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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 30, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Black Moon
  • Flyweight
  • The Spirits

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Death Down the Aisle

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Château Reverie
  • The Porcelain Sisters

• Romance

  • A Very Merry Detour

• Graphic Books

  • Wandering Cat's Cage

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  The Last Temptation of Beck: The Untold Story of a Pop Messiah
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David

• Social Science

  • ★  Advantage Player: A Memoir of Blackjack, Backrooms, and Beginnings

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Little Stone Buddha
  • ★  This Is How to Spot Animals!
  • ★  Radio Free Texas
  • Chocolate Unwrapped: A Taste of the Science, History and Magic of Chocolate
  • Igloo

The Writer's Life

• Josephine Riesman: Best Version/Worst Version

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• Life Out of Order
• Audrey Niffenegger: Creativity and Community Across Time

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Irene Hasenberg Butter

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, November 2, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Bookstores Are a Series of Potential Portals that You Can Dive Into'

News

• New Owner at Chicago's Unabridged Bookstore
• The Bookish Bison on the Move in Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
• Follett, U. of Florida Celebrate Campus Bookstore's Reopening 
• Obituary Note: Ike Ong

Notes

• Image of the Day: Tiny T. Rex Teams up with Timber Joey
• Storefront Window Art: Page & Pine Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at Summit Books; Abrams
• Book Trailer of the Day: Tidal Wave

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Andy Richter on Good Morning America
• TV: Summer Session

Books & Authors

• Awards: Diagram Oddest Book Title Shortlist

Book Review

• Starred Review: Lie Concierge: Stories

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Tuesday October 27, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Good Girls and Alpha Males

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Maximum Review

• Good Girls and Alpha Males: How Conservative Media Is Targeting Gen Z

The Writer's Life

• Madeline Peltz: Connecting the Personal with the Political

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Skyhorse Publishing's 20th Birthday

Books & Authors

• Skyhorse's Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• Skyhorse and Politics
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune
• The Many Faces of Skyhorse
• Upcoming Skyhorse Titles