1986

9.0out of 10from 1 rating

In the Margins

What Readers Said

The most recent reviews of Mary Oliver's books, newest first.

Devotions reviewed by @an_ordinary_tuesday
8 out of 10
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? I have been asked worse questions.
Devotions@an_ordinary_tuesday18 Aug 2026
12 readers agree with this review
Devotions reviewed by @quietcarriage
7 out of 10
One or two on a bad morning — some of them are the best thing that happened that day. Some are the same poem again with a different animal in it. Is that a criticism? Not sure.
Devotions@quietcarriage15 Jun 2026
Dream Work reviewed by @saltmarsh
9 out of 10
Wild Geese. Enough.
Dream Work@saltmarsh25 May 2026

The Reading Room

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