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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, November 7, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Palaver
  • Queen Esther
  • Bog Queen
  • Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting
  • Sonora
  • The Dinner Party
  • Cursed Daughters
  • The Cracks We Bear
  • Minor Black Figures

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Her One Regret

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • All That We See or Seem
  • Slayers of Old

• Romance

  • ★  Son of the Morning
  • Good Spirits

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Dead Man Walking: Graphic Edition
  • Sleepless Planet: A Graphic Guide to Healing from Insomnia

• Food & Wine

  • The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Vagabond: A Memoir

• History

  • The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding

• Performing Arts

  • Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Busted
  • Heartsick
  • While We Wait
  • And They Walk On
  • Chappell Roan: A Vibrant Journey Through the Career and Influence of the Indie-Pop Superstar

The Writer's Life

• E. Lockhart: 'A Story Is Sticky When It's Complicated'

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• What Sheep Think About the Weather: How to Listen to What Animals Are Trying to Say
• Amelia Thomas: "All We Have to Do Is Stop and Listen"

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Susan Griffin

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, November 7, 2025

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Indie Bookstores Sustain Me'

News

• Grand Opening Set for Bird Rock Bookshop in La Jolla, Calif.
• Selected Stories Arrives in Portland, Ore.
• Richard Charkin Named Chair of Thames & Hudson
• Little, Brown Books for Young Readers: New Imprint, Editorial Changes
• International Update: Rafferty to Succeed Young as Canongate Chair; EIBF's Charter on AI

Notes

• Image of the Day: Sisters in Death at Rainy Day Books
• Reese's November Book Club Pick: Wild Dark Shore
• TEDx Talk: 'Bookselling Is a Conversation with Its Community'
• Bookseller Moment: Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury Children's

Media and Movies

• On Stage: The Hunger Games
• Movies: Simultaneous

Books & Authors

• Awards: Governor General's Literary Winners
• Reading with... Philip Marsden

Book Review

• Review: Dandelion Is Dead

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Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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Maximum Review

• No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done

The Writer's Life

• Sophie Hannah: The Furry Fugitive, Absurdity, and Emotional Depth

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October 7, 2025 Dedicated Issue: Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers

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Editors' Note

• Crown Launches Ten Speed Young Readers Imprint

Books & Authors

• Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers
• Ginee Seo and Kelly Barrales-Saylor: Meant to Be
• Kobi Yamada: Others
• Designing the Book with Monica Cheng
• Upcoming Titles from Ten Speed Young Readers