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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, December 6, 2024

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Brightly Shining
  • ★  The World with Its Mouth Open
  • ★  Private Rites
  • ★  Sister Snake
  • Time of the Child
  • Rental House
  • Sweet Vidalia
  • The Polite Act of Drowning
  • Sundown in San Ojuela
  • Bluebird Day
  • The Greatest Lie of All

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Rivals

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • How to Steal a Galaxy

• Biography & Memoir

  • Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
  • Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film
  • Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman
  • Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing

• Essays & Criticism

  • A Town Without Time: Gay Talese's New York

• Nature & Environment

  • The World Beneath: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs

• Art & Photography

  • At Wit's End: Cartoonists of the New Yorker

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Shape of Lost Things
  • ★  I Know How to Draw an Owl
  • Seven Samosas: Counting at the Market
  • Salvatore and the Goats of Mount Etna
  • Find Her

The Writer's Life

• Andrea Curtis and Sid Sharp: Writing Rough Realities for Young Readers

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Sandra M. Gilbert

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, December 10, 2024

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News

• Tentative Agreement Ends Strand Strike; Workers Return Today
• Literary Arts, Portland Ore., Hosts Grand Opening in New Building
• Two Staff Members Buying Mystery to Me, Madison, Wis.
• Hooray for Books!, Alexandria, Va., Closing at Year's End
• Obituary Note: Vald Svekis

Notes

• Image of the Day: A Dragon for Hanukkah
• Association of University Presses: Resources for Understanding and Nuturing Democracy
• Bookseller Cat: Stormy at Road Less Traveled Bookstore
• Book Trailer of the Day: This Is What Anxiety Looks Like

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Bill Clinton on the View
• TV: The Death of Bunny Munro

Books & Authors

• Awards: Nero, Black Orchid Novella Winners

Book Review

• Review: Live Fast

The Bestsellers

• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles

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Monday December 9, 2024: Maximum Shelf: Count My Lies

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Maximum Review

• Count My Lies

The Writer's Life

• Sophie Stava: The Little Lies We Tell

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August 13, 2024 Dedicated Issue: Abrams Celebrates Three Milestone Anniversaries

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Three Milestone Anniversaries at Abrams

Books & Authors

• Abrams CEO McAveney: 'We Honor Our Legacy and Look Forward to the Future'
• Abrams 'Essentials' and a Visual History
• Abrams: 75 Years of Perfecting 'The Art of Books'
• Abrams Children's Books: 15 Years Old and Still Growing
• Abrams ComicArts: Continuing to Expand the Genre
• New Titles for Fall '24