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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 2, 2023

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • Homebodies
  • The Celebrants
  • The Wishing Game
  • The Late Americans
  • Dykette

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Killing Me
  • Death Comes to Marlow

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
  • Witch King

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Enlightened Transsexual Comix

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives

• Social Science

  • ★  The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men
  • ★  DapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion

• Essays & Criticism

  • On Women

• Religion

  • Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter

• Humor

  • ★  Is It Hot in Here (Or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)?
  • Quietly Hostile

• Performing Arts

  • Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Forever Is Now
  • ★  Lion's Legacy
  • Every Day: The Graphic Novel
  • The Sun and the Star
  • The Beautiful Something Else

The Writer's Life

• Amelia Possanza: The Risk to Define Life on Your Own Terms

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Sacha Lamb's 'Immigrant Fairytale'

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, June 7, 2023

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Children's Booksellers' Work Is More Important Than Ever'

News

• Ci2023: Daniel Nayeri: 'A Town Without a Bookstore Is an Oversized Gas Station'
• Ci2023: Meet-ups in Milwaukee
• Miami's Books & Books Distributes Free Copies of Banned Titles
• Obituary Note: Ama Ata Aidoo

Notes

• Image of the Day: Cocktails with Ellery Adams at M. Judson Booksellers
• Bookseller Moment: Solid State Books
• Chalkboard: Chevalier's Books
• Costco Picks: Lady Tan's Circle of Women
• Book Trailer of the Day: Hedge

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Elliot Page on Fresh Air
• TV: Mr. Loverman

Books & Authors

• Awards: Crystal Kite Winners
• Reading with... Chasten Buttigieg

Book Review

• YA Review: Stars in Their Eyes

The Bestsellers

• Libro.fm Bestsellers in May

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023: Maximum Shelf: Amazing Grace Adams

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Maximum Review

• Amazing Grace Adams

The Writer's Life

• Fran Littlewood: Fighting Back Against Impossible Standards

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May 11, 2023 Dedicated Issue: Gibbs Smith

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Editors' Note

• Gibbs Smith

Books & Authors

• Welcome from Gibbs Smith CEO Brad Farmer
• A Rare Employee-Owned, B Corp Publisher
• Gibbs Smith: The History
• Upcoming Titles This Spring from Gibbs Smith
• Upcoming Titles This Fall from Gibbs Smith