For our final Book Preview of 2024, we thought we’d look at our list by the numbers (since math is such a bookseller forte). On this list, you’ll find 53 books, including 3 memoirs, 4 debut novels, 2 anthologies, 7 follow-ups to debuts that we’ve been rabidly anticipating, 5 new entries into beloved series, and 4 cookbooks. In their blurbs, Powell’s booksellers use words like love (22), funny (6), can’t wait (8), feral (2), spellbinding (1), legendary (2), change (4), hope (3), joy (3), horror/horrifying (7)... to just name a few.
Witch Book Enthusiasts!
Allow us to introduce the most witch-y book currently for sale in the Rare Book Room at Powell's: 'Saducismus Triumphatus: or, Full and Plain Evidence Concerning Witches and Apparitions' (1681, by Joseph Glanvil)
Perfectly pocket-sized; filled with punchy, often devastating language; containing entire worlds you can devour in a single sitting.
This is a list that started with a lot of conversation about what a novella is (length sure, but what if it's just... vibes?).
Booksellers submitted more than 100 titles for consideration and in the end we came together to put forth this list of 25. We bet that if you started now, you could read all of our essential novellas by the end of the year. Go on: we dare you.
"Much has been written about her, but one question remains... who is she?"
PSA: summer reading logs from kids are the best.
Cats on the internet? How Novel.
Happy international cat day from booksellers' cats - who know that books are just the next best thing to the box they come in.
last night at @powells was one for the record books. thank you to the buckaroos for proving love. now trotting tonight in seattle and then takin a break before heading to midwest and east coast LOVE IS REAL HERE WE GO BUCKAROOS
We Recommend: TO SHAPE A DRAGON'S BREATH by Moniquill Blackgoose
"I want to shout about this book from the rooftops! It's a fun and smart alt-history with a fierce indigenous lead, a great cast of multi-faceted side characters, and incredible world building. A fresh take on dragons, academies, and power... with more books to come!" Link!
Psssst, hey ARMY! 🐳💜✨
Have you picked up your copy of BEYOND THE STORY yet?
We have a limited supply of photocards to gift with purchase! Find them in store at all three Powell’s locations or online here
"Sure, women’s rights have come a long way over the last century, but for every step forward, it feels like we take a few back, and when that feeling is so consistent, so insidious? Man, it makes me want to support women’s wrongs."
🍄 Fatal Fungi 🍄 OR: Watch out. The Body Keeps the Spore.
Serve the Spores Bumper Sticker "For that friend who has already succumbed to the siren song of the mushroom, this sticker will show their allegiance"
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer "Noir meets sentient fungus — what's not to like"
Ghost Music by An Yu "Replete with dreamlike sequences, enclosed walls, and talking mushrooms..."
Mushroom Travel Flask "Protect your drink from the spores!"
Mushroom Cats Game "Compete to forage the best mushroom collection, but beware of the cats trying to sabotage your efforts"
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia "The best elements of Gothic literature — crumbling ancestral home, disturbing nightmares, threatening atmosphere, distressed heroine — with a decidedly fungal flavor"
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing "Will mushrooms outlive us all? Probably..."
Fantastic Fungi Coloring Book "Get comfy, break out the colored pencils and relax with this non-threatening coloring book"
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey "Downright chilling."
The Truffle Underground by Ryan Jacobs "It will make you want to steer clear of truffles forever."
We're positively BUZZING! 📚🐝 (Because it's time for our Spring Sale.)
“Time heals all wounds, right?” “It wasn’t time that did it.”
Customer Picks at Powell's!
Putting your ✨excellent taste✨ on display.
We've got "customer," "teen," and "kid" pick shelftalkers free for the taking at all three of our stores. Fill them out right there or bring home a couple to decorate and drop off on your next visit. 🎨📚