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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, April 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Son of Nobody
  • ★  The Fountain
  • How to Hold Someone in Your Heart
  • The Adjunct
  • A Good Person
  • Daughter of Egypt

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale
  • The Geomagician

• History

  • True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink
  • Seven Sisters: Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe's First Family

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • The Life You Want

• Nature & Environment

  • ★  Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Who Hid the Stars?: How Light Pollution Changes Our World
  • ★  Where No Shadow Stays
  • Fabulous Creatures: Legendary Animals from Around the World
  • The Celestial Seas

The Writer's Life

• Kory Stamper: The Language of Color

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Tracy Kidder

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, April 6, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• Caro Claire Burke on Indie Booksellers: 'An Honor to Be Able to Be Supported by Them'

News

• Independent Bookstore Day Grand Opening: Cozy Calico Books, Occoquan, Va.
• Independent Bookstore Day Grand Opening: Dust & Blush Bookshop, Boyne City, Mich.
• River Stone Bookshop Hosts Ribbon-cutting in Osceola, Wis.
• KD's Books, Lee's Summit, Mo., Crowdfunds New Location
• Correction: ICE and Bookstores Recording Available for ABA Members

Notes

• Image of the Day: Willie Morris Awards
• Jane Seskin's 'Second Act': A Poem in Woman's Day
• Bookshop Engagement: Trident Booksellers & Cafe
• Personnel Changes at Abrams
• Book Trailer of the Day: Come Along

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Arsenio Hall on Fresh Air
• On Stage: Girl, Interrupted Play with Music

Books & Authors

• Awards: Philip K. Dick, Lee & Low New Voices Winners

Book Review

• Starred Review: Opioids & Organs

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Thursday April 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Plant Lady

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Maximum Review

• Plant Lady

The Writer's Life

• Minyoung Kang: Green and Red, Plants and Blood

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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