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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 23, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Sheer
  • ★  The Heir Apparent
  • The Future Saints
  • The Aquatics
  • Departure(s)

• Mystery & Thriller

  • First Do No Harm
  • The Day I Lost You
  • Everyone in the Group Chat Dies

• Biography & Memoir

  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture
  • Befriending Betsy: A Memoir

• Reference & Writing

  • ★  A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Moon Without Stars
  • ★  Fustuk
  • Zamzam for Everyone: Sharing Water at Hajj
  • Fros, Fades, and Braids: A Brief History of Black Hair in America

Great Reads

• When I Read Among the Trees
• Rediscover: Daniel Walker Howe

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
• Sophie Hannah: The Furry Fugitive, Absurdity, and Emotional Depth

Rediscover

• When I Read Among the Trees
• Rediscover: Daniel Walker Howe

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, January 23, 2026

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News

• AAP Sales: 1.9% Gain in November, Continuing Positive Trend
• ABA's 2025 Sales Survey: Indies Report Increase from 2024
• Moss & Midnight Opens in Genoa, Nev.
• Magnolia & Main Books, Ridgeway, Va., Switching to Pop-Up Model
• Will Schwalbe Retiring from Macmillan
• Obituary Note: Georges Borchardt

Notes

• Image of the Day: Double Launch at Farley's Bookshop
• Winter Weather Update: Inkwell Books
• Chalkboard: 'Hibernation Mode Must Haves'
• Bookseller Cat: Teddy at the Author Shoppe
• IPG Adds Six Publishers

Media and Movies

• Oscar Nominations by the Book
• Movies: The Masque of the Red Death

Books & Authors

• Awards: Republic of Consciousness, U.S. & Canada Longlist; Drue Heinz Literature Winners
• Reading with... Tigest Girma

Book Review

• Review: The Adjunct

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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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January 15, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Jesus Calling

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Editors' Note

• Jesus Calling: Spreading the Word

Books & Authors

• Jesus Calling Finds a Growing, Grateful Audience
• Superstar Jesus Calling Guests: Anne Lamott, Terry Bradshaw, Reba McEntire
• Sarah Young (1946-2023)