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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 31, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Lana Lin

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Baek Sehee

Staff Recommendations

• Pick a Color
• Saltcrop
• Hekate: The Witch
• Lullaby for the Grieving
• Unreliable Tree: Poems
• Cat Nap
• Joyride
• The Phoebe Variations

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Sylvan Hotel
  • Mothers
  • Venetian Vespers
  • Soyangri Book Kitchen
  • Orange Wine
  • Unfit
  • The Four Spent the Day Together
  • The Last Spirits of Manhattan

• Mystery & Thriller

  • What a Way to Go
  • Mirage City
  • The October Film Haunt
  • All of Us Murderers

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Cinder House

• Romance

  • Cover Story

• Graphic Books

  • Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance

• Biography & Memoir

  • The Uncool: A Memoir
  • Matisse at War

• Essays & Criticism

  • Bigger: Essays
  • The Life of Violet
  • Cat

• Children's & Young Adult

  • A Gallery of Cats
  • Wild Song
  • The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake
  • Blood & Breath
  • All the Way Around the Sun

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, November 3, 2025

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Quotation of the Day

• Utah Book Banners: Bookstores' 'Best Marketing Team'

News

• Poor Charlotte's Books Opens in Covington, Ky.
• The Little Bubblegum Bookshop Opens in Providence, R.I.
• Love Spell Books Opens in Summerville, S.C.
• Amazon's Third Quarter: AWS, AI Gains Lead to All-Time Stock High
• Macmillan Buys Book and Audiobook Catalogs of Sounds True
• Powell's Books Layoffs Total 31 Since June

Notes

• Image of the Day: MrBallen at WORD Bookstore in Jersey City
• Cool Idea: Free Books, Puzzles for People Affected by the Shutdown
• Chalkboard: Highland Books
• Bookshop Moment: White River Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: Exposure

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Patti Smith on CBS Mornings
• Movies: Valley of Ashes to Netflix

Books & Authors

• Awards: World Fantasy Winners; Cundill History Winner

Book Review

• Review: Meet the Newmans

The Bestsellers

• Libro.fm Bestsellers in October

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Thursday October 30, 2025: Maximum Shelf: A Far-Flung Life

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Maximum Review

• A Far-flung Life

The Writer's Life

• M.L. Stedman: Capturing the Vast Sweep of Events

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October 7, 2025 Dedicated Issue: Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers

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Editors' Note

• Crown Launches Ten Speed Young Readers Imprint

Books & Authors

• Introducing Ten Speed Young Readers
• Ginee Seo and Kelly Barrales-Saylor: Meant to Be
• Kobi Yamada: Others
• Designing the Book with Monica Cheng
• Upcoming Titles from Ten Speed Young Readers