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Fahrenheit 451 (53 Edition) by Ray Bradbury Staff Pick Fahrenheit 451 is probably one of the most important books ever written. If the world of this novel comes to pass, I will be this book. (You'll have to read it to see what I mean.)... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) by George R. R. Martin Publisher Comments Game of Thrones: A new original series, now on HBO. Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) by George R. R. Martin Publisher Comments A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO. George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin—dubbed the “American Tolkien” by Time magazine—has... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire #4) by George R. R. Martin Publisher Comments A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO. George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin—dubbed the “American Tolkien” by Time magazine—has... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin From Powells.com If you're a "read-the-book-first" type, you might want to get started now on George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. HBO has optioned the first book, A Game of Thrones, as a series, and 10 episodes are slated to begin filming in Ireland in... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Staff Pick Touted as an adult's version of Harry Potter, The Night Circus actually lives up to its hype. It's the story of a couple of magicians, a circus, and a duel. And, of course, it's so much more. Morgenstern's creation is astounding and intricate, delicate... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Remembering Tomorrow) by Ursula K Le Guin Publisher Comments When The Left Hand of Darkness first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, "Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth, Dune—and such a world is Winter." Twenty-five years and a Hugo and... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Storm Front: Dresden Files #1 by Jim Butcher Publisher Comments For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin Publisher Comments US... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicles #01 by Patrick Rothfuss Publisher Comments The boy who would be king has gained the throne... At age nine, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath vowed to avenge his slaughtered mother and brotherand to punish his father for not doing so. At fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow. Now, at eighteen, he... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Staff Pick For those of us who have been in the rat race of modern culture long enough that we have stopped thinking, and for those of us who have never deeply examined our place in the world, this book is an awakening. It just may change the way you think about... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Publisher Comments "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer." the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. "Tell your heart that the far of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Staff Pick I had many books on my to-read list, but this one jumped straight to the top as soon as I got my hands on a copy. It has everything I love about video games and cartoons and anime from the '80s. The pacing of the book is great, and it quickly became one... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sword of Truth #02: Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind Publisher Comments An Epic of Awesome Power Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp ... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart. Amid sudden and... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Staff Pick I know you shouldn't recommend books that you are only halfway through, but this is such a lush tapestry of a book I can't resist. Like a moist rich chocolate torte, Strange and Norrell is the sort of book you ration out to avoid finishing it too soon... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Silmarillion, 2nd Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien Publisher Comments A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Publisher Comments A disease of unparalleled destructive force has sprung up almost simultaneously in every corner of the globe, all but destroying the human race. One survivor, strangely immune to the effects of the epidemic, ventures forward to experience a world without... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Alchemist (Insight) by Paulo Coelho Staff Pick Whether you want to take a journey or to be reassured that life is filled with wonder and magic, this beautifully optimistic book is for you. Follow Santiago, a shepherd who follows a dream to find treasure hidden under the pyramids, but ends up finding... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Forever War (09 Edition) by Joe Haldeman Staff Pick Dealing with time dilation, the realities of war, sexuality, and the ever-changing definition of what it means to be human, Joe Haldeman's Hugo Award-winning Forever War is not to be missed.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Publisher Comments A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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