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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, May 15, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Permanence
  • Ghost Town
  • Layaway Child: Stories
  • Memory House
  • No Way Home
  • The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Thanks for Watching

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Burn the Sea
  • We Dance Upon Demons

• History

  • Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago
  • Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Claire and the Cathedral
  • ★  A Door Is to Open
  • The Redwood Bargain
  • Seconds to Spare
  • Weird, Wild, and Rare: Extraordinary Animals of the United States

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Bonnie Friedman

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Carol Rumens

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, May 21, 2026

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News

• MPIBA SpringCon: A Busy, Well-Run Show in Texas
• Grand Opening Set for Artemis Books & Goods in Traverse City, Mich.
• Dudley's Bookshop Cafe in Bend, Ore., Launches Second Location 
• BookMarx, Springfield, Mo., Expanding
• Nook & Nowhere, Louisville, Ky., to Close

Notes

• Image of the Day: Ellen Burstyn at Book Passage
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Personnel Changes at Random House Publishing Group
• Bookshop Dog: Bear at the Cranford Bookstore

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Soumaya Keynes, Chad P. Bown on Marketplace

Books & Authors

• Awards: Little Free Library Todd H. Bol Winners
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Paradise Pawn

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Fresh Eyes, a Bookseller's Tale 

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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Maximum Review

• Rottenheart

The Writer's Life

• Kat Dunn: Madness, Shakespeare, and Stepmothers

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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