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Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
Powells.com Staff Pick
While it was hard to narrow down my list to just five "best of" picks, I didn't have to think twice about what would be my favorite book of the year. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell again uses the format of connecting short stories with recurring motifs into a... ( read more)
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Best of Roald Dahl (86 Edition)
by Roald Dahl
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This collection brings together Dahl's finest work, illustrating his genius for the horrific and grotesque which is unparalleled. "Dahl has the mastery of plot and characters possessed by great writers of the past, along with a wildness and wryness of... ( read more)
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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
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Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny.
Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself... ( read more)
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No Country for Old Men
by Cormac Mccarthy
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This may not be Cormac McCarthy's best book, or even one of the best books of the year (in fact, its construction is a bit incoherent), yet I remain a sucker for the peculiar blend of melancholy and savagery that permeates all of McCarthy's work... ( read more)
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Sijie Dai
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village... ( read more)
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The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
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In her new novel, The Night Watch, Sarah Waters leaves behind Victorian London for World War II London. We meet the characters in 1947, and as the novel progresses, we go backwards to 1944 and 1941. As always, her writing is excellent. The characters... ( read more)
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For One More Day
by Mitch Albom
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This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But on one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his father ??? and... ( read more)
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun
by Christopher Moore
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When Tucker Case demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond High Priestess on the... ( read more)
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About Grace
by Anthony Doerr
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When Anthony Doerr's The Shell Collector was published in 2002, the Los Angeles Times called his stories as close to faultless as any writer — young or vastly experienced — could wish for. He won the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts... ( read more)
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Northline (Harper Perennial P.S.)
by Willy Vlautin
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Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. Haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief, her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has... ( read more)
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One Good Turn: A Novel
by Kate Atkinson
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Two years after the events of Case Histories left him a retired millionaire, Jackson Brodie has followed Julia, his occasional girlfriend and former client, to Edinburgh for its famous summer arts festival. But when he witnesses a man being brutally... ( read more)
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The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Chris Bohjalian
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In this spellbinding literary thriller, rich with complex and compelling characters, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Midwives" and "Before You Know Kindness" takes readers on his most intriguing, most haunting, and most unforgettable journey... ( read more)
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Moloka'i
by Alan Brennert
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There is no worse fate in Hawaiian culture than a broken up family. Though at the turn of the century, this is what happened to thousands of Hawaiians and others who of were forced into exile on Moloka'i. The characters here are richly described and the... ( read more)
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
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One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... ( read more)
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The Pale Blue Eye (P.S.)
by Louis Bayard
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From the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy comes an ingenious tale of murder and revenge, featuring a retired New York City detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe.
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is... ( read more)
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Man in the Dark
by Paul Auster
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A new novel with a dark political twist from "one of America's greats" (Time Out Chicago).
Man In the Dark is Paul Auster's brilliant, devastating novel about the many realities we inhabit as wars flame all around us.
Seventy-two-year-old August... ( read more)
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
by Gail Tsukiyama
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The bestselling author of "Women of the Silk" and "The Samurais Garden" has written a powerfully moving story of tradition and change, of loss and renewal, and above all, of the enduring strength of family ties.... ( read more)
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The Last Days of Dogtown
by Anita Diamant
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A magnificent storyteller with vast imaginative range, Anita Diamant gave voice to the silent women of the Old Testament in The Red Tent. Now, in her third novel, she brings to vivid life an early New England world that history has forgotten. Set on Cape... ( read more)
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The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
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Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: the love of a king.
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing... ( read more)
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Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
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On the surface Naked Lunch chronicles a junkie's journey from New York to
Tangiers, and then into the imaginary — and hellish — Interzone. The soul of the book is much deeper, presenting a surreal satire of American culture
and humanity. It... ( read more)
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