This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Ríoghnach Robinson’s BAD WORDS, a magnetic, undeniably clever debut perfect for fans of Sally Rooney and Emily Henry that captures the tender ache of two people caught between criticism and connection. Parker Navarro’s buzzy debut novel should’ve been the book of the year. Instead, it was panned so Know More » […]
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Maximum Shelf: A KILLER IN THE FAMILY (1/14/25)
This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Amin Ahmad’s A KILLER IN THE FAMILY, an intoxicating drama set in the world of New York City’s elite that explores the underside of the American dream and asks, what happens when you marry into a family that keeps secrets? It’s time for Ali, a good-natured Mumbai party-boy, Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: CELESTIAL LIGHTS (12/4/25)
This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Cecile Pin’s CELESTIAL LIGHTS, an unforgettable portrait of a complicated man and a breathtaking tale of memory, personal choices, and the relationships that define us. January 28, 1986: Soon after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls out of the sky and into the sea. At the same time, Oliver Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: WHEN TREES TESTIFY (11/19/25)
This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Beronda L. Montgomery’s WHEN TREES TESTIFY, a stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery that offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: THE ACCIDENTAL FAVORITE (3/4/25)
This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Fran Littlewood’s THE ACCIDENTAL FAVORITE, a wryly resonant and deeply moving family dramedy investigating the question so many of us have asked ourselves: do my parents have a favorite? Vivienne and Patrick Fisher have done an excellent job raising their three daughters, Alex, Nancy, and Eva. They’re Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: FINDING GRACE (1/22/25)
This week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Loretta Rothschild’s FINDING GRACE, a twisty, gripping novel that wraps around a deeply moving love story. Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week. Her bestselling children’s Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: AMAZING GRACE ADAMS (6/9/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Fran Littlewood‘s AMAZING GRACE ADAMS, a hilarious, heartwarming, and empowering story of a woman pushed to her breaking point after years of marriage, motherhood, and feeling invisible. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled—the unhappiest age you can be, according to Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (3/1/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Emma Rosenblum’s BAD SUMMER PEOPLE, in which a picture-perfect couple’s summer vacation suddenly goes awry when a dead body turns up and exposes long-buried secrets between people who thought they knew each other. Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (2/13/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is S.A. Cosby’s ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, which takes a hard look at the history of being black in the American South and the relationship between race and law enforcement. After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: WHITE HORSE (7/28/22)
Yesterday’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick was Erika T. Wurth’s WHITE HORSE, a gritty, vibrant debut about an Indigenous woman who must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit. Heavy metal, ripped jeans, Stephen King novels, and the occasional beer at the White Horse have defined urban Indian Kari James’s life Know More » […]
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