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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 11, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
  • The Barman of the Ritz
  • The Disappearers
  • Enchantment
  • Jacaranda
  • Stitched

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies
  • Brain Damage

• History

  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Bodega Stories
  • Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

• Poetry

  • Black Lake: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Neverfear
  • ★  A Thousand Nights
  • ★  Traitors' Nest
  • When I Want to Be Silent

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Mac Crane

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Dedicated Shelf

• Skyhorse Celebrates Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Wendell Berry

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, September 17, 2026

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News

• NEIBA Fall Conference
• Gold Shoe Books Opens in St. Louis, Mo.
• Good Girl Cafe & Bookstore Debuts in Englewood, Colo., After Delay
• Obituary Note: Annie Dillard

Notes

• Image of the Day: Bookshop Santa Cruz Celebrates as The Corrections Turns 25
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Sales Floor Display: 'Non-Human People'
• Chalkboard: Ink & Paper Bookstore
• Personnel Changes at Parson Weems

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Kai Bird on Fresh Air
• This Weekend on Book TV: Jonathan Weber on City on the Edge

Books & Authors

• National Book Award Longlists: Nonfiction, Poetry
• Awards: New England Book, Golden Poppy Winners
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Tiger's Mouth

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Provincetown Recipe--Just Add a Bookseller, a Cookbook, & Anthony Bourdain

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Wednesday September 16, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Here We Are at the End

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Maximum Review

• Here We Are at the End

The Writer's Life

• Sara Barnard: Imagine if It All Just Went Away

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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