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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 30, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Talking with Boys
  • ★  When the Museum Is Closed
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  • Hemlock
  • Escape!

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Missing Sam
  • The Quiet Mother
  • A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death

• Romance

  • Greta Gets the Girl

• Biography & Memoir

  • Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton

• History

  • ★  Carthage: A New History

• Social Science

  • The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  What a Small Cat Needs
  • ★  Better the Devil
  • Freddie and Stella Got Hot
  • Eureka

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Grant Faulkner

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Fern Michaels

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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News

• A New Chapter Opens in West Springfield, Mass.
• Ownership Change at Zenith Bookstore, Duluth, Minn.
• Ravensburger Buys Majority Stake in NordSüd/NorthSouth Books
• Thames & Hudson Selling College Division to W.W. Norton
• Ingram Library Services Adds Staff, Inventory
• Aya Elamroussi Named Director of Communications at Hachette
• Obituary Note: James Sallis

Notes

• Bookshop Wedding: Cupboard Maker Books
• Storefront Window: Montgomery & Taggert
• Chalkboard: Excelsior Bay Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: Scatman John

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Gabriel Sherman on Fresh Air
• Movies: The Housekeeper

Books & Authors

• Awards: PEN/Faulkner Fiction Longlist
• Top Library Recommended Titles for February

Book Review

• Review: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances

The Bestsellers

• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles

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Wednesday January 21, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Catching Sight

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Maximum Review

• Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself

The Writer's Life

• Deni Elliott: Human and Canine Interdependency

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January 15, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Jesus Calling

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Editors' Note

• Jesus Calling: Spreading the Word

Books & Authors

• Jesus Calling Finds a Growing, Grateful Audience
• Superstar Jesus Calling Guests: Anne Lamott, Terry Bradshaw, Reba McEntire
• Sarah Young (1946-2023)