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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 27, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Second Chance Convenience Store
  • Confessions of a Grammar Queen
  • Backlight
  • Among Friends
  • The Tiny Things Are Heavier
  • Days of Light
  • Salty

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Safari
  • The English Masterpiece
  • The Bachelorette Party

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  After Happily Ever: An Epic Novel of Midlife Rebellion
  • ★  A Far Better Thing
  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
  • Realm of Thieves

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Clam Down: A Metamorphosis
  • Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship

• Science

  • V Is for Venom: Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death

• Pets

  • This Dog Will Change Your Life

• Humor

  • That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Best of All Worlds
  • Tempest
  • Not a Dog
  • Never Thought I'd End Up Here
  • Finding Prince Charming

The Writer's Life

• An Excerpt from American Scare: Florida's Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: William Langewiesche

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, July 3, 2025

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Editors' Note

• Happy Fourth of July!

Quotation of the Day

• 'Indie Bookstores Are Beacons of a Decent, Flourishing Society'

News

• The Strand Opens New Location on New York City's Upper West Side
• Page, Print & Pint Opening Saturday in Keokuk, Iowa
• Copperfield's Books Downsizing Petaluma, Calif., Store
• Trans Couple Launches Crowdfunder to Buy Outside of a Dog Books & Games, Vermillion, S.Dak.
• Scrawl, Scribble & Smirch Bookshop Coming to Gustine, Calif.
• Notes from the ABA: Wi2026 Scholarships; Counter-Prime Day; ABACUS

Notes

• Image of the Day: Asha Elias at Books & Books
• Bookstore Video: 'Small Biz Reality Check for You All'
• Summer Message Board: First Chapter Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at Hachette; Microcosm
• Book Trailer of the Day: Little Red Barns

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers on All Things Considered
• This Weekend on Book TV: James Patterson and Bill Clinton

Books & Authors

• Awards: Wainwright Longlists; Kelpies Shortlists
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Lessons in Magic and Disaster

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Independence Day Reflections

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Monday June 30, 2025: Maximum Shelf: The Elements

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Maximum Review

• The Elements

The Writer's Life

• John Boyne: On Crime and Complicity

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May 14, 2025 Dedicated Issue: The Next Chapter: The Expansion of Poisoned Pen Press Under Sourcebooks

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Editors' Note

• Sourcebooks Expands Poisoned Pen Press

Books & Authors

• How Sourcebooks Built on a Beloved Mystery Imprint and Carried Forth Its Founders' Mission
• Author Spotlights: Fan Favorites and Fresh Voices
• The Next Wave: Bold Voices and Genres
• Looking Ahead: Innovation, Talent, and an Expanding Universe