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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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The Shadow of the Wind
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Lucia Graves
Susan Lilly
, January 18, 2010
This is my favourite book of the decade. For a booklover it is pure magic. The story revolves around a young boy, sad at the loss of his mother, who is given a book (from a secret repository of books no less), falls in love with the story and tries to search out other books by the same author only to find they are being systematically destroyed. The story within the story, the parallel lives, everything about this story draws you in and holds you fast. I have loaned my book to all my friends and recommended it to everyone else. Read this book! You won't regret it!
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Winters Tale
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Mark Helprin
Susan Lilly
, August 24, 2009
This book is pure magic. I've read it 4 or 5 times and each time I discover something new. There are so many things happening in this wonderful story, but Mr. Helprin ties them all together beautifully. The synopsis describes the basic plot, but this book is so much more. It takes place in New York City, but not one we would recognize readily. It is part fantasy, part history, pure delight. The writing is so wondrous, such inspired perfect prose that you find yourself re-reading paragraphs because of how well they are written. I recommend this book to anyone who loves and appreciates a writer who has the gift of good wordplay, not to mention a good story.
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