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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 12, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  But Won't I Miss Me
  • ★  Hungered
  • Coyoteland
  • Land
  • People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much
  • Seek Immediate Shelter

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  My Name Was Gerry Sass

• Romance

  • Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • The Night Bus

• Biography & Memoir

  • Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark

• Sports

  • We Run 313: The Pulse of Detroit's Run Club

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Medicine Wheels
  • ★  Kestrel Takes Flight
  • Banana Express: The Big Journey Behind One Small Delivery
  • The Heirs
  • My Name Is Harriet Mansoor (NOT Hairy Man Suit!)

The Writer's Life

• Lance Woods & Joe Robinson: Inspiring Running & Community in Detroit and Beyond

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Alan Bradley

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, June 15, 2026

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News

• powerHouse Opens Store in Manhattan's Columbus Circle
• Bub's Bookstore, Carson City, Nev., Hosts Grand Opening
• B&N Closing One Georgia Store, Relocating Another
• Obituary Note: Jane Yolen
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast

Notes

• Image of the Day: House of Books Turns 50
• Bookseller Video: 'Soccer, B-ball, and Hockey, OH MY!'
• Personnel Changes at W.W. Norton
• Book Trailer of the Day: Open: Every Seed Has Its Moment

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Eddie Glaude on Fresh Air
• TV: Slow Horses Season 6

Books & Authors

• Awards: Women's Fiction, Nonfiction Winners

Book Review

• Review: The Hill in the Dark Grove

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Tuesday June 9, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Peck & Peck

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Maximum Review

• Peck & Peck

The Writer's Life

• Bonnie Garmus: Poetry Teaches Us to Defy Extinction

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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