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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, June 12, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  But Won't I Miss Me
  • ★  Hungered
  • Coyoteland
  • Land
  • People Who Live Alone Talk Too Much
  • Seek Immediate Shelter

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  My Name Was Gerry Sass

• Romance

  • Love Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • The Night Bus

• Biography & Memoir

  • Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark

• Sports

  • We Run 313: The Pulse of Detroit's Run Club

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Medicine Wheels
  • ★  Kestrel Takes Flight
  • Banana Express: The Big Journey Behind One Small Delivery
  • The Heirs
  • My Name Is Harriet Mansoor (NOT Hairy Man Suit!)

The Writer's Life

• Lance Woods & Joe Robinson: Inspiring Running & Community in Detroit and Beyond

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Alan Bradley

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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News

• WH Smith Raises Capital Through Share Sale, Cites Iran War for Lower U.S. Sales
• Grand Opening for Brackish Books' Physical Storefront in Centreville, Md.
• R.D. Talley Books Reopening in Las Vegas, Nev.
• The Inked Page Coming to Overland Park, Kan.
• A Great Good Place for Books, Oakland, Calif., Closes

Notes

• Image of the Day: Interabang Books Launches Kate Khavari
• Sleepy Dog Books, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Receives AmEx Shop Small Grant
• Storefront Window Display: Left Bank Books
• Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
• Personnel Changes at Abrams; Open Road

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Melissa Albert, Shawn Johnson East, Andrew East on Today
• Movies: Lady Macbeth

Books & Authors

• Awards: Awards: PEN/Malamud Short Story, Australian Book of the Year Winners
• Reading with... P.C. Verrone

Book Review

• Children's Review: Makade Asin/Black Stone

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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