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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 26, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Alexandra Oliva

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Tim Johnston

Book Review

• Fiction

  • Palaces of the Crow
  • Daughters of the Sun and Moon
  • Down with the Shipmans
  • A Pair of Aces

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Dead Weight
  • Mortedant's Peril

• Biography & Memoir

  • An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln
  • Gowanus Crossing: A Brooklyn Boyhood

• History

  • Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper
  • City on the Edge: Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco

• Parenting & Family

  • An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment

• Children's & Young Adult

  • Really Rubie
  • Monarchs in the Wild
  • Together We See
  • Where You'll Find Us
  • Who's Making That Big STINK?!

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, June 26, 2026

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News

• Ownership Change at Chapters on Main, Van Buren, Ark.
• Grand Reopening Set for Brewer Bookstore's Remodeled Café in Canton, N.Y.
• Kwame Alexander, Sourcebooks Launching New Imprint 
• Ann Patchett to Receive Library of Congress American Fiction Prize
• Workers at B&N in South Burlington, Vt., Vote to Unionize
• International Update: More Indie Bookshops in U.K., Ireland; Frankfurt Book Fair's Dedicated Kids Books Space
• Obituary Note: Bernie Flynn

Notes

• Image of the Day: Black Summers at Source Booksellers
• #Anti-PrimeDay: 'We Are a Prime Part of this Community'
• Bookshop Dog: Bella at Rooted Books & Gifts
• Bookseller Moment: lala books

Media and Movies

• Movies: Sense and Sensibility
• TV: The Wolf King

Books & Authors

• Awards: German Peace Prize Winner
• Reading with... Cynthia Pelayo

Book Review

• Review: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

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Tuesday June 16, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Memory of Borrowed Books

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Maximum Review

• The Memory of Borrowed Books

The Writer's Life

• Meg Anderson: Books Feel Like Home

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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