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

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Meryl Branch-McTiernan

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Shahrnush Parsipur

Book Review

• 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

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, July 31, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Bookstores Give Us Space to Be a Community and I Love It'

News

• The Next Generation Takes Over at Givens Books, Lynchburg, Va.
• The Fleuria Airstream Arrives in Costa Mesa, Calif.
• Amazon's Second Quarter: Sales Up 20%; AWS Up 37%
• Senior Staff Changes at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 
• Obituary Note: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Notes

• Image of the Day: Bookseller Connection
• Bookshop Moment: TidePool BookShop
• Personnel Changes at Macmillan
• Book Trailer of the Day: The House with Nobody in It

Media and Movies

• Agatha Christie Estate Solves Adaptation Success Mystery

Books & Authors

• Awards: Four Quartets Winner
• Reading with... Tracy Borman

Book Review

• Review: Night of a Thousand Hells

The Bestsellers

• Libro.fm Bestsellers in July

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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