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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 18, 2024

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Don't Be a Stranger
  • Blood Test: A Comedy
  • Dogs and Monsters: Stories
  • Blue Light Hours

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • House of Frank

• Romance

  • Wish I Were Here
  • Make the Season Bright
  • All I Want Is You

• Graphic Books

  • Adrift on a Painted Sea

• Biography & Memoir

  • Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
  • Q: A Voyage Around the Queen
  • The Mourner's Bestiary

• History

  • ★  Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City
  • ★  The Bible: A Global History

• Business & Economics

  • Mindless: The Human Condition in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

• Political Science

  • The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

• Travel Literature

  • ★  Mars on Earth: Wanderings in the World's Driest Desert

• Art & Photography

  • Still Life with Remorse

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Pick the Lock
  • ★  The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's
  • The Beautiful Game
  • Rory the Remarkable Dragon

The Writer's Life

• Maira Kalman: What's Around You and What's Inside of You

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: How to Eat Fried Worms

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, October 21, 2024

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News

• Frankfurt 2024: Arnaud Nourry on Les Nouveaux Éditeurs
• Grand Opening Set for About Time Bookstore in Libertyville, Ill.
• MochaLisa's Caffe Relocating in Clifton Park, N.Y.
• University of Cincinnati Press Closing Next Year
• Obituary Note: Alan Rustage 

Notes

• Image of the Day: Carol Hoenig at Bookstore Plus in Lake Placid, N.Y.
• Open Book with David Steinberger Features Maria Laurino
• Hut's Place: Karla's Choice, Ina Garten, Alexei Navalny
• Ingram Academic and Professional to Distribute Duke University Press
• Book Trailer of the Day: American Rapture

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Jeff Kinney on Today, Kelly Clarkson
• TV: 100 Years of Solitude

Books & Authors

• Awards: Kirkus Winners; Derek Walcott Winner
• Women's National Book Association's Great Group Reads

Book Review

• Review: The Magnificent Ruins

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Tuesday October 15, 2024: Maximum Shelf: A Forty Year Kiss

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Maximum Review

• A Forty Year Kiss

The Writer's Life

• Nickolas Butler: Small Towns and Forgotten Places

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August 13, 2024 Dedicated Issue: Abrams Celebrates Three Milestone Anniversaries

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Three Milestone Anniversaries at Abrams

Books & Authors

• Abrams CEO McAveney: 'We Honor Our Legacy and Look Forward to the Future'
• Abrams 'Essentials' and a Visual History
• Abrams: 75 Years of Perfecting 'The Art of Books'
• Abrams Children's Books: 15 Years Old and Still Growing
• Abrams ComicArts: Continuing to Expand the Genre
• New Titles for Fall '24