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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, March 27, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Jung Yun: 'Crises help us see the good more clearly'

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Len Deighton

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Disappointment
  • All the World Can Hold
  • Python's Kiss
  • The Beheading Game
  • Westward Women
  • The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Green & Deadly Things

• Romance

  • Toe to Toe
  • Second Chance Duet

• Biography & Memoir

  • Service Ready: A Story of Love, Restaurants, and the Power of Hospitality

• History

  • The Last Titans: How Churchill and de Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the World

• Poetry

  • A Suit or a Suitcase: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • Heiress of Nowhere
  • The Danger of Small Things
  • Arthur's Cat
  • ¡Viva Valenzuela!: Fernandomania Erupts in Los Angeles

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, March 30, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• Booksellers: 'Community of People in Similar Situations Who All Want to See Each Other Succeed'

News

• Acorn Bookshop Opens in St. Paul, Minn.
• Beaverdale Books Expanding in Des Moines, Iowa
• Salty Pages Comes to Cambria, Calif.
• Booksellers Among National Book Award Judges
• Obituary Note: Sam Kieth

Notes

• Image of the Day: Tayari Jones at Kepler's
• 'Literati Goes Lego!'
• Bookstore Moment: Book Shop of Beverly Farms
• Personnel Changes at Hachette
• Book Trailer of the Day: A Better World Is Possible

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Josh Owens on Fresh Air
• TV: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Books & Authors

• Awards: Jhalak Longlists

Book Review

• Review: We Dance Upon Demons

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Wednesday March 4, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

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Maximum Review

• Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

The Writer's Life

• Ben Reeves: Life and Death and Empathy

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February 19, 2026 Dedicated Issue: William Morrow's 100th Anniversary

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Editors' Note

• Congratulations, William Morrow!

Books & Authors

• A Century of Publishing Influential and Popular Works
• 'Carrying on the Tradition of Exceptional Publishing'
• Q&A: The Heads of Fiction and Nonfiction on William Morrow