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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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Arc of a Scythe 01 Scythe
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Neal Shusterman
Emily Otis
, June 06, 2017
If you're looking for the next Hunger Games, this is it! Two teens fight for their lives in a corrupt system, thinking of ingenious ways to help one another and ultimately (one hopes) defeat the corruption. Scythe is hard to put down, and the characters are heroic archetypes that will stoke your hope for humanity.
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Strange the Dreamer
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Laini Taylor
Emily Otis
, May 22, 2017
Strange the Dreamer takes place in an incredibly well-crafted fantasy world, largely in a legendary city that has lost it's name and is now only known as Weep. The book simultaneously follows Lazlo Strange, an orphan become librarian who lucks into a journey to the city of Weep, and a blue-skinned goddess named Sarai who lives in longing confinement in the city. Laini Taylor crafts an emotional tale of adventure, love, longing, vengeance, and pathos that is expertly propelled not only by the poignant humanity of her characters, but also by Taylor's deftness in slowly revealing the mysteries of her story.
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Taipei
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Lin, Tao
Emily Otis
, July 02, 2013
Aside from all the drug use, sadly, this is a book I really identified with. One of my favorite parts is when Paul is at a restaurant with a group of people, and is thinking back on all the opportunities he had to go home during the evening. I often feel anti-social, and yes, I too have experienced the, sometimes inexplicable, abrupt and complete ending of relationships. Taipei leaves me pondering these things. Are they so bad? Am I doomed to a lifetime of secluded misery? Is this the direction that our society, with the increasing use of digital communication, is heading? Or, is Paul and Erin's (and my) story just the modern iteration of socially awkward people that have always been part of society? To me, the fact that I'm thinking about these things makes Taipei a great book. When a book touches a nerve, and gets me asking questions, I know the author has accomplished his task beautifully.
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
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Catherynne M. Valente
Emily Otis
, January 01, 2012
This book is the best new fantasy book I have come across in a very long time. Valente draws upon an impressive array of mythological creatures from various cultures, bolstered by her own imagination, to populate Fairyland. My favorite character was a Wyverary, whose mother was a wyvern (French dragon-type creature with only two legs) and whose father was a library. Valente also succeeds in striking the perfect balance between the wonderful, the challenging, and the terrible in Fairyland. This book is engrossing and transporting from beginning to end.
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Kon Tiki Across The Pacific By Raft
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Thor Heyerdahl
Emily Otis
, February 18, 2011
I hadn't been a reader for a while, and this book re-ignited my love of books. As an adventure book, this may be the best I have ever read. The close relationship that these men on their balsa wood raft develop with the sea is one that few modern people will ever know. Strange fish jump aboard their raft and the night is lit by the stars above and the phosphorescence of the creatures below. Of course, as a scientific or anthropological tome, this book has little (if any) merit. But, rather than detracting from my enjoyment of the book, Heyerdahl's strange theories about native peoples worshipping redheads (guess what color the author's hair is?) first made me chuckle, then led me to think about what other explanations there were for the cultural patterns that he found.
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Fifth Child
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Doris Lessing
Emily Otis
, February 17, 2011
This story is likely to shake any parent or parent-to-be to the core. What happens when your child is your worst nightmare? Despite being raised in a loving household alongside several happy and healthy siblings, Ben is violent, uncontrollable, and insatiable. His destructive behavior spells the end of the family's bucolic life in the English countryside and forces his mother to choose between caring for him and caring for the rest of her family.
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This Book Is Overdue How Librarians & Cybrarians Can Save Us All
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Marilyn Johnson
Emily Otis
, February 17, 2011
If librarians aren't already your heros, they will be after you read this. From the monumental feat of suing the Attorney General to protect patrons' privacy to the surprisingly commonplace task of cleaning up poop in the stacks, these real-life stories about librarians will have you redoubling your respect for these smart, and often saucy, denizens of the Dewey Decimal system.
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Russian Debutantes Handbook
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Gary Shteyngart
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
Looking for a flat out FUN read? Here it is! Shteyngart gets started with an ex-Russian naval officer who talks to his fans (yes, the ones that blow cool air around the room), and doesn't let up for a single page after that. But, although this novel will have you laughing out loud, it still has substance. The relationship and personality quirks feel incredibly true to life.
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Object of Beauty
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Steve Martin
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
The YMCA crowd wouldn't be too happy with this Steve Martin book, but I enjoyed it. While his slapstick humor has certainly been put away, his wit is still present, and the story is certainly engaging. It seemed to me that there were some awkward grammatical situations, but they certainly didn't detract from the book.
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Whats Not to Love The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer
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Jonathan Ames
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
Wow. "Mildly" is an underestimation of the perversion. This book is certainly not for the feint of heart! It was often cringe-inducing, sometimes heart-warming, and nearly always funny. Do you like to squirm?
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Dirty Little Angels
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Chris Tusa
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
Dirty Little Angels is one of the most vividly written books I've read in a while. Tusa's prose were strikingly evocative, and made me feel as tough I was truly part of the story. I hesitate to say the book was entirely "enjoyable" because some parts really made my skin crawl, but that's just what they were intended to do, I'm sure.
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Geek Love
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Katherine Dunn
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
If you like being surprised and shocked by strange things, you will enjoy this novel. It has all the appeal of a side show - full of freaks doing unbelievable things - but you can stay nice and clean and cozy in your own home while you visit! Plus, you get a behind-the-scenes look at what life might be like for these people.
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Zeitoun
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Dave Eggers
Emily Otis
, February 16, 2011
This book is so engaging that I finished it in one day. This is a true story about what happened to a Muslim man during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The story begins with his courageously helping others after the storm, and takes an incredibly disturbing turn when he is arrested. What happens after his arrest is likely to shake your confidence in our justice system to the core.
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