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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 23, 2022

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Less Is Lost
  • ★  Bliss Montage
  • ★  A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding
  • ★  Painting Beyond Walls
  • The Complicities
  • The Matchmaker's Gift
  • The Old Place
  • Bambi: Or, Life in the Forest
  • The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Rising Tide
  • Suspect
  • The Bullet that Missed
  • Daphne

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  The Unbalancing

• Romance

  • Drunk on Love
  • Lucy on the Wild Side

• Graphic Books

  • It's So Magic

• Biography & Memoir

  • Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy

• History

  • WarholCapote: A Non-Fiction Invention

• Business & Economics

  • ★  Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  I'm the Girl
  • ★  Magnolia Flower
  • ★  Beatrice Likes the Dark
  • They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems
  • Bone Weaver

The Writer's Life

• David Rhodes: Making Our Instincts Conscious

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• Monsters Born and Made
• Tanvi Berwah: Creating a Whole Ocean Full of Monsters

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Gender Queer

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, September 29, 2022

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News

• James Patterson Donates $2 Million to PEN America
• The Squirrel and Acorn Bookshop Opens in State College, Pa.
• River Bend Bookshop Expanding to West Hartford, Conn.
• Indigo Bridge, Lincoln, Neb., Eyes Fall Reopening
• Workers Unionize at Louisville, Ky., Half Price Books

Notes

• Happy Fifth Birthday, Editions Coffee and Bookstore!
• Chalkboard: Gramercy Books
• Bookseller Autumn Moment: Landmark Booksellers 
• Book Trailer of the Day: Octopuses Have Zero Bones

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Anderson Cooper on Live with Kelly and Ryan
• This Weekend on Book TV: Live In-Depth with Dan Abrams

Books & Authors

• Awards: Edna Staebler Creative Fiction Winner
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On

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Monday, September 26, 2022: Maximum Shelf: Maame

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Maximum Review

• Maame

The Writer's Life

• Jessica George: Beyond Being a Good Daughter

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Tuesday, August 16 Dedicated Issue: Mariner Books

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Editors' Note

• Mariner Books

Books & Authors

• Mariner Books: Continuing and Expanding on a Storied Imprint
• The Legendary Mariner Books Backlist
• Kate Morton: The Past Rippling into the Present
• Upcoming Titles: Fiction and Nonfiction
• The Best American Series: Short Stories and Essays