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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, August 21, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • The Song of Stork and Dromedary
  • Sea of Charms
  • Queen Mab
  • Runner

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Freyja

• Romance

  • The Roman Holiday Rule

• Graphic Books

  • ★  The Nightingales

• Biography & Memoir

  • Unsayable: A Life in Writing

• History

  • ★  Three Rivers: The Extraordinary Waterways That Created Europe
  • Hiroshima, 8:15: The Lost Memoir

• Nature & Environment

  • I Have This Thing for Flowers: Essays on the Roots of Relationships

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Hungry Forest
  • ★  Still Water: The Wonders of Ponds, Pools, Wetlands, and More
  • All the Queens' Curses
  • Outline
  • Just Another Summer

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Afsheen Farhadi

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Keigo Higashino

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, August 27, 2026

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News

• Grand Opening Set for Jolene's, Newark, Ohio
• Appalachian Pages Comes to Pikeville, Ky.
• Fern & Fable Books, Ormond Beach, Fla., Merging with Sister Store
• Magnolia & Main Books, Ridgeway, Va., Closing This Week
• Winter Institute 2027 Scholarship Winners
• A Shelf Awareness Presents Webinar: Actionable Tips for Fall Merchandising

Notes

• Image of the Day: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Visits Newtonville Books
• Happy 50th Birthday, Orinda Books
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Bookseller Cat: Copper at Analog Books

Media and Movies

• TV: How to Kill Your Family
• This Weekend on Book TV: Annie Jacobsen and Cory Doctorow

Books & Authors

• Awards: Ned Kelly Shortlist
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The Elements of Life: How Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Nourish Us and Threaten the Planet

Ooops

• HarperCollins Halloween Highlights

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Dolly Parton 'Believed Deeply in the Power of Reading'

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Monday August 17, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Fortune and Glass

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Maximum Review

• Fortune and Glass

The Writer's Life

• John Mutter: Beyond History Books

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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