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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 17, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Steven Pfau

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Mike Wallace

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Daffodil Days
  • A Real Animal
  • Habits of the Sea
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Lady X
  • Paradise Pawn
  • Rasputin Swims the Potomac
  • Someone to Cook For

• Mystery & Thriller

  • It Came from Neverland

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • This Immortal Heart

• Social Science

  • Sisters of the Midnight Sun: A Murder in Arctic Alaska

• Children's & Young Adult

  • The Assassin's Guide to Dating
  • Another Tongue
  • Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
  • Sama Crushes the Code
  • Words That Taste Like Home

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, July 17, 2026

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News

• Once Upon a Crime Opens in Smithfield, N.C.
• Homeward Books Collective, Tucson, Ariz., Moving to Larger Location
• The Main Chapter Coming to Hubbard, Ohio
• At Artbook | D.A.P., Gallagher Stepping Down; Lozada Named President
• International Update: Hong Kong Booksellers Arrested; EIBF International Bookselling Markets Report
• Obituary Note: Juliet Gardiner 

Notes

• Image of the Day: Leah Eskin with Arthur Levine at the Book Stall
• Video: 'I Didn't Realize This Was a Romance Bookstore'
• Chalkboard: Pageturners Bookstore
• Bookseller Moment: Scout & Morgan Books
• Personnel Changes at Ecco

Media and Movies

• TV: Enigma Variations

Books & Authors

• Awards: Forward Poetry Shortlists
• Reading with... Mary Pauline Lowry

Book Review

• Review: Dodge City

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Wednesday July 15, 2026: Maximum Shelf: You're No Better

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Maximum Review

• You're No Better

The Writer's Life

• Andrew Joseph White: A Vicious Catharsis

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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