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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, December 19, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Definitions
  • ★  The Award
  • ★  The Sunshine Man
  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Ballad of the Last Guest
  • Good Hair Days
  • Canticle
  • The Weekend Crashers
  • The Sorrow of Angels

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Hidden City
  • Friends and Liars
  • The Gallagher Place
  • My Fair Frauds

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Brigands & Breadknives
  • Dawn of the Firebird

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  How to Cook a Coyote: The Joy of Old Age

• Political Science

  • The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late

• Social Science

  • Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
  • Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America

• Science

  • Sink or Swim: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones
  • ★  Hazelthorn
  • Coldwire
  • A Time-Traveler's History of Tomorrow
  • Unreal: Can You Tell Fact from Fake?

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Brian Freeman

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Daniel Woodrell

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, December 19, 2025

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News

• AAP Sales: 6.7% Gain in October, Continuing Fall Upswing
• Ownership Change for Munro's Books in Victoria, B.C.
• Firefly Books & Comics Launches in Rexburg, Idaho
• Scholastic Second Quarter: Revenues Up 1%; Book Publishing, Distribution Up 4%
• Obituary Note: Gary Jaffe

Notes

• Image of the Day: The Little Girl Who Loved Christmas
• Chalkboard: Storyline Bookshop
• Bookstore Christmas Tree: The Mysterious Bookshop
• Bookseller Dog: Ripley at Parnassus Books
• RBmedia Exclusive Audiobook Publishing Partner for W.W. Norton

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Nick Harkaway on Fresh Air
• TV: The God of the Woods

Books & Authors

• Awards: Wingate Shortlist
• Reading with... Jen Braaksma

Book Review

• Review: The Optimists

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Wednesday December 3, 2025: Maximum Shelf: Celestial Lights

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Maximum Review

• Celestial Lights

The Writer's Life

• Cecile Pin: The High Cost of Ambition

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November 20, 2025 Dedicated Issue: 23rd St. Celebrates Its First Year

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Books & Authors

• From :01 to 23: Founder Mark Siegel on First Second and 23rd St. Books
• Creative Director Kirk Benshoff: 'Clearing the Runway for Our Creators'
• Calista Brill Highlights Books from 23rd St.'s First Year
• 2026 Books: Four New Titles for the New Year
• Editors' Note: Happy Birthday and Many More, 23rd St.!