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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 Friday, June 12, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• 'It's What's Going on Inside the Store that Matters'

News

• The Cursed Page Bookstore Has Soft Opening in Sturbridge, Mass.
• Mac's Backs Books, Cleveland, Ohio, on the Move
• Classic Bookshop, Palm Beach, Fla., Closing
• Homestead Books & Co. Hits the Road in British Columbia
• Obituary Note: Robert Coles

Notes

• Image of the Day: Rhythm & Fire at B&N Union Square
• Bookstore Event Collab: 'Nothing Short of Magical'
• NBA Playoffs Bookshop Display: 'Wemby Recommends'
• NBA Playoffs Chalkboards: Black Spring Books; Cranford Bookstore
• Bookseller Moment: Skylark Bookshop

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Marjane Satrapi
• Movies: Whalefall

Books & Authors

• Awards: Reading the West Winners
• Reading with... Naomi Ishiguro

Book Review

• Review: A Tender Age

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Tuesday June 9, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Peck & Peck

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Maximum Review

• Peck & Peck

The Writer's Life

• Bonnie Garmus: Poetry Teaches Us to Defy Extinction

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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