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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 31, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Tangled Roots
  • The Great Wherever
  • An Infinite Love Story
  • Small Comfort
  • Tata

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Fabulous Bodies
  • It Could Have Been Her
  • The Wedding Week

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Green City Wars

• Romance

  • ★  Scandal of the Summer
  • Chase Me if You Can

• History

  • ★  The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  I Didn't Do It
  • Farah's Nose: A Celebration of South Asian Heritage and Family
  • Digger Daisy!
  • Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Meryl Branch-McTiernan

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Shahrnush Parsipur

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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News

• NVNR: The NAIBA Annual Meeting and SIBA Town Square
• NVNR: A Lively, Energetic Conference in Pictures
• Tryst, a Romance Bookstore Debuts in Walla Walla, Wash. 
• Berrett-Koehler Launches Montgomery Station Press Imprint
• Obituary Note: Keigo Higashino

Notes

• Image of the Day: Jeanne Carstensen at Verbatim Books
• 'When Book Weather Rolls In...'
• Sales Floor Display: Fabled Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at Penguin; Abrams

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Laura Berman on Tamron Hall
• Movies: The Housemaid's Secret

Books & Authors

• Awards: Armory Square Winner
• Reading with... Lynn Becker

Book Review

• Children's Review: Young Cat, Old Cat

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Tuesday July 28, 2026: Kids' Maximum Shelf: This Is a Door

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Maximum Review

• This Is a Door

The Writer's Life

• Daniel Nayeri: A Hero's Journey Across the Pages

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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