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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, May 8, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  John of John
  • ★  Patient, Female
  • Dear Monica Lewinsky
  • Five Weeks in the Country
  • Prestige Drama
  • The Things We Never Say

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Japanese Gothic
  • Liar's Creek
  • When the Wolves Are Silent

• Romance

  • Happy Ending

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Until We Meet Again
  • ★  The Endless Game
  • Hold
  • The House
  • Rayana Johnson's Giant Leap

The Writer's Life

• Douglas Stuart: It's Not a Novelist's Place to Judge

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: David Malouf

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, May 11, 2026

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News Highlights

• Children's Institute 2026!
• Highlights of the Ci2026 Schedule
• Keynote Speakers at Ci2026

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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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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