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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks  
Powells.com Staff Pick Despite never having been into the whole "zombie thing," I picked up World War Z. Halfway through, it dawned on me that I was becoming really, deeply scared. A few more pages in and I was trying to figure out how, exactly, to make my house both...
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The Outlaw Demon Wails
by Kim Harrison
Powells.com Staff Pick Demons, elves, vampires, and witches... just a few of my favorite things! Thank heaven for Kim Harrison and her Rachel Morgan series, which feeds my addiction on a regular basis. It was hard, but I waited patiently, like a good little urban fantasy...
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Iron Kissed
by Patricia Briggs
Powells.com Staff Pick I love this series and couldn't wait for the third installment, Iron Kissed. It was well worth the wait! Mercy is a kick-ass hero who takes no prisoners and just happens to be a shape-shifting mechanic living in a world of werewolves, vampires, and other...
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
Powells.com Staff Pick Christopher Moore's Lamb is an utterly hilarious take on the story of Jesus. Told from the perspective of Jesus' smart-ass best friend, Biff, it is irreverent without being disrespectful. Lamb, or any of Moore's books, would be perfect for someone who...
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The Ruins
by Scott Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick Twelve years after his staggering debut, Scott Smith returns with The Ruins — and it's worth the wait. The Ruins is brilliantly suspenseful, almost unbearable in places, and shares A Simple Plan's mounting intensity. Smith's premise could lend...
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House of Leaves: A Novel
by Mark Z. Danielewski
Powells.com Staff Pick "Saints be praised, this is the best book of the new millennium. A veritable tour de force. Pynchon meets Stephen King meets Robert Hughes meets Borges meets Dante. Joycian. Jungian. Mythic. Any clich used by fawning literary critics...
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Kitty and the Silver Bullet
by Carrie Vaughn
Powells.com Staff Pick Kitty is back, and her creator, Carrie Vaughn, has once again crafted a well-thought-out plot with wonderful characters. Kitty is addictive — she's a strong, self-reliant female character, setting the bar high for other urban fantasy heroines. In...
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The Historian: A Novel
by Elizabeth Kostova
Powells.com Staff Pick With The Historian Elizabeth Kostova has written a love letter to Dracula, Eastern Europe, and the study of history. Writing an epistolary novel (just like the original Dracula) might have seemed risky in the age of email, but it works. We are drawn into...
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The Terror
by Dan Simmons
Powells.com Staff Pick The Terror is perhaps the perfect blend of exploration and horror writing. An expedition looking for the Northwest Passage becomes icebound for the winter, and then crew members begin to disappear. The book is a genuine page-turner, as the crew members...
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Duma Key: A Novel
by Stephen King
Powells.com Staff Pick I start salivating about six months before any new Stephen King novel is released and couldn't wait to get my hands on Duma Key. As usual with the "master's" books, I read it in one weekend, driving my poor dog nuts because I wouldn't put the light out...
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The Ruins: A Novel
by Scott Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick Twelve years after his staggering debut, Scott Smith returns with The Ruins — and it's worth the wait. The Ruins is brilliantly suspenseful, almost unbearable in places, and shares A Simple Plan's mounting intensity. Smith's premise could lend...
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Poltergeist: A Greywalker Novel
by Kat Richardson
Powells.com Staff Pick Great read! The hero of Kat Richardson’s new series is a tough, sassy, street-smart female detective who has one little problem: she died for two minutes and is now a Greywalker. Harper Blaine is able to move between our world and the world of the...
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Bad Men: A Thriller
by John Connolly
Powells.com Staff Pick As a child, I kept myself awake deep into the night with ghost stories and horror novels. As an adult, I turned to mysteries to provide my thrills. Part supernatural thriller, part mystery, Bad Men pleases both the child and the adult in me. Pick up...
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
Powells.com Staff Pick Maybe the best thing about the zombie's return to popularity is that, by nature, you can't "spin" them into being sensitive, tortured souls: They're dead, they crave human flesh, end of story. Using the maxim "Don't fix what ain't broken," Max Brooks...
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Lullaby
by Chuck Palahniuk
Powells.com Staff Pick "This is arguably Palahniuk?s greatest gift: his ability to jab his finger right on the sharpest point of a nerve we might not even have known was exposed. In Fight Club, it was the growing dissatisfaction with a materialistic world bent on conformity...
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Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
by Anne Rice
Powells.com Staff Pick Anne Rice certainly does her homework. Although she writes fiction, she is well-versed in the historical background of her subjects. Christ the Lord is no exception. The story centers on Jesus' life as a seven-year-old. Rice presents Jesus at this age...
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The Town That Forgot How to Breathe
by Kenneth J Harvey
Powells.com Staff Pick A spectral novel that draws you in, and suffocates you with its incantation. Though a bit dishevelled in its conclusion, this book was one of the most memorable of 2005. I've handed several copies to my favorite customers. Recommended by Donna, Powells...
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Last Call
by Tim Powers
Powells.com Staff Pick Generations of Powell's Science Fiction Team members have read and loved this book, and it is one of my favorites to sell science fiction-reading customers who are looking for something new. Powers combines Arthurian mythology, chaos theory, tarot, and...
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The Historian: A Novel
by Elizabeth Kostova
Powells.com Staff Pick This is the perfect summer read — I promise. From Anne Rice to Stephen King to Bram Stoker and beyond, desire for tales from the crypt never seems to die. Even if you believe the Dracula legend has been bludgeoned to the thinnest pulp, you will be...
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Haunted: A Novel
by Chuck Palahniuk
Powells.com Staff Pick You've gotta love the reviews piling up for Haunted: "provokes a lot more nausea and eye rolls than deep thoughts" (Booklist); "all but dares the reader to be seasick" (New York Times); "a catalog of atrocities" (Library Journal); and my personal...
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