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

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Ankur Thakkar

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Ryu Murakami

Maximum Shelf

• This Is a Door
• Daniel Nayeri: A Hero's Journey Across the Pages

Book Review

• More...

  • The Brightness
  • Monsters of Ohio
  • Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth's Greatest Carnivore
  • The Polar Bear Day
  • Hanging and Burning
  • The Queen of Roses
  • Sweet Pea
  • West of Loveland
  • The Tarot Trials
  • Bedford Street
  • The Elements of Life: How Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Nourish Us and Threaten the Planet
  • The Grassland Queen: An Avian Love Story in the American Plains
  • Poppy
  • Thirst
  • It's Only Dancing
  • Our Starry Starry Night

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

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Working in a Bookshop Taught Me About People'

News

• Spindle & Spine Debuts in High Point, N.C.
• Books, Baubles, and Banquets Opens in Angola, Ind.
• Ownership Change for Kent Bookstore in Lindsay, Ont., Canada
• B&N Opening New Stores in Ariz., Ky., N.Y., Mont., & Tex., This Week
• Obituary Note: Tom Thompson

Notes

• Image of the Day: Charles Rohrbacher at Hearthside Books & Toys
• Bookseller Moment: Serendipity Books
• Chalkboard: Butcher Cabin Books
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury; Avid Reader Press

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Danielle Steel on Good Morning America
• TV: The Other Elliot Sister

Books & Authors

• Awards: Richell Emerging Writers Winner
• Reading with... Rose Smith

Book Review

• Starred YA Review: Salt Water Blood

The Bestsellers

• Top Book Club Picks in October

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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