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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Stargazer of Nantucket
  • As If
  • The Summer of the Serpent

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Blunt Instrument
  • The Break-Up Retreat
  • The Divorce

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Foundling Fathers
  • Heaven's Graveyard

• Romance

  • Dolly All the Time
  • Leave and Come Back

• Biography & Memoir

  • My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

• Humor

  • ★  The Land and Its People: Essays

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Whale, That Was Unexpected
  • The Lovers, the Liars, and Me
  • Thornbird
  • Wyatt the Wild

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Laurie Frankel

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Flags of Our Fathers

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, July 9, 2026

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News

• Beaverdale Books, Des Moines, Iowa, to Celebrate Expansion, 20th Birthday on Saturday
• Look Around Books Opens in Astoria, Ore.
• Chapter 3 Bookstore & Cafe Coming to San Francisco, Calif.
• Modern Literates Goes Mobile in Manistee, Mich.
• Obituary Note: Lam Wing-kee

Notes

• Image of the Day: Jayson Tatum and Friends
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Bookshop Moment: Roundabout Books
• Personnel Changes at Holt
• Book Trailer of the Day: Play Like He Would

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Florence Comite on Today
• This Weekend on Book TV: The U.S. Book Show

Books & Authors

• Awards: IPA Prix Voltaire Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The Butterfly Season

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: 'Savor the Circus' of a Bookish World Cup

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Thursday July 9, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The F*ck Them Theory

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Maximum Review

• The F*ck Them Theory: Self-Help for People Who Are Done Being the Bigger Person

The Writer's Life

• Keltie Knight: Unapologetic, Authentic (and Slightly Feral) Self-Help Advice

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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