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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 Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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News

• Utah's Under the Umbrella Wins the Indie Press Month Display Contest
• Lake City Books in Madison, Wis., Relocating
• The Headless Librarian, Tyler, Tex., Moving to New Space
• B&N Shuttering Stamford, Conn., Bookstore
• U.S. Booksellers at RISE Bookselling Conference
• Lara Heimert Retiring from Basic Books Group, Succeeded by Brian J. Distelberg

Notes

• Image of the Day: The Selena Reader at Judging by the Cover Books
• Happy 50th Birthday, Lemuria Books!
• Canadian Indie Bookstore Day Cat: Max at Huckleberry Books
• Bookseller Faves: April Romance Titles

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Sissy Goff and David Thomas on Today

Books & Authors

• Awards: Carol Shields Fiction Shortlist; Sheikh Zayed Winners

Book Review

• Starred Review: Villa Coco

The Bestsellers

• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles

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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