50
Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's Books
Cart |
|  my account
Hello, | Login
MENU
  • Browse
    • New Arrivals
    • Bestsellers
    • Featured Preorders
    • Award Winners
    • Audio Books
    • See All Subjects
  • Used
  • Staff Picks
    • Staff Picks
    • Picks of the Month
    • 50 Books for 50 Years
    • 25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    • 25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Books From the 21st Century
    • 25 Memoirs to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Global Books to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Women to Read Before You Die
    • 25 Books to Read Before You Die
  • Gifts
    • Gift Cards & eGift Cards
    • Powell's Souvenirs
    • Journals and Notebooks
    • socks
    • Games
  • Sell Books
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Find A Store

Picks of the Month

September 2021 Picks

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Cloud Cuckoo Land

    Anthony Doerr
    Beautiful World, Where Are You

    Beautiful World, Where Are You

    Sally Rooney
    Harlem Shuffle

    Harlem Shuffle

    Colson Whitehead
    Bewilderment

    Bewilderment

    Richard Powers
    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

    Mary Roach
    Iron Widow

    Iron Widow

    Xiran Jay Zhao
    Change Sings: A Children's Anthem

    Change Sings: A Children's Anthem

    Amanda Gorman
    Poet Warrior

    Poet Warrior

    Joy Harjo
    It Fell from the Sky

    It Fell from the Sky

    Terry Fan and Eric Fan
    On Freedom: Four Songs of Care & Constraint

    On Freedom: Four Songs of Care & Constraint

    Maggie Nelson
    Cat & Cat Adventures: The Quest for Snacks

    Cat & Cat Adventures: The Quest for Snacks

    Susie Yi
    The Trees

    The Trees

    Percival Everett
    Never Saw Me Coming

    Never Saw Me Coming

    Vera Kurian
    Beasts of Prey

    Beasts of Prey

    Ayana Gray
    Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales

    Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales

    Soman Chainani
    The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

    The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

    Zoraida Córdova
    Bad Sister

    Bad Sister

    Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey
    Willodeen

    Willodeen

    Katherine Applegate
    Where Tomorrows Arent Promised: A Memoir of Survival & Hope

    Where Tomorrows Arent Promised: A Memoir of Survival & Hope

    Carmelo Anthony
    Fault Lines

    Fault Lines

    Emily Itami
    Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

    Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood

    Dawn Turner
    Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration to Bake Your Way to the Top: A Baking Book

    Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration to Bake Your Way to the Top: A Baking Book

    Vallery Lomas
    Assembly

    Assembly

    Natasha Brown
    We Are Not Broken

    We Are Not Broken

    George M. Johnson
    Importance of Being Civil The Struggle for Political Decency

    Importance of Being Civil The Struggle for Political Decency

    John A Hall
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

August 2021 Picks

    The Dead and the Dark

    The Dead and the Dark

    Courtney Gould
    The Heart Principle

    The Heart Principle

    Helen Hoang
    Damnation Spring

    Damnation Spring

    Ash Davidson
    Gordo

    Gordo

    Jaime Cortez
    Afterparties

    Afterparties

    Anthony Veasna So
    Moon Pacific Northwest Road Trip 3rd edition Outdoor Adventures & Creative Cities from the Coast to the Mountains

    Moon Pacific Northwest Road Trip 3rd edition Outdoor Adventures & Creative Cities from the Coast to the Mountains

    Allison Williams
    My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    Stephen Graham Jones
    Cat Problems

    Cat Problems

    Jory John and Lane Smith
    Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

    Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be

    Nichole Perkins
    Ladyparts

    Ladyparts

    Deborah Copaken
    Little Wooden Robot & the Log Princess

    Little Wooden Robot & the Log Princess

    Tom Gauld
    Doodling 101: A Silly Symposium

    Doodling 101: A Silly Symposium

    Mo Willems
    All's Well

    All's Well

    Mona Awad
    Seeing Ghosts

    Seeing Ghosts

    Kat Chow
    Tomatoes for Neela

    Tomatoes for Neela

    Padma Lakshmi and Juana Martinez Neal
    Agatha of Little Neon

    Agatha of Little Neon

    Claire Luchette
    Run

    Run

    John Lewis and Andrew Aydind and Nate Powell
    Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School

    Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School

    Courtney E. Martin
    Edge Case

    Edge Case

    YZ Chin
    If I Had Two Wings

    If I Had Two Wings

    Randall Kenan
    Redemptor (Raybearer #2)

    Redemptor (Raybearer #2)

    Jordan Ifueko
    Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

    Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

    Kwame Mbalia
    Savage Tongues

    Savage Tongues

    Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
    Ikenga

    Ikenga

    Nnedi Okorafor
    Take Me With You When You Go

    Take Me With You When You Go

    David Levithan and Jennifer Niven
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

July 2021 Picks

    Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

    Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

    Kristen Radtke
    While We Were Dating Wedding Date 06

    While We Were Dating Wedding Date 06

    Jasmine Guillory
    Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

    Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

    Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman
    Nightbitch

    Nightbitch

    Rachel Yoder
    Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow Trilogy #3)

    Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow Trilogy #3)

    Rainbow Rowell
    Lala's Words: A Story of Planting Kindness

    Lala's Words: A Story of Planting Kindness

    Gracey Zhang
    I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

    I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

    Laura Van Den Berg
    Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

    Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation

    John Lewis
    What Strange Paradise

    What Strange Paradise

    Omar El Akkad
    Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

    Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World

    Amy Stanley
    The Extraordinaries (Extraordinaries #1)

    The Extraordinaries (Extraordinaries #1)

    TJ Klune
    Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

    Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

    Emily Austin
    Summer in the City of Roses

    Summer in the City of Roses

    Michelle Ruiz Keil
    The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West

    The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West

    Carrot Quinn
    Easy Crafts for the Insane A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness & Making Things

    Easy Crafts for the Insane A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness & Making Things

    Kelly Williams Brown
    Empire of Wild

    Empire of Wild

    Cherie Dimaline
    Build Your House Around My Body A Novel

    Build Your House Around My Body A Novel

    Violet Kupersmith
    I Get Loud

    I Get Loud

    David Ouimet
    Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel

    Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel

    Carolyn Ferrell
    Maya & the Robot

    Maya & the Robot

    Eve L Ewing, Christine Almeda
    Weird Kid

    Weird Kid

    Greg Van Eekhout
    Kiki Kallira 01 Breaks a Kingdom

    Kiki Kallira 01 Breaks a Kingdom

    Sangu Mandanna
    Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions

    Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions

    Edwin Abbott Abbott, Thomas Banchoff
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

June 2021 Picks

    Girl from the Sea

    Girl from the Sea

    Molly Knox Ostertag
    One Last Stop

    One Last Stop

    Casey McQuiston
    Bodies Are Cool

    Bodies Are Cool

    Tyler Feder
    Why We're Polarized

    Why We're Polarized

    Ezra Klein
    The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

    The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

    Peter Wohlleben and Jane Billinghurst
    The Maidens

    The Maidens

    Alex Michaelides
    Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

    Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

    Rivka Galchen
    The Great Offshore Grounds

    The Great Offshore Grounds

    Vanessa Veselka
    No One Returns From the Enchanted Forest

    No One Returns From the Enchanted Forest

    Robin Robinson
    The Other Black Girl

    The Other Black Girl

    Zakiya Dalila Harris
    Animal

    Animal

    Lisa Taddeo
    Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive

    Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive

    Chris Colfer and Jon Proctor
    The Chosen and the Beautiful

    The Chosen and the Beautiful

    Nghi Vo
    We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto

    We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto

    Alice Waters
    Long Distance

    Long Distance

    Whitney Gardner
    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

    Stacey Abrams
    Instructions for Dancing

    Instructions for Dancing

    Nicola Yoon
    Turtle in Paradise The Graphic Novel

    Turtle in Paradise The Graphic Novel

    Jennifer L Holm, Savanna Ganucheau
    Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

    Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

    Akwaeke Emezi
    She Memes Well

    She Memes Well

    Quinta Brunson
    Vixen

    Vixen

    Francine Prose
    I Is for Immigrants

    I Is for Immigrants

    Selina Alko
    All the Water I've Seen Is Running

    All the Water I've Seen Is Running

    Elias Rodriques
    We Are Inevitable

    We Are Inevitable

    Gayle Forman
    A Chorus Rises

    A Chorus Rises

    Bethany C. Morrow
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

May 2021 Picks

    Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir
    Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health

    Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health

    Gregory Gourdet and J. J. Goode
    The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition): Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

    The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition): Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

    John Green
    Yearbook

    Yearbook

    Seth Rogen
    The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

    The Premonition: A Pandemic Story

    Michael Lewis
    While Justice Sleeps

    While Justice Sleeps

    Stacey Abrams
    Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

    Daniel James Brown
    The Secret to Superhuman Strength

    The Secret to Superhuman Strength

    Alison Bechdel
    Great Circle

    Great Circle

    Maggie Shipstead
    Stamped For Kids Racism Antiracism & You

    Stamped For Kids Racism Antiracism & You

    Jason Reynolds, Ibram X Kendi, Sonja Cherry Paul
    There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis

    There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis

    Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman
    On Juneteenth

    On Juneteenth

    Annette Gordon Reed
    Sharkblock (An Abrams Block Book)

    Sharkblock (An Abrams Block Book)

    Christopher Franceschelli and Peskimo
    Tokyo Ever After

    Tokyo Ever After

    Emiko Jean
    Realm Breaker

    Realm Breaker

    Victoria Aveyard
    Sorrowland

    Sorrowland

    Rivers Solomon
    Seed to Dust Life Nature & a Country Garden

    Seed to Dust Life Nature & a Country Garden

    Marc Hamer
    Unsettled Ground

    Unsettled Ground

    Claire Fuller
    Wishes

    Wishes

    Muon Thi Van and Victo Ngai
    Everybody: A Book about Freedom

    Everybody: A Book about Freedom

    Olivia Laing
    Indivisible

    Indivisible

    Daniel Aleman
    Ophie's Ghosts

    Ophie's Ghosts

    Justina Ireland
    Sofia Valdez's Big Project Book for Awesome Activists

    Sofia Valdez's Big Project Book for Awesome Activists

    Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
    Dont Let Anxiety Run Your Life

    Dont Let Anxiety Run Your Life

    David H Klemanski, Joshua Curtiss
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

April 2021 Picks

    Crying in H Mart

    Crying in H Mart

    Michelle Zauner
    First Person Singular

    First Person Singular

    Haruki Murakami
    Whereabouts

    Whereabouts

    Jhumpa Lahiri
    The Night Always Comes

    The Night Always Comes

    Willy Vlautin
    The Rock from the Sky

    The Rock from the Sky

    Jon Klassen
    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

    Patrick Radden Keefe
    Susan, Linda, Nina and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

    Susan, Linda, Nina and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR

    Lisa Napoli
    Broken (in the Best Possible Way)

    Broken (in the Best Possible Way)

    Jenny Lawson
    When the Stars Go Dark

    When the Stars Go Dark

    Paula McLain
    Thank You, Teacher from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Thank You, Teacher from The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Eric Carle
    Look at That Bird!: A Young Naturalist's Guide to Pacific Northwest Birding

    Look at That Bird!: A Young Naturalist's Guide to Pacific Northwest Birding

    Karen DeWitz
    Hummingbird Salamander

    Hummingbird Salamander

    Jeff Vandermeer
    Gold Diggers

    Gold Diggers

    Sanjena Sathian
    Peaces

    Peaces

    Helen Oyeyemi
    Ways to Grow Love (Ryan Hart Story #2)

    Ways to Grow Love (Ryan Hart Story #2)

    Renée Watson
    The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World

    The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World

    Temple Grandin
    We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

    We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

    Traci Sorell
    Kate in Waiting

    Kate in Waiting

    Becky Albertalli
    Caul Baby

    Caul Baby

    Morgan Jerkins
    The Cost of Knowing

    The Cost of Knowing

    Brittney Morris
    War and Millie McGonigle

    War and Millie McGonigle

    Karen Cushman
    Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1)

    Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1)

    Charlie Jane Anders
    No No Gnome

    No No Gnome

    Ashlyn Anstee
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

March 2021 Picks

    Klara and the Sun

    Klara and the Sun

    Kazuo Ishiguro
    Breasts and Eggs

    Breasts and Eggs

    Mieko Kawakami and Sam Bett and David Boyd
    Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

    Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

    Jeff Kinney
    Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

    Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

    Neil DeGrasse Tyson and James Trefil
    The Tree in Me

    The Tree in Me

    Corinna Luyken
    Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

    Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

    Michelle Nijhuis
    The Five Wounds

    The Five Wounds

    Kirstin Valdez Quade
    88 Names

    88 Names

    Matt Ruff
    Simon B. Rhymin'

    Simon B. Rhymin'

    Dwayne Reed
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

February 2021 Picks

    The Glass Hotel

    The Glass Hotel

    Emily St. John Mandel
    Deacon King Kong

    Deacon King Kong

    James McBride
    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

    Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

    Elizabeth Kolbert
    Animal Vegetable Junk A History of Food from Sustainable to Suicidal

    Animal Vegetable Junk A History of Food from Sustainable to Suicidal

    Mark Bittman
    Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

    Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

    Tucker Malarkey
    Ridgerunner

    Ridgerunner

    Gil Adamson
    Cowboy Graves

    Cowboy Graves

    Roberto Bolaño
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

January 2021 Picks

    The Only Good Indians

    The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones
    The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

    The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

    Michael E. Mann
    Pity Party

    Pity Party

    Kathleen Lane
    Kamala's Way: An American Life

    Kamala's Way: An American Life

    Dan Morain
    The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto

    The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto

    Charles M. Blow
    Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie

    Featherhood: A Memoir of Two Fathers and a Magpie

    Charlie Gilmour
    Waiting for the Night Song

    Waiting for the Night Song

    Julie Carrick Dalton
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]## ##LOC[Cancel]##

Also by Powell's Staff

• 2020 Picks of the Month
• Books That Got Us Through 2020
• All That's on Our 2021 TBR List
• Expert Opinions: Book Buyers' Picks for Fall 2020
• Best Fiction of 2020
• Best Nonfiction of 2020
• The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and Graphic Novels of 2020
• Best of Kids' and YA 2020

Stay Connected

Books lists, events info, special offers, and more — right in your inbox! View our privacy policy.
  • Sign up for the Powell’s Books newsletter >>
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Help

  • Contact Us
  • Help Topics
  • Guarantee
  • Shipping
  • Store Pickup
  • Terms

Explore

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Store Locations
  • Events
  • Gift Cards
  • Sitemap

Account

  • My Account
  • Used Book Alerts
  • Wish List
  • Partners
  • Security
  • © 2022 POWELLS.COM