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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, August 14, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Not with a Bang

• Romance

  • ★  Vera Stein Is Fine
  • Die for Me
  • Extracurricular
  • If Books Could Kill
  • The Princess Trap
  • The Romance Revival

• Graphic Books

  • ★  The A.R.C.: A Virus That Kills You When You Lie

• Social Science

  • Uncover Up: How to Think Clearly in an Age of Conspiracies

• Nature & Environment

  • Oyster Society: Adventures with the Shellfishly Motivated

• Performing Arts

  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Undercover Monster
  • ★  Nest of Tongues
  • Borders: Understanding the Lines That Unite and Separate Us
  • Nuts About Nuts: A Funny Counting Adventure
  • Stone by Stone: A Rock's Journey Through Time

The Writer's Life

• Ashley Kahn: Music on Its Own Merits

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Mildred Pitts Walter

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, August 14, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• 'I've Never Met More Amazing People than I Have Through Having the Bookstore'

News

• Barbara Kline Pope to Retire as Head of Hopkins Press
• Grand Opening this Weekend for To Be Read Bookstore in Greenville, S.C.
• Red Hook Books Opens in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Firefly & Fox, Norfolk, Ontario, to Relocate
• Obituary Note: Johanna Fernández

Notes

• Bookish Summer Vibes: Gramercy Books
• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular July Books
• Chalkboard: Bookends
• Bookseller Moment: The Mysterious Bookshop

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Deb Haaland on Science Friday
• Movies: The Dallergut Dream Department Store

Books & Authors

• Awards: Arthur C. Clarke Winner
• Reading with... Seven Rasmussen
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week

Book Review

• West of Loveland

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Monday August 10, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Ten Perfect Guests

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Maximum Review

• Ten Perfect Guests

The Writer's Life

• Jonathan Santlofer: The Art of Unlikable Characters

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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