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

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  A Complete Fiction
  • ★  No Hand Held Mine
  • ★  A Guardian and a Thief
  • Workhorse
  • Sea, Poison
  • Evensong
  • The White Hot
  • The Birds
  • The Good Daughters

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Unveiling
  • The Gallery Assistant

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Essential Patricia A. McKillip
  • The Keeper of Magical Things

• Romance

  • A Star Is Scorned
  • Sense and Suitability

• Biography & Memoir

  • The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir

• Business & Economics

  • The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

• Nature & Environment

  • ★  The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature's Clues
  • Eyes in the Soles of My Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World

• Poetry

  • As When Waking

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Tree That Was a World
  • ★  Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  • The Quilt of Our Memories
  • The Free State of Jax

The Writer's Life

• Len Vlahos: 'The Books I Love Are Friends'

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Ellen Bryant Voigt

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

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News

• Lakeville Books and Stationery Opens Second Location, in Great Barrington, Mass.
• Volume Bookshop & Studio, Buckhannon, W.Va., Hosts Grand Opening
• CALIBA Launches Certified Indie Campaign for Members
• International Update: Japan's Govt. on 'Revitalizing Local Bookstores'; BookPeople's CEO Change
• Obituary Note: Marina Lewycka

Notes

• Image of the Day: Christina Henry at Brookline Booksmith
• Chalkboard: Prologue Bookshop
• Bookshop Cat: Blue Cypress Books
• ACC Art Books to Represent Mundo Domingo
• Book Trailer of the Day: Ride

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Rachel Lance on Fresh Air
• TV: Don't Let the Devil Ride

Books & Authors

• Awards: Edna Staebler Creative Nonfiction Shortlist
• Reading with... Theodora Goss

Book Review

• Starred Review: City of Others

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Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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Maximum Review

• No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done

The Writer's Life

• Sophie Hannah: The Furry Fugitive, Absurdity, and Emotional Depth

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October 7, 2025 Dedicated Issue: Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers

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Editors' Note

• Crown Launches Ten Speed Young Readers Imprint

Books & Authors

• Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers
• Ginee Seo and Kelly Barrales-Saylor: Meant to Be
• Kobi Yamada: Others
• Designing the Book with Monica Cheng
• Upcoming Titles from Ten Speed Young Readers