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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 10, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Single Girls
  • Medea Sang Me a Corrido
  • The Typing Lady
  • We Were Forbidden

• Mystery & Thriller

  • An Artful Dodge

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Traveler

• Biography & Memoir

  • The Keys to My House: A Gaza Diary

• Social Science

  • ★  How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words

• Religion

  • Instructions for the End of the World: Homilies of Comfort and Resistance

• Science

  • ★  On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Skeleton and the Cat
  • Coming Out Perfect
  • Free Girls
  • HeartLand
  • ★  Leroy Has Something to Say
  • Teachers in the Wild

The Writer's Life

• Sophia Smith Galer: Learning from Every Language

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Dedicated Shelf

• Celebrating VIZ Media's 40th Anniversary
• The VIZ Media Timeline: 40 Years of Shaping Global Pop Culture

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Carlo Ginzburg

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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News

• Grand Opening Set for Bound Booksellers' Relocated Store in Franklin, Tenn.
• Our Town Books in Jacksonville, Ill., Relocates After Water Damage
• Hollow Oak Books & Goods to Open this Fall in Johns Creek, Ga.
• Shelf Awareness Co-Founder Jenn Risko Joins Book Advisors
• Books & Mortar, Grand Rapids, Mich., to Close
• Obituary Note: Shahrnush Parsipur

Notes

• FIFA World Cup Bookseller Moments: Greenlight Bookstore
• Bookseller Cat: Finn at From My Shelf Books & Gifts
• Personnel Changes at Scholastic; Simon & Schuster
• Book Trailer of the Day: Away to See: Martha's Vineyard

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Sigrid Nunez on Here & Now
• TV: The Secret of Secrets

Books & Authors

• Awards: CLiPPA Children's Poetry Winner

Book Review

• Review: Story Telling: A Writing Life

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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