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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 26, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Waseem
  • ★  Circle of Days
  • Will There Ever Be Another You
  • The Shadow of the Mammoth
  • What We Can Know
  • One of Them

• Mystery & Thriller

  • What About the Bodies
  • Other People's Houses
  • A Dark and Deadly Journey

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Audition for the Fox
  • A Land So Wide

• Graphic Books

  • Miss Ruki

• Biography & Memoir

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
  • The Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President
  • Awake

• History

  • The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

• Social Science

  • ★  Nowhere Girl: Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

• Science

  • Mushroom Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Fungal Lives

• Nature & Environment

  • Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions

• Poetry

  • All These Ghosts: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out
  • ★  Candace, the Universe, and Everything
  • By Invitation Only
  • I Want to Go to the Moon
  • When We Were Monsters

The Writer's Life

• Elizabeth Wein: It Takes Far More Courage

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Marian Burros

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, October 2, 2025

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News

• James Patterson's Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program for Indie Booksellers Returns
• Steamy Lit Romance Bookstore Moving to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• B&N to Open New Stores in La Jolla, Calif., Knoxville, Tenn.
• Obituary Note: Harlow Giles Unger

Notes

• Image of the Day: SNL Stars Appear for Edie Baskin
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Government Shutdown Discount'
• WNBA's Great Group Reads
• Personnel Changes at Saga Press

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Christopher Pepper, Joanna Schroeder on Morning Joe
• This Weekend on Book TV: Phyllis Bennis on Understanding Palestine & Israel

Books & Authors

• Awards: Cundill History Finalists; Trivedi Science Book Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Bookstore Customer Service Reel Festival

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Friday September 26, 2025: Maximum Shelf: An Arcane Inheritance

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Maximum Review

• An Arcane Inheritance

The Writer's Life

• Kamilah Cole: An Immigrant in Dark Academia

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September 25, 2025 Dedicated Issue: Balzer + Bray Kick Off a New Chapter with Macmillan

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Editors' Note

• Balzer + Bray's Inaugural List with Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

Books & Authors

• Balzer + Bray, a (Re)Introduction
• Sara Pennypacker: The Lions' Run
• Jasmine Warga: The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan
• Christian Robinson: Dad
• Upcoming Balzer + Bray Titles