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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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It's a Book
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Lane Smith
Robin Wood
, August 24, 2012
It's a book. And it's fantastic.
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Small Favor: Dresden Files 10
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Jim Butcher
Robin Wood
, August 23, 2012
I love this whole series, but this is where I started. I think the first book Storm Front is the weakest in the series, but you need it to understand the mythology. I am really looking forward to book 14. I am pulling for him and Murphy.
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The Year She Disappeared
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Ann Harleman
Robin Wood
, August 22, 2012
This was a really interesting book. Thoughout the book you don't get a real sense of whether the Nan is doing the right thing or not. She's a real person in the sense that she makes decisions and follows them through not knowing if she is right or wrong. The writing is great, but I wouldn't call it a light read.
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Wizard The Witch & Two Girls From Jersey
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Lisa Papademetriou
Robin Wood
, August 21, 2012
This is a lot of fun. The author has read a lot of YA fantasy and expects you have too. She knows what the conventions are and uses them to fun and interesting ends. The plot is not wildly original, but the voices of the characters are great and the names of things are quite wonderful.
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Curse Workers 01 White Cat
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Holly Black
Robin Wood
, August 20, 2012
I really enjoyed this book, it was an interesting take on magic and dysfunctional families. I listened to the second book "Red Glove" as an audiobook and it worked that way, too.
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The Bone Doll's Twin: Tamir Triad 1
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Lynn Flewelling
Robin Wood
, August 18, 2012
This is one of my favorite books in this genre. It adds a couple of new spins to the hidden prince plot and the relationship with brother is compelling even as it is complicating.
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Serenity 02 Better Days Firefly
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Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews
Robin Wood
, August 16, 2012
What's not to like? Joss rocks. I also really liked the post-tv Buffy comics.
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Spilling Clarence
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Anne Ursu
Robin Wood
, August 15, 2012
This is one of my all time favorite books. It has a funny, touching, haunting story about memory, the stories we tell ourselves and what it means to love.
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Poison Study
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Maria V Snyder
Robin Wood
, August 14, 2012
This is a lot of fun. It has an interesting premise and couple of good twists. You see the romance coming, but that's okay.
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Mama Day
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Gloria Naylor
Robin Wood
, August 13, 2012
This is a really fantastic book. It will make you believe in magic. It is contemporary magic realism, in that the world of the book is absolutely the real world and yet, you believe the magic. It's a love story/folk tale that reminds us why we tell folk tales and that fairy tales in their original form are mostly tragic. And yet, you are uplifted.
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Heads You Lose
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Lisa Lutz and David Hayward
Robin Wood
, August 12, 2012
I love Lisa Lutz and the Spellman Files. Love. I'd read a couple of not-good reviews of this collaboration, but it worked for me. I thought the running joke of the uneasy collaboration was funny and the mystery itself engaging. I'd love to see the same book with the other chapters written by any of the authors Lisa names throughout the book. The plot construction is a pleasure to watch, especially as they do tie things up in the end.
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Keys To The Kingdom 02 Grim Tuesday
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Garth Nix
Robin Wood
, August 11, 2012
This is a great series for kids, imaginative, interesting, with room to grow. I'm an adult who likes YA and I am enjoying this series a lot. Arthur is a real kid, smart, caring and determined.
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Fast Women
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Jennifer Crusie
Robin Wood
, August 09, 2012
I didn't expect a lot out of this book, but it was a good read. Funny and the characters acted like real people. You know where the plot is going, but I enjoyed the ride.
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Aquamarine
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Carol Anshaw
Robin Wood
, August 08, 2012
This is one of my favorite books. Everyone has some experience in life that you think life would have been entirely different if only . . . .
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Annie On My Mind
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Nancy Garden
Robin Wood
, August 07, 2012
This is one of those rare books that I won't give up. It was extraordinarily meaningful to me at an important time in my life. If you're an adult (or a savvy teen) you'll know where the story is going before it gets there, but it doesn't matter. You'll still be drawn in. Just like real life.
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Thousand Acres
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Jane Smiley
Robin Wood
, August 06, 2012
This is a fantastic book. If you are familiar with King Lear it adds an extra layer of resonance, but the book doesn't depend on those shared plot elements. I really felt for the characters and was surprised and moved by their actions.
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Sorcerers Treason
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Sarah Zettel
Robin Wood
, August 05, 2012
The magical system in this book made sense and was plausible. She uses known folklore in a unique and engaging way. There are no true villians in the book, you come to understand why they act as they do, but the main character is strongly sympthatic. I really enjoyed this book.
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Fistful Of Sky
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Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Robin Wood
, August 04, 2012
This is a literally magical book. It was one of the best recreations of what it is like to different as a teenager and then as Gypsum comes in to her powers and her adulthood those crucial lessons of responsbility will take you back to the point where you started to realize that you are responsible for who you will be. Loved it.
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Still Life
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Still Life: Chief Inspector Gamache 1
Robin Wood
, January 01, 2012
I am a latecomer to this series by Louise Penny, but I've found each book in the series to be outstanding (I'm at A Rule Against Murder, so far). The writing is excellent, the books are funny, but I think what stands out the most is the humanness of the characters. Not just the villains, but all of the characters, who are good people mostly, but in some cases are obnoxious, but brilliant, or refusing to try, or distracted by a good breakfast. The books make me want to visit the village of Three Pines, despite the regular occurrence of murder there.
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