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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 11, 2024

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • The Undercurrent
  • A Home for the Holidays
  • Obligations to the Wounded
  • The Lightning Bottles

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Blood of the Old Kings

• Romance

  • The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
  • The December Market

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Final Cut
  • Forces of Nature

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  A Rift in Time: Travels with My Ottoman Uncle
  • ★  Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
  • ★  The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

• Essays & Criticism

  • A Muzzle for Witches

• Travel Literature

  • The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car

• Performing Arts

  • Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison

• Now in Paperback

  • Inciting Joy: Essays
  • The Vaster Wilds
  • Prophet Song
  • America Fantastica
  • Tremor

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Nose to Nose
  • ★  Ruin Road
  • ★  Flora and Friends: Colors
  • The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts
  • A Two-Placed Heart

The Writer's Life

• Anton Hur: Creating the Author's Voice in English

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• milk and honey
• Rupi Kaur: Just Choose Happiness

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Lore Segal

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, October 11, 2024

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Editors' Note

• Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day

News

• Fla. Hurricane Update: 'The Only Milton We Want to See Is On Our Bookshelves!'
• MPIBA's FallCon: A Breakfast of Authentic Voices
• Tia Chucha's Karen Ugarte Second Certified Professional Bookseller
• Applications Open October 13 for Second BincTank Cohort
• Obituary Note: Edward 'Ed' Vaughn
• Shelf Awareness for Readers

Notes

• Image of the Day: Kimberly Brock Launch at FoxTale
• Bookseller Moment: Neighborhood Books 
• Halloween Chalkboard: Inkwell Books & Threads
• Personnel Changes at Knopf Doubleday; Gallery Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: Slippery, Spicy, Tingly: A Kimchi Mystery

Media and Movies

• TV: Like Mother, Like Mother

Books & Authors

• Awards: ALTA National Translation Shortlists; B&N Discover Finalists
• Reading with... Alissa Hattman

Book Review

• Review: The Champagne Letters

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: What Was Your 'Must-visit' Bookshop Pilgrimage?

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Wednesday October 2, 2024: Maximum Shelf: Manor of Dreams

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Maximum Review

• The Manor of Dreams

The Writer's Life

• Christina Li: Hauntings as an Extension of Grief

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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