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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 11, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
  • The Barman of the Ritz
  • The Disappearers
  • Enchantment
  • Jacaranda
  • Stitched

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies
  • Brain Damage

• History

  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Bodega Stories
  • Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

• Poetry

  • Black Lake: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Neverfear
  • ★  A Thousand Nights
  • ★  Traitors' Nest
  • When I Want to Be Silent

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Mac Crane

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Dedicated Shelf

• Skyhorse Celebrates Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Wendell Berry

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, September 11, 2026

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News

• Moravian Book Shop, Bethlehem, Pa., Celebrates Grand Reopening
• Bohemian Bookshop Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Denton, Tex.
• Spellbound Sisters Bookstore & Cafe, Boardman, Ohio, Moving
• ABA's Finn Butterfield Named Associate Manager, Free Expression & Advocacy
• Obituary Note: Edward Field

Notes

• Image of the Day: Cards on the Table at Porter Square Books
• Cristina Iannarino of Books on the Square Is BPRNE's Handseller of the Year
• Celebrating a Longtime Bookseller at Chaucer's Books
• Bookseller Puppy: Rugby at Interabang Books
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Chloe Benjamin on Good Morning America
• TV: Lonesome Dove

Books & Authors

• Awards: Giller Longlist
• Reading with... Ann Aguirre

Book Review

• Starred Review: Botany of Madness

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Wednesday September 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Minute Givers

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Maximum Review

• The Minute Givers

The Writer's Life

• Christine Smonk: Rewinding Time

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Skyhorse Publishing's 20th Birthday

Books & Authors

• Skyhorse's Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• Skyhorse and Politics
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune
• The Many Faces of Skyhorse
• Upcoming Skyhorse Titles