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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 30, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Talking with Boys
  • ★  When the Museum Is Closed
  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  • Hemlock
  • Escape!

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Missing Sam
  • The Quiet Mother
  • A Grim Reaper's Guide to Cheating Death

• Romance

  • Greta Gets the Girl

• Biography & Memoir

  • Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton

• History

  • ★  Carthage: A New History

• Social Science

  • The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  What a Small Cat Needs
  • ★  Better the Devil
  • Freddie and Stella Got Hot
  • Eureka

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Grant Faulkner

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Fern Michaels

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, February 5, 2026

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News

• Washington Post Closes the Books Section Amid Layoffs
• Bookshop.org Partnering with Draft2Digital, Spotify
• New Owners at Curiosity House Books in Creemore, Ont., Canada
• Obituary Note: Eric Huntley 
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Indie Pre-Order E-Blast

Notes

• Image of the Day: Mary Roach at Berkeley's Book Society
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Reese's February Book Club Pick: In Her Defense
• Cool Idea: Brazos Wedding Chapel
• Two Rivers to Sell and Distribute Three Wishes, the Artist Book Foundation

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Bookseller Victoria Scott-Miller on Jennifer Hudson Show
• TV: The Institute Season 2
• This Weekend on Book TV: Brad Meltzer

Books & Authors

• Awards: Porchlight Business Book Winners; Arabic Fiction Shortlist
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Tailbone

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray World Read Aloud Day: 'Because Stories Are Meant to Be Shared' 

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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)