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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 12, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  But Won't I Miss Me
  • ★  Hungered
  • Coyoteland
  • Land
  • People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much
  • Seek Immediate Shelter

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  My Name Was Gerry Sass

• Romance

  • Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • The Night Bus

• Biography & Memoir

  • Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark

• Sports

  • We Run 313: The Pulse of Detroit's Run Club

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Medicine Wheels
  • ★  Kestrel Takes Flight
  • Banana Express: The Big Journey Behind One Small Delivery
  • The Heirs
  • My Name Is Harriet Mansoor (NOT Hairy Man Suit!)

The Writer's Life

• Lance Woods & Joe Robinson: Inspiring Running & Community in Detroit and Beyond

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Alan Bradley

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, June 18, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• City Lights' Paul Yamazaki on 'How Did This Book Get Into My Hands'

News

• Wildwood Bookery & Flower Tattoo Open in Frankfort, Ky. 
• Black Pearl Books, Austin, Tex., Closing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• Authors Against Book Bans Names Katherine Locke Board President 
• Obituary Note: Carlo Ginzburg

Notes

• Image of the Day: David Beard Visits Park Road Books
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• 'ReJOYCE! It's Bloomsday!'
• Personnel Changes at the Random House Publishing Group

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Percival Everett, Lokelani Alabanza on Today
• This Weekend on Book TV: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Backtalker

Books & Authors

• Awards: Sami Rohr Jewish Literature Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Starred Review: Mia

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: ''YES, We Scream During Independent Bookshop Week'

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Tuesday June 16, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Memory of Borrowed Books

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Maximum Review

• The Memory of Borrowed Books

The Writer's Life

• Meg Anderson: Books Feel Like Home

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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