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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, April 17, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Jake Skeets: 'He Said My Name'
• Joshua Bennett: We, a Powerful Plural Pronoun

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Left and the Lucky
  • Midnight, at the War
  • Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
  • Go Gentle
  • Leave Your Mess at Home

• Graphic Books

  • Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir

• Essays & Criticism

  • Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry

• Poetry

  • We (the People of the United States)
  • Visitations: Poems
  • Dispatch from Every Second Guess

• Children's & Young Adult

  • A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
  • Mousestache Moosestache
  • Girl Reflected in Knife
  • How the Other Half Die
  • The Dream Factory
  • Airports: Behind the Scenes

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, April 17, 2026

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News

• Hachette Sales Up 2% in First Quarter; Lagardère Up 3%
• For Sale: Texas Star Trading Co. in Abilene
• Daydream Bookstore Cafe Opens in Arlington, Tex.
• International Update: ABA Lifetime Achievement in Bookselling Award; Polish Reading Habits
• Time 100: 'Most Influential' Book People
• Obituary Note: Barbara Gordon

Notes

• Image of the Day: Spring Council at Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews
• Storefront Window Art: Customers Add Indie Bookstore Day Hearts at Decoy Bookstore
• Reel Booksellers: 'Not Everything Is a Two-person Job'
• Bookshop Dog: Frankie at Odyssey Bookstore
• Personnel Changes at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Media and Movies

• TV: Rivals Season 2
• Movies: Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol

Books & Authors

• Awards: Anisfield-Wolf Winners; Walter Scott Historical Fiction Shortlist
• Reading with... Jennifer Acker

Book Review

• Review: Nymph

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Wednesday April 15, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Whale Harbor

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Maximum Review

• Whale Harbor

The Writer's Life

• Mary Beth Keane: A Family of Good Storytellers

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April 14, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Celebrating Binc's 30th Anniversary

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Editors' Note

• Binc: 30 Years of Book People Caring for Book People

News

• Binc: An Amazing History
• The Binc 30th Anniversary Gala
• Binc Gala Speakers and Honorees
• How Binc Helps: Two Examples