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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, August 28, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi: Carnivores Belong Everywhere

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: John Crowley

Book Review

• Fiction

  • Mia
  • Big & Lily
  • Château Rouge
  • The Hill in the Dark Grove
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls

• Biography & Memoir

  • Suffer a Witch

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • This Book May Cause Side Effects: The Curious and Dangerous Power of the Nocebo Effect, Placebo's Evil Twin

• Nature & Environment

  • The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard

• Poetry

  • Slipstream
  • This Far North: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • The Library of Memories
  • No Place on Earth
  • Exposures: A Story About Life with OCD and the Power of Facing Your Fears
  • The Bear and the Seed
  • The Magic Library of Waterfall Way

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, August 28, 2026

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News

• At Penguin Random House, First Half Revenues Rise 2.3%
• Grand Opening Tomorrow for the Lost Story Bookshop, Katy, Tex.
• Beans & Bind Debuts in Spokane Valley, Wash.
• From My Shelf Books & Gifts, Wellsboro, Pa., Staying Open
• Half Price Books, Austin, Tex., Opens Temporary Space in Anticipation of New Store
• Obituary Note: Peter Nadas

Notes

• Image of the Day: Palmdale in Palmdale
• HarperCollins's Katie McGarry Wins NEIBA's Saul Gilman Award
• Reese's September Book Club Pick: Big Little Truths
• Cool Idea of the Day: the Reading Bug's Kids Podcast Festival
• Hachette Book Group to Sell & Distribute Welbeck Publishing Group
• Personnel Changes at New World Library; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Media and Movies

• Movies: In a Holidaze

Books & Authors

• Awards: Heartland Booksellers Winners; Dr. Tony Ryan Finalists
• Reading with... Malavika Kannan

Book Review

• Review: No Such Thing as Monday

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Monday August 17, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Fortune and Glass

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Maximum Review

• Fortune and Glass

The Writer's Life

• John Mutter: Beyond History Books

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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