Shelf Awareness Current Issues

Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, April 26, 2024

Read this issue »

---

From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  I Cheerfully Refuse
  • The Paris Novel
  • Better by Far
  • A Revolver to Carry at Night
  • The Prophet and the Idiot

• Mystery & Thriller

  • What Happened to Nina?
  • Bless Your Heart

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  The Familiar

• Romance

  • Weekends with You

• Food & Wine

  • Milk Street 365: The All-Purpose Cookbook for Every Day of the Year

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers
  • ★  Fi: A Memoir of My Son
  • The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
  • The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
  • No Son of Mine: A Memoir

• Social Science

  • The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing

• Philosophy

  • The Stoic Mindset: Living the Ten Principles of Stoicism

• Now in Paperback

  • The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption
  • The Art of Scandal
  • Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  King of Dead Things
  • ★  Sheine Lende
  • The Unlikely Hero: The Story of Wolf 8
  • Kill Her Twice
  • Floof

The Writer's Life

• Darcie Little Badger: Ghost Dogs and Fairy Rings

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• Off with Their Heads
• Zoe Hana Mikuta: Stitching Together Monsters

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Daniel C. Dennett

---

Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, April 26, 2024

Read this issue »

---

News

• Grand Opening Set for Glendora Bookshop in Buchanan, Mich.
• The Collective Bookstore Expands with Narnia-themed Children's Room
• Displaced Pages Debuts on IBD in Owensboro, Ky.
• A Last Look at IBD Plans
• International Update: CIBA's New Online Directory; EIBF's 2024-2029 Manifesto

Notes

• Image of the Day: Midnight Release Parties for Funny Story
• Cool Idea of the Day: IBD/IWD Bookseller Commission Bonuses
• IBD Bookshop Spirit Week: Fables Books
• Bookshop Sales Floor Display: 'Blind Date with a Poet'
• Book Trailer of the Day: Through Fences

Media and Movies

• Movies: Blood Meridian

Books & Authors

• Awards: Aspen Words Winner; Branford Boase Shortlist
• Reading with... Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

Book Review

• Review: The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Agate Publishing Academy Is 'All About Building Sustainability'

---

Thursday April 25, 2024: Maximum Shelf: That Librarian

Read this issue »

---

Maximum Review

• That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

The Writer's Life

• Amanda Jones: Speaking Up for Freedom on the Bookshelves

---

February 26, 2024 Dedicated Issue: Simon & Schuster Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary

Read this issue »

---

Editors' Note

• Happy 100th Birthday, Simon & Schuster!

News

• Simon & Schuster Celebrates 100 Years
• Author! Author!: A Simon & Schuster Centennial Celebration
• The Simon & Schuster 100