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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, February 6, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • When We Were Brilliant
  • This Book Made Me Think of You
  • Simple Heart
  • Anne of a Different Island
  • Little One

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Anatomy of an Alibi

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Nightshade and Oak

• Romance

  • Books & Bewitchment

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  The Company of Owls
  • Two Women Living Together

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Lions' Run
  • Ren's Pencil
  • Queen of Faces
  • The Aftermyth
  • Nani and the Lion

The Writer's Life

• Polly Atkin: The Art of Noticing

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Hudson Talbott

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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News

• AAP Sales: 9.4% Jump in December; Year Up 1.1%
• Shelf Awareness Presents: Difficult Topics, A Webinar
• Bound to Bindings Opening Bricks-and-Mortar Location in Charleston, S.C.
• B&N Closes Waterbury, Conn., Store
• Obituary Note: Suzannah Lessard 

Notes

• Image of the Day: Mychal Threets at Brooklyn Public Library
• Olympic Bookselling: The Book Curling Event
• Bookseller Moment: Baldwin & Co. Coffee & Bookstore
• Personnel Changes at Random House Children's Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Winged Game

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Senator Bernie Sanders on Colbert's Late Show
• Movies: The Mist

Books & Authors

• Awards: SCBWI Golden Kite Winners
• Reading with... Emily Nemens

Book Review

• Children's Review: Everything Is Music

The Bestsellers

• Top Book Club Picks in January

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Wednesday January 21, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Catching Sight

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Maximum Review

• Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself

The Writer's Life

• Deni Elliott: Human and Canine Interdependency

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January 15, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Jesus Calling

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Editors' Note

• Jesus Calling: Spreading the Word

Books & Authors

• Jesus Calling Finds a Growing, Grateful Audience
• Superstar Jesus Calling Guests: Anne Lamott, Terry Bradshaw, Reba McEntire
• Sarah Young (1946-2023)