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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, November 28, 2025

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From My Shelf

• Indies First/Small Business Saturday

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Land in Winter
  • ★  Supersaurio
  • Terry Dactyl
  • The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories
  • Return
  • Other People's Fun
  • The Tortoise's Tale
  • Introducing Mrs. Collins
  • Love, Dirt
  • Benbecula

• Mystery & Thriller

  • With Friends Like These
  • Revenge, Served Royal

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Shadows of the Sea

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage
  • Coyote: The Dramatic Lives of Sam Shepard

• Business & Economics

  • Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore

• Social Science

  • Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

• Performing Arts

  • Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

• Art & Photography

  • The Nature of Fashion: A Botanical Story of Our Material Lives

• Poetry

  • How About Now: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Balloon
  • ★  The Tear Collector
  • ★  Confessions from the Group Chat
  • Winging It
  • How to Save an Otter

The Writer's Life

• T.Z. Layton Scores Big with Kid Soccer Fans

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Sri Owen

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, December 4, 2025

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News

• Main & Mountain Bookstore Hosts Grand Opening in Kernersville, N.C.
• No Shelf Control Debuts in St. Augustine, Fla.
• Actual Books Opens in Kenmore, N.Y.
• PEN America to Honor Ann Patchett, Jason Blum
• Obituary Note: Porter Anderson

Notes

• Image of the day: Laura Bishop and Friends at The New Romantics
• Chalkboard: Protagonist Books & Coffee
• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster; One World; Cherry Lake Publishing Group
• Book Trailer of the Day: Heartland

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Tom Colicchio on Good Morning America
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Litquake Festival

Books & Authors

• Awards: Financial Times, Schroders Business Book; Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Comic Fiction Winners
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Frog: and Other Essays

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Australia's December 'Means Beach Days, Summer Gin & Tonics, Advent Calendars, Present Shopping, Family Time'

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Wednesday December 3, 2025: Maximum Shelf: Celestial Lights

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Maximum Review

• Celestial Lights

The Writer's Life

• Cecile Pin: The High Cost of Ambition

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November 20, 2025 Dedicated Issue: 23rd St. Celebrates Its First Year

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Books & Authors

• From :01 to 23: Founder Mark Siegel on First Second and 23rd St. Books
• Creative Director Kirk Benshoff: 'Clearing the Runway for Our Creators'
• Calista Brill Highlights Books from 23rd St.'s First Year
• 2026 Books: Four New Titles for the New Year
• Editors' Note: Happy Birthday and Many More, 23rd St.!