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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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Poso Wells
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Gabriela Aleman, Dick Cluster
PCAnderson
, October 05, 2021
I scampered to buy this book when it was the first "marquee" featured title. I don't understand why it was so highly touted. It was bizarre and dark without any illuminating insight. There is enough Spanish sprinkled throughout to obscure meaning if you are not a Spanish speaker. I distrust the "marquee" title moniker now. I gave it one star to give the benefit of the doubtin case I missed the whole point of the book.
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All the Crooked Saints
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Maggie Stiefvater
PCAnderson
, February 23, 2018
Worthwhile for the lyrical writing alone, "All the Crooked Saints" was a journey to another place--not just geographically, but in the way we consider the world. The images are otherworldly and tickled my imagination. It is full of miracles, family, and relationships too. It was so unique, I felt refreshed reading it.
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Amatka
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Karin Tidbeck
PCAnderson
, February 16, 2018
Amatka is a tightly controlled communal society with scarce resources. It's a harsh, cold existence--most food is made from mushrooms. It relies on its citizens to name and label objects regularly as if they must be reminded of what they are. Information is strictly controlled. All book titles begin with "About..." A visitor, Vanja, decides to stay as she learns that there is more underground than mushroom farms. As Vanja explores, Amatka itself begins to unravel.
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Before the Fall
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Noah Hawley
PCAnderson
, September 24, 2017
You know you are in the hands of an excellent writer when you are holding your breath as you read, even when you know the outcome of the scene. As Hawley dramatises the event outlined on the back of the book, I was held in suspense. Recent history and the origin and rise of a new type of news network enrich the story. I can't wait to see what happens next!
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
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Gabrielle Zevin
PCAnderson
, September 02, 2015
Zevin's story is romantic, sweet, fun, with a touch of mystery enough to engage your mind, and a dash of heartbreak for perfect balance. Her characters are well-crafted--I especially loved her description of Amelia as a "big dandelion of a girl." Read it, you will feel nice inside.
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The Small Backs of Children
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Lidia Yuknavitch
PCAnderson
, August 11, 2015
This is the freshest, boldest, most remarkable book I have read this year. You probably don't know people like the characters Yuknavitch has created. However, there is a titillating voyeuristic sense of peering into lives and minds so different from your experience that you can't turn away.Read this book now, then read it again.
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Station Eleven
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Emily St John Mandel
PCAnderson
, November 10, 2014
Once in a while I find a book that I don't want to end. Station Eleven is one of those books. The descriptions are evocative, the people could exist, the situations in which the characters find themselves are realistic. It chills and thrills, but it's not horror. I love how the pre- and post- stories intertwine and the gradual reveal of the backstory, while the Traveling Symphony marches along in the present. I predict Station Eleven will be a literary fiction lover's bestseller.
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Confessions
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Kanae Minato, Stephen Snyder
PCAnderson
, October 25, 2014
Mind-bending mystery dives right in. Who is speaking? Are they telling the truth? Who knows what? This story of students, teachers, and parents delves into deep & dark relationships. Stimulating and well- written, it gives outsiders a glimpse into Japanese culture.
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Light of Amsterdam
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David Park
PCAnderson
, August 05, 2012
This book is about ordinary people searching for connection. The three protagonists, who are father with his teenage son, a single mother whose daughter about to marry, and the wife of an autumnal couple celebrating her birthday with her husband, all struggle to revive ties with their loved ones, and come to regard them in new ways. Park’s sometimes heartbreaking insights ring like bells, true and clear, articulating doubts and fears, and realizations about themselves. The setting, the lovely city of Amsterdam, affects each of them in its enigmatic ways. Each of the three returns home to Belfast with a new perspective on their lives and their futures.
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The Tigers Wife
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Téa Obreht
PCAnderson
, February 03, 2012
I don't understand all the buzz about this book. It is unique, yes. The writing is lyrical and evocative. Yet I found the contemporary story tedious and could not fathom the motivations of the main characters. The historical stories were somewhat more engaging but not enough that I didn't have to force myself to finish this book so that I could honestly tell my book group that yes, I finished it.
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We the Animals
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Justin Torres
PCAnderson
, September 19, 2011
Three ferocious brothers scrap their way towards adulthood, intensely cohesive within the family but with allegiance to no one and nothing outside of it. Moments of pure grace enlighten this inimitable story, told sparingly yet elegantly.
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Junot Diaz
PCAnderson
, May 30, 2009
A "wondrous" illuminating family saga with believable characters that I could see in my mind. However, the reading experience was marred by an abundance of untranslated Spanish--to a non-Spanish speaker, the meaning was often unintelligible.
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