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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, May 30, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Sleep
  • ★  All the Mothers
  • The Emperor of Gladness
  • The Boy from the Sea
  • Empty Cages

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Fever Beach
  • Death at a Highland Wedding
  • The Busybody Book Club
  • We Live Here Now
  • The Labyrinth House Murders

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Metallic Realms
  • Anji Kills a King

• Romance

  • Simple Twist of Fate
  • The Love Haters

• Biography & Memoir

  • Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
  • Things in Nature Merely Grow

• Nature & Environment

  • The Wild Dark: Finding the Night Sky in the Age of Light

• Parenting & Family

  • ★  The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be--In 1 Hour!

• Performing Arts

  • Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Titan of the Stars
  • ★  Clara and the Man with Books in His Window
  • A Festa for Luana
  • Growing Home

The Writer's Life

• James Patterson: The Vital Job of Being a Father

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Leslie Epstein

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, May 30, 2025

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News

• Scholastic Combining Trade Publishing, Book Fairs, Book Clubs into New Children's Book Group
• Fiction: A Novel Bookshop Comes to Wiscasset, Maine
• Pages & Pixels Opens in Big Rapids, Mich.
• Title Euphoria Bookstore Now Open in Burnet, Tex.
• International Update: France Nixes Amazon's Free Delivery Ploy; Russian Bookshops Ban Select Titles
• Obituary Note: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Notes

• Image of the Day: Prairie Lights Hosts Loretta Ellsworth
• Video: Bookstore Escape Room
• Chalkboard: Betty's Books

Media and Movies

• Movies: The Thursday Murder Club

Books & Authors

• Awards: IndieReader Discovery Winners; Women's Prize Discoveries Winner
• Reading with... R.M. Gray

Book Review

• Review: Fools for Love: Stories

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Monday May 12, 2025: Maximum Shelf: Mother Mary Comes to Me

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Maximum Review

• Mother Mary Comes to Me

The Writer's Life

• Arundhati Roy: Her Mother Deserves a Place in Literature

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May 14, 2025 Dedicated Issue: The Next Chapter: The Expansion of Poisoned Pen Press Under Sourcebooks

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Editors' Note

• Sourcebooks Expands Poisoned Pen Press

Books & Authors

• How Sourcebooks Built on a Beloved Mystery Imprint and Carried Forth Its Founders' Mission
• Author Spotlights: Fan Favorites and Fresh Voices
• The Next Wave: Bold Voices and Genres
• Looking Ahead: Innovation, Talent, and an Expanding Universe