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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 17, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Daffodil Days
  • ★  A Real Animal
  • Habits of the Sea
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Lady X
  • Paradise Pawn
  • Rasputin Swims the Potomac
  • Someone to Cook For

• Mystery & Thriller

  • It Came from Neverland

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  This Immortal Heart

• Social Science

  • Sisters of the Midnight Sun: A Murder in Arctic Alaska

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Assassin's Guide to Dating
  • Another Tongue
  • ★  Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
  • Sama Crushes the Code
  • Words That Taste Like Home

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Steven Pfau

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Mike Wallace

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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News

• Polefrone Joins PEN America's Freedom to Read Program
• Little Lantern Book Co. in Hartshorne, Okla., Hosts Grand Opening
• Tomes & Tonics Opens Next Month in St. Charles, Mo.
• Books Galore, Erie, Pa., Closing July 31
• B&N Opening Bookstore in Fremont, Calif., This Fall

Notes

• Image of the Day: Mystery Night at Northshire Books
• Cool Idea: 'Book Babe Daycare'
• Chalkboard RIP: Boswell Book Company
• Bookseller Moment: Anna's New, Used & a Little Abused Books & More
• Book Trailer of the Day: Precious Ugly

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Joanna Stern on Today
• TV: The Portrait of a Lady

Books & Authors

• Awards: PEN Translates Winners
• Reading with... Mac Crane

Book Review

• Starred Children's Review: Traitors' Nest

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Wednesday July 22, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Life Out of Order

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Maximum Review

• Life Out of Order

The Writer's Life

• Audrey Niffenegger: Creativity and Community Across Time

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July 2, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Celebrating VIZ Media's 40th Anniversary

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating VIZ Media's 40th Anniversary

Books & Authors

• VIZ Media: The Gateway to the West for Japanese Storytelling
• The VIZ Media Timeline: 40 Years of Shaping Global Pop Culture
• Upcoming VIZ Media Titles