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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 23, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Sheer
  • ★  The Heir Apparent
  • The Future Saints
  • The Aquatics
  • Departure(s)

• Mystery & Thriller

  • First Do No Harm
  • The Day I Lost You
  • Everyone in the Group Chat Dies

• Biography & Memoir

  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture
  • Befriending Betsy: A Memoir

• Reference & Writing

  • ★  A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Moon Without Stars
  • ★  Fustuk
  • Zamzam for Everyone: Sharing Water at Hajj
  • Fros, Fades, and Braids: A Brief History of Black Hair in America

Great Reads

• When I Read Among the Trees
• Rediscover: Daniel Walker Howe

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
• Sophie Hannah: The Furry Fugitive, Absurdity, and Emotional Depth

Rediscover

• When I Read Among the Trees
• Rediscover: Daniel Walker Howe

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, January 29, 2026

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News

• Tomorrow's General Strike: Book World Fundraisers; ABA CEO Allison Hill on 'Shining Light'
• ABA Relaunches Indies Choice Book Awards
• The Folded Leaf Relocating to Traverse City, Mich.
• Ante Books & Creative Studios, McAllen, Tex., to Close
• Cátia Chien: 2026 Caldecott Medalist
• Obituary Note: Hudson Talbott 

Notes

• Image of the Day: 'One Million Books Later...'
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Personnel Changes at HarperOne
• Bookseller Moment: Nooks Gellery & Bookshop

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Brooke Nevils on Fresh Air
• This Weekend on Book TV: Gov. Josh Shapiro

Books & Authors

• Awards: Sydney Taylor Winners
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Starred Review: Like This, But Funnier

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Booksellers' Winter Storm Fern Forecast--A Retrospective

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Wednesday January 21, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Catching Sight

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Maximum Review

• Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself

The Writer's Life

• Deni Elliott: Human and Canine Interdependency

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January 15, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Jesus Calling

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Editors' Note

• Jesus Calling: Spreading the Word

Books & Authors

• Jesus Calling Finds a Growing, Grateful Audience
• Superstar Jesus Calling Guests: Anne Lamott, Terry Bradshaw, Reba McEntire
• Sarah Young (1946-2023)