The Powell’s Playlist: Stephen King
Editor's note: We don't know if you've heard, but author Stephen King has written a follow-up to a little book called The Shining. The new novel is called Doctor Sleep, and here are a few tunes King...
View ArticleForbidden Desert: Thirst for Survival
I love board games, but let's be honest: it's no fun to lose. Especially when some people are so bad about winning (I'm looking at you, Dad). This lively adventure game features cooperative game play,...
View ArticleAnd Then…
We love storytime at our house, and this wonderful gift set takes it to the next level. Twenty beautifully illustrated cards narrate the opening of a tale that could go anywhere — and leave the...
View ArticleJo Walton: What I’m Giving
In this special series, we asked writers we admire to share a book they're giving to their friends and family this holiday season. Check back daily to see the books your favorite authors are gifting. ÷...
View ArticleKen Denmead: What I’m Giving
In this special series, we asked writers we admire to share a book they're giving to their friends and family this holiday season. Check back daily to see the books your favorite authors are gifting. ÷...
View ArticleBenjamin Percy: What I’m Giving
In this special series, we asked writers we admire to share a book they're giving to their friends and family this holiday season. Check back daily to see the books your favorite authors are gifting. ÷...
View ArticleA Memory of Light
It might be a little daunting to start the Wheel of Time, a 14-novel epic fantasy series, but look on the bright side: you'll probably be able to finish it long before A Song of Ice and Fire finishes....
View ArticleThe Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman at his fantastical best! The story of a man discovering that his childhood may have contained more than he ever imagined possible, The Ocean at the End of the Lane will enchant from the...
View ArticleMaddAddam
I was so excited to read the final installment of Atwood's dystopian trilogy. Questions such as "Who is MaddAddam?" and "What exactly is the origin of the green/religious group God's Gardeners?" are...
View ArticleThe Ocean at the End of the Lane
This novella swallows you up. Like a trust fall into a pool, it surrounds and holds you in suspension. You know it. It comes to you in fog, like a dream you recognize and haven't quite woken up from....
View ArticleWool
I don't usually read too much in the post-apocalypse genre, but two employees chose this self-published book in their Top 5 list last year, and when Simon & Schuster produced it this year, I just...
View ArticleMaddAddam
Margaret Atwood doesn't just imagine a potential world for us; she guides us to a world we are likely to encounter. While most of society continues to abuse the Earth and play God with gene splicing,...
View ArticleThe Republic of Thieves
Third in the Gentleman Bastard series, Lynch's dialogue often had me guffawing out loud and wiggling my toes in glee. I found the plot wildly entertaining and enjoyed myself immensely. If you haven't...
View ArticleThe Golem and the Jinni
A brilliant blend of historical fiction and literary fantasy set in late 19th-century New York. Beautifully written and carefully researched, this is the story of an unlikely friendship between two...
View ArticleAnnihilation: Sometimes It’s Better to Wake Up
Sometimes inspiration comes to you not just from what you visualize, but what you can't, or don't want to, see. It may also arrive because you're distracted... like, say, by a bad case of bronchitis...
View ArticleAnnihilation (Southern Reach #1)
Annihilation is haunting and dreamlike, eerily menacing and appealingly open to interpretation. Immersion in VanderMeer's intriguing and beautifully drawn dystopian world will keep you up at night....
View ArticleEntry Points
There's nothing quite as awesome as getting hooked on a great book series. You suddenly realize there's a huge pile of content just waiting for you to love it. But starting in on a series, even one...
View ArticleThe Martian
An absolutely riveting adventure about an astronaut stranded on Mars and what he must do to survive. White-knuckle, nail-biting sci-fi adventure at its best. You will never look at a potato the same...
View ArticlePowell’s Q&A: Alice Hoffman
Describe your latest book. My new book, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, is a magical historical mystery that takes place in 1911 New York City — it's a love song to New York, to the labor movement,...
View ArticleDies the Fire
Before we were glued to the set watching The Walking Dead and Revolution, S. M. Stirling wrote about what would happen in the Pacific Northwest after technology dies, the last supermarket has been...
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