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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 19, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Villa Coco
  • Before I Knew I Loved You
  • Feast
  • Ghost-Eye
  • Nymph

• Mystery & Thriller

  • An Ordinary Sort of Evil

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Bone Door

• Graphic Books

  • Charity & Sylvia

• History

  • ★  The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii's Final Day

• Political Science

  • All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches

• Poetry

  • ★  Scrap Book

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Firesnake
  • The Dog Who Was (Almost) Perfect
  • ★  The Fluffy Futon
  • ★  The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
  • It's My Body!: A Book About Body Positivity

The Writer's Life

• Tillie Walden: Queer Love in a New Nation

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself
• Deni Elliott: Human and Canine Interdependency

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Gordon S. Wood

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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News

• The Peddler's Pack Book Co. Opens in Tomball, Tex.
• On the Road in Wichita, Kan.: A Novel Escape Mobile Bookstore
• Grand Opening Set for Ember & Ink, Hermosa Beach, Calif.
• At OverDrive, Marc DeBevoise Named CEO; Steve Potash Becomes Chairman

Notes

• Image of the Day: Greg Sarris at Book Passage
• Pride Month Storefront Window: Anderson's Bookshops
• Bookshop.org's Anti-Prime Campaign
• Chalkboard: Good Neighbor Bookstore

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Farideh Sadeghin on Today
• Movies: Scouts and Raiders

Books & Authors

• Awards: Sisters in Crime Australia's Davitt Longlist

Book Review

• Review: The Art of Charming a Changeling

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Tuesday June 16, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Memory of Borrowed Books

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Maximum Review

• The Memory of Borrowed Books

The Writer's Life

• Meg Anderson: Books Feel Like Home

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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