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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Amor Towles: Genuinely Curious

Great Reads

• The Joy of Giving

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Neverending Book
  • Mestra

• Biography & Memoir

  • Anna May Wong: An Intimate Portrait

• Nature & Environment

  • Ark: A Visual Treasury of Earth's Living Wonders
  • Cat

• Travel Literature

  • On Location: Cinematic Journeys to the World's Most Iconic Film Locales
  • Offseason

• Gardening

  • Darkness in Bloom: A Gothic Guide to Dramatic and Moody Plants
  • Terrain: The Container Garden Book

• Reference & Writing

  • This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams: A Journey Through the Sharpest, Strangest, and Most Stirring Lines Ever Constructed

• Art & Photography

  • A Hoop of Threads & Longing: 20 Ink-Drinking, Slow-Burning Romantasy Embroidery Projects
  • The Endurance Photographs: A Definitive Visual Record of Shackleton's Expedition
  • Brilliant: Unexpected Art from Everywhere
  • Bartram's Travels Illustrated: Embellished by William G. Haynes, Jr.
  • Scratch & Sniff Art History: A Smellable Guide to Becoming an Art Expert
  • The Pressed Flower Handbook

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, November 5, 2026

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News

• HarperCollins First Quarter: Sales Up 9%
• University Press of Kentucky Launches Fox Hill Books
• The Blushing Page on the Move in Ashburn, Va.
• The Bibliophile Candle Co. Relocating to Gahanna, Ohio
• Voting Begins for Indies Choice Book Awards Winners
• Obituary Note: Rod Clifton

Notes

• Image of the Day: Kasey Lansdale at Mysterious Bookshop
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Post-Election Day Report: 'Some of Our Favorite Blue Things in the Store'
• Bookseller Cat: 'Everyone's Favorite Cashier'

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Min Jin Lee on Fresh Air
• This Weekend on Book TV: The Printers Row Lit Fest

Books & Authors

• Awards: Anthony Winners; Aspen Words Literary Longlist
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The Life or Death Committee

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Upstate, a Bookseller's Bookshop Novel

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Tuesday October 27, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Good Girls and Alpha Males

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Maximum Review

• Good Girls and Alpha Males: How Conservative Media Is Targeting Gen Z

The Writer's Life

• Madeline Peltz: Connecting the Personal with the Political

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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