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Angelology
Angelology
by Danielle Trussoni
Staff Pick
This novel astounded me! Ambitious in scope and well-researched, Angelology is a breathtaking story narrating the age-old battle between good and evil. Danielle Trussoni  builds a world where the Nephilim — offspring of an angel and a human... (read more)

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The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K Dick
Staff Pick
The Man in the High Castle is one of the first and best "alternate history" novels ever published. Turtledove and Flint should both have altars to Philip K. Dick in their homes.... (read more)

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The Cabinet of Curiosities
The Cabinet of Curiosities
by Douglas Preston
Staff Pick
Weird happenings at NYC's Museum of Natural History follow the discovery of a 19th-century, mass grave. Spines cut from corpses. Impalements on dinosaur horns. It's all frightful enough to rouse the FBI's quirkiest investigator — the pale, enigmatic... (read more)

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Ringworld
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
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Niven's take on alien culture is not to be missed. Ringworld is easily one of the genre's greatest stories of discovery and exploration.... (read more)

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Dune
Dune
by Frank Herbert
Staff Pick
I'm sure other Powell's employees have chosen Dune as a staff pick, and for good reason: It's a science fiction classic. It is densely written and almost prophetic in nature. The spice, and the desert wars over it, sound so very much like our current... (read more)

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Fight Club
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
Staff Pick
This one's somewhat redundant ? I mean, everyone raves about Fight Club. Adding my voice just seems trite. But?it's true?Fight Club was one of the most original novels published in the late '90s. Granted, it suffers from huge quantities of nihilism, but... (read more)

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Wild Life
Wild Life
by Molly Gloss
Staff Pick
At the turn of the century, in the primeval forest of the Pacific Northwest, a fiery feminist becomes lost. Struggling to survive, night after terrifying night, she is finally rescued by... Bigfoot!? Huh? No, really — this incredible story works. Gloss... (read more)

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The Hunger Games Trilogy (Boxed Set)
The Hunger Games Trilogy (Boxed Set)
by Suzanne Collins
Staff Pick
The Hunger Games is the best series I've read in years. If you haven't read it, you're in for a dystopian treat. I recommend the boxed set because, as soon as you finish one book, you'll want to start the next one right away!... (read more)

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Kushiel's Dart: Kushiel's Legacy #1
Kushiel's Dart: Kushiel's Legacy #1
by Jacqueline Carey
Staff Pick
So you've finished reading the fifth Game of Thrones book, and now what are you going to do? Wait five to seven years for the next book to come out? Turn to non-epic fiction? Don't be ridiculous! Instead, start reading Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy... (read more)

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Gardens of the Moon: Malazan  Book of the Fallen #01
Gardens of the Moon: Malazan Book of the Fallen #01
by Steven Erikson
Staff Pick
Gardens of the Moon is the first book in one of my favorite fantasy series. Unconventional in it's characters and scope, this series rocks. The world and the races in it aren't your average Tolkien-derived orcs and elves. Everyone in these books is... (read more)

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Lord of the Rings Boxed 3 Volumes
Lord of the Rings Boxed 3 Volumes
by J R R Tolkien
Staff Pick
"If you've been thinking that you should probably read the books again sometime, the time is now. Why wait? They were written by a scholar and a gentleman, a man steeped in lore and language, and it shows on every page. And if you haven't read them at... (read more)

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Horns
Horns
by Joe Hill
Staff Pick
After reading Joe Hill's newest novel, Horns, I am vastly relieved: there is a successor to Stephen King. I've spent a few traumatizing moments wondering what I'd do should there not ever be another King novel or short story. Well, as long as his son... (read more)

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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Staff Pick
Ishiguro takes a meditative look at childhood, loss of innocence, and human deception and the drive for survival. This is a haunting narrative that is joyous and sad at once — reminiscent of Philip K. Dick, but with a very literary and poignant eye for... (read more)

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Childhood's End
Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
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Childhood's End is a first-contact story full of thought-provoking ideas about what humanity can become. As relevant today as it was in 1953.... (read more)

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The System of the World:  #03 Baroque Cycle
The System of the World: #03 Baroque Cycle
by Neal Stephenson
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The concluding volume of the Baroque Cycle mixes swashbuckling adventure, historical romance, mathematics, and Isaac Newton into a frothy brew that's truly irresistible.... (read more)

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Sundiver: The Uplift Saga #1 (The Uplift Trilogy)
Sundiver: The Uplift Saga #1 (The Uplift Trilogy)
by David Brin
Staff Pick
Did we evolve into a space-faring people all on our own, or were we "uplifted" like the rest of the inhabitants of the galaxy? The answer seems to lie within our own sun, so an expedition is mounted to find the truth. But when a lost scout ship points to... (read more)

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Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels)
Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels)
by Jasper Fforde
Staff Pick
Thursday Next is back and this time she's gone transcontinental! Something Rotten, the fourth book in the series, continues to follow the Goliath Corporation and contains Fforde's usual time-/book-jumping that he so expertly interweaves — the story... (read more)

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Raven's Strike
Raven's Strike
by Patricia Briggs
Staff Pick
I find myself loving every bit of this series and rereading passages that I've just finished because I like them so much. Seraph, Tier, and family are back in this sequel to Raven's Shadow, trying to stop the Shadowed before disaster strikes. They must... (read more)

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Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem
Staff Pick
The narrator, Lionel Essrog, known as The Human Freakshow, suffers with Tourette's syndrome and though you might not want to know him in real life, he's got to be one of the most brilliant characters ever created. His quirky rants put me off at first... (read more)

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Watership Down: A Novel
Watership Down: A Novel
by Richard Adams
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Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more)

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