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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 4, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Under Story
  • Fallen for France
  • You'll Love It Here

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Reliquary
  • The Silent Appeal

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  A Plagued Sea
  • The Art of Charming a Changeling
  • The Salt King

• Romance

  • Mutual Discord
  • World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon

• History

  • ★  The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Ege and Ávra
  • ★  Raise the Bar
  • Demon in the Sand
  • Our Strange Duet
  • Snowfall

The Writer's Life

• Chloe Benjamin: A Backwards-Moving Universe

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Dolly Parton

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, September 10, 2026

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News

• AAP Sales: Up 11% in June; First Half '26 Up 3.9%
• Kids Ink Books & Toys Expanding to Carmel, Ind., This Fall
• Pages & Peonies, Grand Rapids, Mich., Closing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• B&N Opening New Stores Next Week in Calif. & Pa.
• In Memoriam: Fred Ciporen

Notes

• Image of the Day: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker at Powerhouse Arena
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Two Rivers to Sell and Distribute Wordsworth Editions
• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular August Books

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: R.F. Kuang on Here & Now
• This Weekend on Book TV: 9/11 Remembered

Books & Authors

• Awards: German Book Shortlist
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: The Nightingales of Boston

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: The Last Days of Summer--Labor, Read a Book, Buy a Book 

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Wednesday September 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Minute Givers

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Maximum Review

• The Minute Givers

The Writer's Life

• Christine Smonk: Rewinding Time

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Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Celebrating Skyhorse Publishing's 20th Birthday

Books & Authors

• Skyhorse's Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• Skyhorse and Politics
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune
• The Many Faces of Skyhorse
• Upcoming Skyhorse Titles