Welcome to Powell's Bestseller Room. If you're looking for a dependable recommendation, you're in the right place. Each week we stock our shelves with our customers' current favorites. And since Powell's prides itself on our cut-above-the-rest clientele, why not follow their lead?
Top selling books at Powells.com at 10 a.m. for Thursday, August 21
#1
New Moon (Twilight Saga #2)
by Stephenie Meyer
Children's Young Adult
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire, but now, as... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $7.50
List price: $9.99
#2
Twilight (Twilight Saga #1)
by Stephenie Meyer
Children's
Moving to a small, dreary town is enough to cause angst in any teen, but for Isabella Swan, angst is only the beginning. Soon she's falling in love with Edward, the quintessential dark, handsome guy, who just happens to be a vampire. This is the perfect... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $10.99
#3
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Asia
Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $12.00
List price: $15.00
#4
Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha's Household
by Lin Jensen
Religion Eastern
In Together Under One Roof, Lin Jensen turns his keen eye and powerful prose explicitly to the teachings of the Buddha, to traditional Zen stories, and to the practices of meditation and compassion — as well as the intricacies of everyday language... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $16.95
#5
The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't
by Cliff Schecter
Politics
Thinking about voting for McCain? Read this book. Cliff Schecter's hard-hitting profile explores the gap between the public record of Senator John McCain and his media image. Drawing on a range of sources and adding his unique perspective and humor... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $14.95
#6
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris
Humor
Always a delight, never a disappointment, David Sedaris has come out with his finest offering yet. He has a deft touch, moving between sarcasm and sadness or, in this collection, between redneck babysitters and quitting smoking. Recommended by Beth... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $18.19
List price: $25.99
#7
Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
by Christian Lander
Humor
Have you ever wondered what white people are all about? From modern furniture to Oscar parties to self-deprecating humor, hardwood floors, irony, and knowing what's best for poor people, the white race is finally demystified thanks to Christian Lander's... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $9.80
List price: $14.00
#8
What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
by Haruki Murakami
Featured Titles
Offers sparkling insights not only about the author's life, but about life itself. Recommended by Gerry, Powells.com... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $14.70
List price: $21.00
#9
The New Best Recipe (Best Recipe)
by Cooks Illustrated
Cooking and Food
With The New Best Recipe, we invite you into America?s Test Kitchen where you will stand by our side as we try to develop the best macaroni and cheese, the best meatloaf, the best roast chicken, the best brownie, and nearly 1,000 more best recipes for... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $17.98
List price: $35
#10
In the Woods
by Tana French
General
The only thing more exciting than a great thriller is a terrific debut by a great thriller writer! Tana French makes a tremendous splash with In the Woods, a harrowing mystery in the vein of Mystic River that wholly earns the comparison. I dare you to... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $9.80
List price: $14.00
#11
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
by Andrew J. Bacevich
Politics
From an acclaimed conservative historian and former military officer, a bracing call for a pragmatic confrontation with the nation's problems The Limits of Power identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: the economy, in remarkable disarray, can... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $24.00
#12
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
by Per Petterson
Literature
Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $14.00
#13
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
Sports and Fitness
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $21.95
#14
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Literature
Chinua Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $10.95
#15
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
Cooking and Food
Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $10.50
List price: $15.00
#16
Songs without Words (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Ann Packer
Literature
Every once in a while a book comes along that is so astonishing you can't find words to articulate how you feel about it — instead you give away your copy and say, "Just read it." In this unnerving and utterly moving novel about the depth of women'... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $10.46
List price: $14.95
#17
The Shack
by William P. Young
General
A grieving father receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him to meet in the Oregon wilderness where his daughter was brutally murdered. What he learns there is transforming readers around the world.... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $14.99
#18
Vox Compact Spanish & English Dictionary 2ND Edition
by Vox
Reference
Throughout the world, the Vox Dictionaries are acclaimed as the finest Spanish and English Dictionaries published. This new edition of the Vox Compact Spanish and English Dictionary is large enough to serve as the preferred reference for libraries, the... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $6.00
List price: $8.95
#19
The Time Traveler's Wife (Harvest Book)
by Audrey Niffenegger
Science Fiction and Fantasy
"Inspired by her grandparents' love story in which the grandmother outlived her husband by nearly three decades, Niffenegger has invented Henry and Clare, and their unique and complicated love story involving the ability to live in the past and future in... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $8.00
List price: $14.00
#20
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
Literature
Ceremony cast a spell on me; I read it over the course of a day, reluctantly putting it down only to eat and walk with the dog. It is the story of Tayo, whose soul has been horribly broken, and of his perilous journey back to wholeness. How rare it is... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $8.00
List price: $14.00
#21
Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share by Martha Stewart Living Magazine
#22
Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen by Bob Gendron
#23
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
#24
Digital Control of Dynamic Systems 3RD Edition by Gene F. Franklin and J. David Powell and Michael Workman
#25
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide by Sean Covey
#26
Out by Natsuo Kirino
#27
Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness Walks by James D. Thayer
#28
In the Wee Small Hours by Gil Mcneil
#29
My Sister's Keeper (05 Edition) by Jodi Picoult
#30
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
#31
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07) by J. K. Rowling
#32
Motherless Brooklyn (99 Edition) by Jonathan Lethem
#33
Master Cleanser: With Special Needs & Problems by Stanley Burroughs
#34
Rainbow Fish Colors/Colores by Marcus Pfister
#35
With Grit and by Grace: Breaking Trails in Politics and Law, a Memoir by Betty Roberts and Gail Wells
#36
How Do You Feel? by Mandy Stanley
#37
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
#38
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
#39
Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life: The New Acceptance & Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes
#40
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad by Frances Moore Lappe
#41
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
#42
The Pilates Body Kit by Brooke Siler
#43
Cycling in Action (Sports in Action) by Bobbie Kalman
#44
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Jim Fay
#45
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
#46
Blindness by Jose Saramago
#47
The World without Us by Alan Weisman
#48
Rare Benedictine ((Rev)85 Edition) by Ellis Peters
#49
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage by Cathi Hanauer
#50
Photovoltaic Systems by Jim Dunlop and NJATC
