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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 26, 2024

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Nicked
  • State of Paradise
  • The Nude
  • Goodnight Tokyo

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  The Briar Club
  • Bury Your Gays
  • Storm Child

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Moonlight Market
  • The Deading

• Romance

  • The Undermining of Twyla and Frank
  • The Spellshop

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory
  • ★  Putty Pygmalion

• Biography & Memoir

  • Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

• Social Science

  • Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida

• Now in Paperback

  • No Ordinary Assignment
  • How to Say Babylon
  • The House of Fortune
  • Homebodies
  • The Caretaker

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills
  • ★  Prunella
  • ★  How to Die Famous by Benjamin Dean
  • Youth Group
  • Sunrise Nights

Comics Bear Witness to History

• Comics Bear Witness to History

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Evan Wright

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, July 26, 2024

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Quotation of the Day

• 'If There's an Independent Bookstore, There's a Cool Community'

News

• Ownership Change at the Reader's Cafe, Hanover, Pa.
• Michigan's Holt Bookshelf to Close
• Sidelines Snapshot: Puzzles, Calendars, Cards, and Totes
• Obituary Note: Rosa Ross
• Shelf Awareness for Readers

Notes

• Image of the Day: Leviathan Bookstore Hosts Rust Belt Authors; Discusses Authentic Appalachia Books
• 'Unofficial' Bookseller Dog: Ralph at Bridgeside Books
• Chalkboard: Burkes Bookstore
• Bookseller Moment: White River Books
• Personnel Changes at St. Martin's; Berkley; Sourcebooks

Media and Movies

• TV: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Books & Authors

• Awards: Little Rebels for Radical Children's Fiction Shortlist
• Reading with... Elise Bryant

Book Review

• Review: The Crescent Moon Tearoom

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: On Not Reading--'Some People Just Don’t Need Books'

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Wednesday July 24, 2024: Maximum Shelf: Tech Agnostic

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Maximum Review

• Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation

The Writer's Life

• Greg M. Epstein: A Tech Reformation

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June 20, 2024 Dedicated Issue: Celebrating Magination's What to Do Guides

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Magination's What to Do Guides

Books & Authors

• Dr. Dawn Huebner: Celebrating 20 Years of What to Do When You Worry Too Much
• From Past to Present: What to Do Guides with Editorial Director Kristine Enderle
• Upcoming What to Do titles from Magination Press