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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, March 14, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Accidents Happen
  • ★  Fagin the Thief
  • The Antidote
  • Death Takes Me
  • True Failure
  • Stag Dance: A Novel and Stories
  • The Blanket Cats

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Kills Well with Others
  • Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave
  • All the Other Mothers Hate Me

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Luminous
  • Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted
  • Upon a Starlit Tide
  • The Tomb of Dragons

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell
  • It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time
  • We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine

• Social Science

  • Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity

• Reference & Writing

  • Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create

• Poetry

  • Cold Thief Place

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects
  • ★  Is It Real?: The Loch Ness Monster
  • ★  Say A Little Prayer
  • Glitch Girl!
  • Downpour: Splish! Splash! Ker-Splash!

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Samantha Schoech

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Dedicated Shelf

• A Personal Quest to Understand: How One Son’s Curiosity Sparked a Global Movement
• A New Chapter: Expanding the Mission with Sourcebooks

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Uri Shulevitz

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, March 14, 2025

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News

• Moon & Back Bookstore Debuts in West Medford, Mass.
• Wild Meadows Books and Cafe Opening in Williston, Vt.
• I Have Lived a Thousand Lives Bookstore Opens Physical Store in Athena, Ore.
• B&N Launching New Store in Gainesville, Va., Next Week
• Inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day Set for April 3
• Obituary Note: Chris Moore

Notes

• Storefront Window Display: Once Upon A Time Bookstore
• Chalkboard: Henry's Books
• Bookseller Moment: RoscoeBooks 
• Personnel Changes at Hachette Book Group
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Last Seed Keeper

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Jefferson Fisher on Good Morning America
• Movies: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Books & Authors

• Awards: Republic of Consciousness U.S. & Canada Winner
• Reading with... Jaap de Roode

Book Review

• Review: No Names

The Bestsellers

• Top Book Club Picks in February

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Thursday March 13, 2025: Maximum Shelf: The Hounding

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Maximum Review

• The Hounding

The Writer's Life

• Xenobe Purvis: 'The Messy Violence of Rumours and Misinformation'

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March 4, 2025 Dedicated Issue: Sourcebooks and Jeffrey Mason Launch Hear Your Story Imprint

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Editors' Note

• Bridging Generations Through Storytelling: Jeffrey Mason’s Hear Your Story® Series Finds a New Home with Sourcebooks

Books & Authors

• A Personal Quest to Understand: How One Son’s Curiosity Sparked a Global Movement
• A New Chapter: Expanding the Mission with Sourcebooks
• The Power of Entrepreneurship and Agility
• Looking Ahead: Expanding the Vision