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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, February 13, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Patchwork Dolls: Stories
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  • One Sun Only
  • The Pōhaku
  • Eradication: A Fable

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Warning Sign
  • The Case of the Murdered Muckraker
  • The Midnight Taxi

• Romance

  • Sunk in Love

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Frog: And Other Essays

• Performing Arts

  • Long Take

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Vanishing Sea: The Tale of How the Aral Sea Became the Aral Desert
  • ★  Few Blue Skies
  • ★  A Kid Like Me
  • We All Love
  • Heart's Gambit

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Yah Yah Scholfield

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: James Sallis

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, February 13, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Presidents Day

News

• Your Brother's Bookstore, Evansville, Ind., Relocating
• WanderLust Mobile Bookstore Debuting Tomorrow in Madison, Wis.
• ABA Names Children's Institute Scholarship Winners
• Amanda Angelini Is New Owner of Reading Group Choices
• PEN America Names Co-CEOs
• Obituary Note: Andrew Hewson

Notes

• Image of the Day: A Taste of Madagascar at Omnivore Books
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Bookseller Winter Olympics: Winnie & Mo's Bookshop
• Red Wheel/Weiser to Sell, Distribute New World Library; Kevin Votel Joins NWL
• Personnel Changes at Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree

Media and Movies

• TV: Margo's Got Money Troubles

Books & Authors

• Awards: Walter Dean Myers Winners
• Reading with... Janie Chang

Book Review

• Review: The Left and the Lucky

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Wednesday January 21, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Catching Sight

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Maximum Review

• Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself

The Writer's Life

• Deni Elliott: Human and Canine Interdependency

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February 12, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Stonefruit Studio

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Editors' Note

• Hello from Stonefruit Studio

Books & Authors

• Welcome to Stonefruit Studio!
• Design Inspiration: The Stonefruit Studio Logo
• Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer: Fatal Glitch Series
• J. A. Morgenstein: The League of Dangerous Young Ladies
• Matthew Burgess and Matthew Forsythe: If the Moon
• Upcoming Stonefruit Titles