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Interviews | February 14, 2012
By Jill Owens
 Stephen Dau's The Book of Jonas is a marvelous, lyrical debut that examines the effects of war on everyone involved. Dau weaves together the stories...
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Thanks to everyone who shared a glowing recommendation. If you're anything like us, you get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that your endorsement will help someone else discover (and fall in love with) that book that knocked your socks off.
Click here to see last year's winners.
Powell's customers, you've truly outdone yourselves. We asked for the best book you read last decade and were humbled by your overwhelming response. And, may we say, what good taste you have! (Ahem. Check out the number one pick from our employees.)
So, without further ado, the winners of the Golden Galoshes are:
The 2010 Puddly Award
for Fiction
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy |
The 2010 Puddly Award
for Nonfiction
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson
and David Oliver Relin |
Click here to learn more about how the results were tabulated.
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Customer Comment from Todd Harrington
Cormac McCarthy's command of the language and powerful prose give us an emotionally raw examination of human nature and innocence, genuine and pure. This book will leave you changed forever.
List Price $15.00
Your price: $4.95
Used - Trade Paper
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
Customer Comment from jean.ashley
...[S]omewhere along the way I became the sort of reader who reads for information only. I had thought that I was incapable of getting lost in a story until I read this book. I could not put it down. It was wonderful and everyone I've recommended it to has loved it.
List Price $14.95
Your price: $2.50
Used - Trade Paper
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
Customer Comment from Elliott
...[A] novel of great humor and emotional depth. This book was my first introduction to Chabon's work and I have since gone and devoured more. Like the comic books he loves, Michael Chabon is able to entertain us and do so with a pure love of language and escapism.
List Price $17.00
Your price: $5.95
Used - Trade Paper
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Customer Comment from wurdnurd
This book had me laughing out loud one minute and bawling the next. The elegant and understated persona of Death lends a dignity to the story that might otherwise be treacly or trite. A wonderful book to read or listen to between parents and children.
List Price $12.99
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper
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The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Customer Comment from Kerry Holmes
The author did a wonderful job of creating a rich cast of characters. The city of Barcelona is described vividly and almost feels like another character in the book. The concept of a story within the story was well written and true readers everywhere will love the Cemetery of Forgotten Books!
List Price $16.00
Your price: $6.95
Used - Trade Paper
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Middlesex (Oprah's Book Club Selection #58)
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Customer Comment from Emily DeVoto
Middlesex is a most unexpected novel. It's at once brave, tender, utterly original, unpretentious, and profound. I can see myself re-reading it at different times of my life, and continuing to learn from it.
List Price $15.00
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper
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Cloud Atlas: A Novel
by David Mitchell
Customer Comment from JeffMoniker
Fans of Murakami, Chabon and Lethem should enjoy this masterful blending of genres, consisting of 6 separate narratives, seemingly disparate, but somehow Mitchell manages to coalesce them all into a mysterious whole.
List Price $15.00
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
Customer Comment from Reverend MG
This is a wonderful story! I was sucked in from the beginning with Pi's views on life and religion, all the way to the end of his journey across the sea....I'm not sure if I've recommended another book more than this one!
List Price $25.00
Your price: $6.50
Used - Hardcover
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While you were casting your Puddly votes, we also asked our coworkers to name the best book they read in the last decade. Check out the top 50 picks that won our adoration.
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