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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 5, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Whistler
  • The Anti-Marriage Pact
  • The Jellyfish Problem
  • Sisters of a Halved Heart
  • The Summer Boy
  • The Tuxedo Society

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Unicorn Hunters

• Romance

  • ★  The Lost Book of Lancelot
  • ★  The Duke
  • How to Fake It in Society

• Graphic Books

  • Pink Monsters

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Stream
  • ★  Midsummer Sisters
  • America's Founding Myths... and What REALLY Happened
  • Honeybird Blue
  • The Last Best Quest Ever

Reading with Pride

• Reading with... Mario Elías
• F.T. Lukens: On Quirky Characters and Fantasy Shenanigans

Book Candy

• Book Candy

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Mario Elías
• F.T. Lukens: On Quirky Characters and Fantasy Shenanigans

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, June 5, 2026

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News

• Organizational Changes at HarperCollins U.S. Trade Division
• Circana BookScan's Brenna Connor Joining Macmillan
• The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tenn., Moving Later This Year
• Grand Opening Set for the Book Nook, Warren, Ohio
• Sunburns and Slow Burns Hits the Road in Hendersonville, Tenn.
• ReadingGroupGuide's Book Group Speed Dating Event Set
• Obituary Note: Edgar Morin

Notes

• Image of the Day: Katherine Arden at Phoenix Books
• Cool Idea: Bookseller Branches into 'Minor Automotive Repair'
• Reel Booksellers: 'Say Hi to the Bookstore Raccoons'
• Chalkboard: Highland Books 
• Book Trailer of the Day: There's Only One Sin in Hollywood

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Annabel Monaghan on Good Morning America
• TV: Silo Season 3

Books & Authors

• Awards: RBC Bronwen Wallace Emerging Writers Winner
• Reading with... Steven Pfau

Book Review

• Review: Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies

The Bestsellers

• Libro.fm Bestsellers in May

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Shelf Awareness for Thursday, June 4, 2026

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Maximum Review

• Bad Words

The Writer's Life

• Ríoghnach Robinson: Words as Windows to the Heart

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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