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Powell's top-selling books for Thursday, March 23, 2023

    #1

    Bea Wolf
    by Zach Weinersmith and Boulet

    A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.

    Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who... (read more)


    #2

    Poverty, by America
    by Matthew Desmond

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

    The United States, the richest country on earth, has more... (read more)


    #3

    Creative Act A Way of Being
    by Rick Rubin

    From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.

    "I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great... (read more)


    #4

    Tasting History - Signed Edition
    by Max Miller and Ann Volkwein

    Begin your very own food journey through the centuries and around the world with the first cookbook from the beloved YouTube channel Tasting History with Max Miller

    What began as a passion project when Max Miller was furloughed during Covid-19 has become a viral... (read more)


    #5

    The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
    by Bessel Van Der Kolk

    "Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society." Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies

    A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma... (read more)


    #6

    Old Babes in the Wood Stories
    by Margaret Atwood

    "If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You've been missing out." --Rebecca Makkai, New York Times Book Review

    A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's... (read more)


    #7

    Birnam Wood
    by Eleanor Catton

    Birnam Wood is on the move...

    Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam Wood. An undeclared, unregulated, sometimes-criminal, sometimes-philanthropic gathering of friends, this activist collective plants crops wherever no one will notice:... (read more)


    #8

    Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
    by Robin Wall Kimmerer

    As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of... (read more)


    #9

    I Have Something to Tell You - Signed Edition
    by Chasten Buttigieg

    The young adult adaptation of the moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of a former Democratic presidential candidate about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town.

    Growing up, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg didn't always fit in. He felt different from his... (read more)


    #10

    Jamie MacGillivray The Renegades Journey
    by John Sayles

    "John Sayles is a living master." - Jennifer Haigh, author of Faith

    Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John Sayles's thrilling historical and cinematic epic invites comparison with Diana Gabaldon, George R. R. Martin,... (read more)


    #11

    Women and Power: A Manifesto
    by Mary Beard

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    "A modern feminist classic." — The Guardian

    From the internationally acclaimed classicist and New York Times best-selling author comes this timely manifesto on women and power.

    At long last, Mary... (read more)


    #12

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    by Gabrielle Zevin

    In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry two friends — often in love, but never lovers — come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and,... (read more)


    #13

    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    by Matthew Desmond

    From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America

    In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest... (read more)


    #14

    Crying in H Mart
    by Michelle Zauner

    From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.

    In this exquisite story of family,... (read more)


    #15

    Worn: A People's History of Clothing
    by Sofi Thanhauser

    A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of — an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet.

    "We learn that, if we were... (read more)


    #16

    Ejaculate Responsibly A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
    by Gabrielle Stanley Blair

    #17

    Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier
    by Peter Stark

    In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band... (read more)


    #18

    Come As You Are: Revised & Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
    by Emily Nagoski

    A revised and updated edition of Emily Nagoski's game-changing New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, featuring new information and research on mindfulness, desire, and pleasure that will radically transform your sex life.
    (read more)


    #19

    There Are Moms Way Worse Than You Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
    by Glenn Boozan, Priscilla Witte

    Every mom has those moments--whether it's once in a blue moon or, well, once an hour--of feeling that they're falling short. But guess what: The world is filled with moms worse than you. Way worse. To take just one example, hamster moms sometimes eat their newborn pups. No one knows... (read more)


    #20

    Mercy Street
    by Jennifer Haigh

    Named a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and the Boston Globe.

    The highly praised, "extraordinary" (New York Times Book Review) novel about the disparate lives that intersect at a women's clinic in... (read more)


    #21

    God Human Animal Machine Technology Metaphor & the Search for Meaning
    by Meghan OGieblyn

    #22

    Demon Copperhead
    by Barbara Kingsolver

    "Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times." — Minneapolis Star Tribune

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which... (read more)


    #23

    Dragons Love Tacos
    by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri

    A #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, this deliciously funny read-aloud from the creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose.

    Dragons love... (read more)


    #24

    A Heartwood Hotel (Heartwood Hotel #1)
    by Kallie George and Stephanie Graegin

    When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury,... (read more)


    #25

    Girls Survive 20 Molly & the Twin Towers A 9/11 Survival Story
    by Jessika Fleck

    #26

    Violets
    by Kyung-Sook Shin and Anton Hur

    By Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, "a moving delve into a lonely psyche" that follows a neglected young woman's search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).

    San is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in... (read more)


    #27

    On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into History One Day at a Time
    by Jo Bell and Tania Hershman and Ailsa Holland

    #28

    Evergreen
    by Matthew Cordell

    A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave journey to help a relative who is ill.

    Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many things: thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. But when her mother tasks... (read more)


    #29

    We Were Once a Family - Signed Edition
    by Roxanna Asgarian

    One of Literary Hub's most anticipated books of 2023

    The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children — and a searing indictment of the American foster care system.

    On March 26,... (read more)


    #30

    Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
    by Bono

    Bono — artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 — has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained... (read more)


    #31

    Locklands Founders Trilogy Book 3
    by Robert Jackson Bennett

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The jaw-dropping conclusion to the acclaimed Founders Trilogy, from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and Shorefall

    "It's so rare to love every single book in a trilogy, to admire the aim, precision, and storytelling stamina this... (read more)


    #32

    House of Leaves
    by Mark Z. Danielewski

    Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting... (read more)


    #33

    Smoke & Mirrors Short Fictions & Illusions
    by Neil Gaiman

    In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion...and anything is possible.

    In this, Gaiman's first book of short stories, his imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders — a place where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a... (read more)


    #34

    Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
    by Olga Tokarczuk

    WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

    In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse... (read more)


    #35

    Crying in H Mart - Signed Edition
    by Michelle Zauner

    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American. • "In losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself.”... (read more)


    #36

    Bookworm
    by Robin Yeatman

    A wickedly funny debut novel — a black comedy with a generous heart that explores the power of imagination and reading — about a woman who tries to use fiction to find her way to happiness.

    Victoria is unhappily married to an ambitious and controlling lawyer... (read more)


    #37

    The Fifth Season (Broken Earth #1)
    by N. K. Jemisin

    This is the way the world ends. Again.

    Three terrible things happen in a single day.

    Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose... (read more)


    #38

    Lords & Ladies Discworld 14
    by Terry Pratchett

    It's a dreamy midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre. But music and romance aren't the only things filling the air. Magic and mischief are afoot, threatening to spoil the royal wedding of King Verence and his favorite witch, Magrat Garlick. Invaded by some Fairie Trash, soon it won't be only... (read more)


    #39

    Caliban's War: Expanse 2
    by James S A Corey

    The second novel in James S.A. Corey's SF New York Times bestselling Expanse series.

    We are not alone.

    On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a... (read more)


    #40

    The Overstory
    by Richard Powers

    A monumental novel about trees and people by one of our most "prodigiously talented" (The New York Times Book Review) novelists.

    An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of... (read more)


    #41

    Circe
    by Madeline Miller

    #1 New York Times Bestseller — named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible,... (read more)


    #42

    Deep River: A Novel
    by Karl Marlantes

    From the New York Times-bestselling author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War, a rich family saga about Finnish immigrants who settle and tame the Pacific Northwest, set against the early labor movements, World War I, and the upheaval of early... (read more)


    #43

    On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    by Ocean Vuong

    An instant New York Times Bestseller!

    Longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction, the Carnegie Medal in Fiction, the 2019 Aspen Words Literacy Prize, and the PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel Award

    Shortlisted for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel... (read more)


    #44

    Psalm for the Wild Built (Monk & Robot Book 1)
    by Becky Chambers

    In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future.

    It's been centuries since the robots of Earth gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en... (read more)


    #45

    Menopause Manifesto Own Your Health with Facts & Feminism
    by Jen Gunter

    The internationally renowned, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Vagina Bible, Dr. Jen Gunter has been called the world's most famous--and outspoken--gynecologist (The Guardian), the internet's OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women's health. Now, in The... (read more)


    #46

    Strong Winds and Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country
    by Steven C. Beda

    Often cast as villains in the Northwest's environmental battles, timber workers in fact have a connection to the forest that goes far beyond jobs and economic issues. Steven C. Beda explores the complex true story of how and why timber-working communities have concerned themselves with the health... (read more)


    #47

    Rough Sleepers Dr Jim OConnells urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people
    by Tracy Kidder

    #48

    Ultimate Kauai Guidebook Kauai Revealed 13th Edition
    by Andrew Doughty, Leona Boyd

    Most travel titles are put together in a few weeks by visiting travel writers. Wizard guidebooks take over a year to compile and the writers are residents who personally and anonymously review every facet of the island. Their maps are the best you'll find. From restaurants to helicopter companies to... (read more)


    #49

    Its OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
    by Bernie Sanders, John Nichols

    A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like

    It's OK to be angry about capitalism. Reflecting on our turbulent times,... (read more)


    #50

    The Year Of Magical Thinking
    by Joan Didion

    From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage — and a life, in good times and bad — that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or... (read more)


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