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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 4, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Chloe Benjamin: A Backwards-Moving Universe

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Dolly Parton

Book Review

• Fiction

  • Under Story
  • Fallen for France
  • You'll Love It Here

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Reliquary
  • The Silent Appeal

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • A Plagued Sea
  • The Art of Charming a Changeling
  • The Salt King

• Romance

  • Mutual Discord
  • World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon

• History

  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

• Children's & Young Adult

  • Ege and Ávra
  • Raise the Bar
  • Demon in the Sand
  • Our Strange Duet
  • Snowfall

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, September 4, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Happy Labor Day!

Quotation of the Day

• Indie Bookstores Have 'Always Been Magical Spaces to Me'

News

• Leaves & Lore Grows in West Chester, Pa.
• Porchlight Books Arriving in Richardson, Tex.
• Quimby's Bookstore, Brooklyn, N.Y., Relocating
• Burglary Damages East Village Bookshop's Midtown Store in Sacramento, Calif. 
• ThriftBooks to Close Halethorpe, Md., Warehouse

Notes

• An Unlikely Story Wins BPRNE's Independent Spirit Award
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Seasonal Vibes: 'Getting into the Fall Spirit at the Bookshop'
• Chalkboard: The Book Cove
• Personnel Changes at Bloomsbury

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Fresh Air Remembers Gloria Steinem
• TV: We've Decided to Go in a Different Direction

Books & Authors

• Awards: Baillie Gifford Longlist
• Reading with... Maha Hashwi

Book Review

• Review: Notes on Postcards: A Memoir

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Wednesday September 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Minute Givers

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Maximum Review

• The Minute Givers

The Writer's Life

• Christine Smonk: Rewinding Time

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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