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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, May 8, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  John of John
  • ★  Patient, Female
  • Dear Monica Lewinsky
  • Five Weeks in the Country
  • Prestige Drama
  • The Things We Never Say

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Japanese Gothic
  • Liar's Creek
  • When the Wolves Are Silent

• Romance

  • Happy Ending

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Until We Meet Again
  • ★  The Endless Game
  • Hold
  • The House
  • Rayana Johnson's Giant Leap

The Writer's Life

• Douglas Stuart: It's Not a Novelist's Place to Judge

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: David Malouf

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, May 14, 2026

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News

• The Binc Gala: Celebrating 30 Years of Amazing Work and Planning for the Future
• Bristlecone Bookshop Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Nederland, Colo.
• Boundless Books Relocates in Greenville, Pa.
• SCBWI Launching New Golden Kite Award for Translation
• Obituary Note: Judith Barnard

Notes

• Image of the Day: Young World at The End
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Bookseller Moment: Good Neighbor Bookstore
• Bookshop Delivery Person Shoutout: Janke Book Store

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Goldie Hawn on Jimmy Kimmel Live
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Bancroft Prize

Books & Authors

• Awards: Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The Summer of the Serpent

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Booksellers Celebrate the Nibbies--'What a Wonderful Night'

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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Maximum Review

• Rottenheart

The Writer's Life

• Kat Dunn: Madness, Shakespeare, and Stepmothers

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May 6, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Introducing Berkley XO

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating the Launch of Berkley XO

News

• Q&A with Christine Ball and Jen Klonsky
• Reap & Sow by Charlotte B. Plumb
• Crash Course by Piper Lawson
• Drown the Bones by Alexandra Kennington