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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 2, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Dream of the Jaguar
  • The Pelican Child

• Mystery & Thriller

  • A Grave Deception

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore

• Graphic Books

  • The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt

• Biography & Memoir

  • Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face

• History

  • ★  The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of King James VI and I
  • The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
  • Fire: Voices of a Generation in Iran, Ukraine, and Afghanistan

• Social Science

  • The Butterfly Thief: Adventure, Fraud, Scotland Yard, and Australia's Greatest Museum Heist

• Travel Literature

  • My Little Donkey: And Other Essays

• Poetry

  • Dog Show: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  How Girls Are Made
  • Break Wide the Sea
  • Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije
  • Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You're Missing

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Christina Kovac

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• An Arcane Inheritance
• Kamilah Cole: An Immigrant in Dark Academia

Rediscover

• Rediscover: DéLana R.A. Dameron

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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News

• Kirkus Buys AudioFile Magazine; Kuehn Returns as CEO and Publisher
• Jeffrey Mathews Named President of Scholastic Education
• Kensington Publishing Appoints Adam Zacharius as New President
• Globe Pequot Acquires Lake Isle Press
• IPC's Indie Press Month to Be Largest Ever
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast

Notes

• More Inventory Tales, Including 'Save Us from Inventory' & 'We Don't Want to Count It' Sales
• Bookseller Moment: Shared Stories Bookstore
• Bookshop Video: The Lynx Bookstore
• Personnel Changes at Zando

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Eric Lichtblau on Fresh Air
• TV: Imperfect Women

Books & Authors

• Awards: Order of Canada Appointees
• Reading with... Katie Bernet

Book Review

• Children's Review: Red River Rose

The Bestsellers

• Libro.fm Bestsellers in December

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Wednesday January 7, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Yesteryear

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Maximum Review

• Yesteryear

The Writer's Life

• Caro Claire Burke: The Grand Performance of Womanhood

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November 20, 2025 Dedicated Issue: 23rd St. Celebrates Its First Year

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Books & Authors

• From :01 to 23: Founder Mark Siegel on First Second and 23rd St. Books
• Creative Director Kirk Benshoff: 'Clearing the Runway for Our Creators'
• Calista Brill Highlights Books from 23rd St.'s First Year
• 2026 Books: Four New Titles for the New Year
• Editors' Note: Happy Birthday and Many More, 23rd St.!