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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, April 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Son of Nobody
  • ★  The Fountain
  • How to Hold Someone in Your Heart
  • The Adjunct
  • A Good Person
  • Daughter of Egypt

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale
  • The Geomagician

• History

  • True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink
  • Seven Sisters: Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe's First Family

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • The Life You Want

• Nature & Environment

  • ★  Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Who Hid the Stars?: How Light Pollution Changes Our World
  • ★  Where No Shadow Stays
  • Fabulous Creatures: Legendary Animals from Around the World
  • The Celestial Seas

The Writer's Life

• Kory Stamper: The Language of Color

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Tracy Kidder

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, April 9, 2026

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News

• Tamika Barnes Is President-Elect of ALA
• Wildbird Bookshop Takes Flight This Spring in Mulberry, Ga.
• Novel Book Bar & Cafe in Portland, Maine, to Close
• Sidelines Snapshot: Puzzles, Prints, Candles, and Kits

Notes

• Image of the Day: Charter Booksellers on the Run
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Ashleigh Heaton Founds Enchantress Marketing
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks
• Book Trailer of the Day: Summer of '71

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari on Fresh Air
• This Weekend on Book TV: Sen. Cory Booker

Books & Authors

• Awards: Indies Choice Winners
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Land

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Australia Reads 'Is on a Mission to Get More Australians Reading'

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Thursday April 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Plant Lady

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Maximum Review

• Plant Lady

The Writer's Life

• Minyoung Kang: Green and Red, Plants and Blood

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February 19, 2026 Dedicated Issue: William Morrow's 100th Anniversary

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Editors' Note

• Congratulations, William Morrow!

Books & Authors

• A Century of Publishing Influential and Popular Works
• 'Carrying on the Tradition of Exceptional Publishing'
• Q&A: The Heads of Fiction and Nonfiction on William Morrow