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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 Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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News

• Well Read Bookstore Hosts Grand Opening in Lee's Summit, Mo.
• Fable & Craft Co. Comes to Beaver, Pa.
• Sirena Noir Books Debuts in Southington, Conn.
• Linda Cannon Program Grant Winners
• Applications Open for Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship
• Obituary Note: Wendell Berry

Notes

• Bookseller Video: 'Carpe the Cringe'
• Bookshop Moment: Annie Bloom's Books
• Chalkboard: Curious Iguana
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan; Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Natasha Singer on Fresh Air
• TV: Heated Rivalry Season 2 

Books & Authors

• Awards: YA Book Prize Winner
• Reading with... Hank Phillippi Ryan

Book Review

• Children's Review: Our Starry, Starry Night

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Wednesday September 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Minute Givers

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Maximum Review

• The Minute Givers

The Writer's Life

• Christine Smonk: Rewinding Time

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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