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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, May 15, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Permanence
  • Ghost Town
  • Layaway Child: Stories
  • Memory House
  • No Way Home
  • The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Thanks for Watching

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Burn the Sea
  • We Dance Upon Demons

• History

  • Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago
  • Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Claire and the Cathedral
  • ★  A Door Is to Open
  • The Redwood Bargain
  • Seconds to Spare
  • Weird, Wild, and Rare: Extraordinary Animals of the United States

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Bonnie Friedman

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Carol Rumens

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, May 22, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Memorial Day Weekend

News

• Ownership Change at Best of Books, Edmond, Okla.
• Secret Gardens Book Store Grows in Parrish, Fla.
• Bubble Tea & Books Hosts Grand Opening in Lake Zurich, Ill.
• International Update: French Court Rejects Amazon's Book Delivery Fees Appeal; PRH UK's Children's Bookshop Grants
• Obituary Note: Alan Bradley

Notes

• Image of the Day: Katherine Applegate Brings Wombat to Books and Greetings
• Bookstore Engagement Pics: Lovestruck Books & Cafe
• Chalkboard: Wonderland Books
• Personnel Changes at the future of agency
• Book Trailer of the Day: Ortiz's War

Media and Movies

• On Stage: Celebrity Autobiography
• Movies: Choose Your Own Adventure

Books & Authors

• Awards: Firecracker Finalists; Dublin Literary Winner
• Reading with... Sarah Gailey

Book Review

• Review: Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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Maximum Review

• Rottenheart

The Writer's Life

• Kat Dunn: Madness, Shakespeare, and Stepmothers

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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