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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 24, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Please Don't Touch the Body: Stories
  • The Devoted
  • The Mortons

• Romance

  • The Someday Garden

• Graphic Books

  • ★  Clara & the Devil, Volume 1
  • ★  See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor: A Graphic Memoir
  • Fish and Water
  • I Won't Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War

• History

  • Little Blue Dot: How GPS Shaped the Modern World
  • Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body

• Social Science

  • Gerontocracy in America

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Kloud 9: The Star Soldier
  • ★  Salvage
  • Offside
  • School Bus Graveyard, Volume 1
  • Corpse de Ballet

The Writer's Life

• Tasia M S and Barbara Perez Marquez: All the Different Facets of Ourselves

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Marjane Satrapi

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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News

• Hachette Book Group Sales Up 1.3% in First Half; Lagardère Up 2%
• Watermark Books Opens in Beaufort, N.C.
• Black Spring Books, Brooklyn, N.Y., Turns to Crowdfunding After Flood
• Frisco Booksellers Coming to Frisco, Tex.
• Obituary Note: Ian McDonald 

Notes

• Image of the Day: Bookends: Literature & Libations Debuts in Ybor City, Fla.
• 'Dogs & Questions About Dogs' Welcomed at Village Books' How to Live with a Dog Event
• Chalkboard: Highland Books
• Bookseller Moment: Skylark Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at Highlights

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Emily Wilson on Fresh Air
• Movies: Children of Blood and Bone

Books & Authors

• Awards: Booker Prize Longlist
• Reading with... Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Book Review

• Starred Children's Review: The Voice of the Snow

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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