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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, November 28, 2025

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From My Shelf

• Indies First/Small Business Saturday

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Land in Winter
  • ★  Supersaurio
  • Terry Dactyl
  • The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories
  • Return
  • Other People's Fun
  • The Tortoise's Tale
  • Introducing Mrs. Collins
  • Love, Dirt
  • Benbecula

• Mystery & Thriller

  • With Friends Like These
  • Revenge, Served Royal

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Shadows of the Sea

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage
  • Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard

• Business & Economics

  • Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

• Social Science

  • Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

• Performing Arts

  • Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

• Art & Photography

  • The Nature of Fashion: A Botanical Story of Our Material Lives

• Poetry

  • How About Now: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Balloon
  • ★  The Tear Collector
  • ★  Confessions from the Group Chat
  • Winging It
  • How to Save an Otter

The Writer's Life

• T.Z. Layton Scores Big with Kid Soccer Fans

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Sri Owen

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, December 1, 2025

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News

• Indies First/Small Business Saturday/Plaid Friday/Black Friday: Holiday Shopping Begins
• That's a Wrap: 'Tonight, We Are Exhausted & Grateful for Each One of You!'
• #IndiesFirst & #SBS: 'Behind Every Small Business Is a Family'
• Midwest Indies Weather Report: 'Well the Grinch Did Steal Small Business Saturday'
• Wearing Plaid on Black Friday
• Dave Maquera New CEO of Powell's Books
• Obituary Note: Tom Stoppard

Notes

• Image of the Day: Roddy Bottum at Skylight Books
• Holiday Season Storefront Window Art: Heathen's & Co.
• Chalkboard: Columbus Bound Bookshop
• Bookseller Cat: Dewey at Hearthside Books

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Judith Enck on Marketplace
• Movies: Rogue Male

Books & Authors

• Awards: Waterstones and Foyles Books of the Year Winners

Book Review

• Review: Simple Heart

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Wednesday November 18, 2025: Maximum Shelf: When Trees Testify

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Maximum Review

• When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy

The Writer's Life

• Beronda L. Montgomery: A Plant-based Reckoning with the Past

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November 20, 2025 Dedicated Issue: 23rd St. Celebrates Its First Year

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Books & Authors

• From :01 to 23: Founder Mark Siegel on First Second and 23rd St. Books
• Creative Director Kirk Benshoff: 'Clearing the Runway for Our Creators'
• Calista Brill Highlights Books from 23rd St.'s First Year
• 2026 Books: Four New Titles for the New Year
• Editors' Note: Happy Birthday and Many More, 23rd St.!