Book News for 4/20: Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.
O No: To the shock and confusion of exactly zero people, Oprah Winfrey is not particularly impressed with Kitty Kelley's "so-called biography" (SNAP!!). She was particularly unenthused with Kelley's...
View ArticleBook News Thursday: Orange Prize Winner, Apple Bans a Classic, and More
Orange Alert: Barabara Kingsolver has won the Orange Prize for fiction for her bestselling novel The Lacuna. Our awards page states, "The Orange Prize is judged exclusively by women, who choose the...
View ArticleBook News Wednesday: Obama’s Book Wars, Present-Tense Tension Not a Thing of...
We have a winner for the Michele Norris ticket giveaway! Click here to read the winning entry. Obama Bomb: The Huffington Post tracks the controversy surrounding celebrated journalist Bob Woodward's...
View ArticleBooks That Belong Together
I'm a big believer that books, like people, can have partners: there are pairs of books that complement each other and belong together. With some books, as soon as you mention one, someone is bound to...
View ArticleMea Culpa, Minerva et Mars
The motto "Art and War," under imposing statues of Minerva and Mars, has graced a cartouche over the entrance to Stockholm's Riddarhuset — the House of Nobles — since 1647. Those words struck a...
View ArticleBring Up the Bodies
Would the sequel live up to expectations? Actually, yes. Hilary Mantel's talent for rich detail and sensuous atmosphere is still apparent, and Bring Up the Bodies is, in some ways, a much more...
View ArticleAsk a Book Buyer: Epic Historical Fiction, Post–Latin American Boom, and More
At Powell's, our book buyers select all the new books in our vast inventory. If we need a book recommendation, we turn to our team of resident experts. Need a gift idea for a fan of vampire novels?...
View ArticleBring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel continues the story of Cromwell, Henry VIII, and those pesky wives. Her stylistic form works to slow down the reader so we can enjoy what she does with language and character. And she...
View ArticleThe Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
In first-rate style, replete with her wicked humor and merciless eye, Mantel cuts to the quick in this dazzling and diverse collection of stories. Ranging from sinister to unsettling, these sharply...
View ArticleCecilia Ekbäck: The Powells.com Interview
During these cold, dark days of winter, there's nothing I enjoy more than losing myself in a book that evokes the mood of the season. Set in Swedish Lapland in the early 18th century, Wolf Winter is a...
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