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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, January 16, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Is This a Cry for Help?
  • The Emotions
  • Dandelion Is Dead

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  The Living and the Dead
  • The Italian Secret

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  As Many Souls as Stars
  • City of Others

• Romance

  • Second Chance Romance

• Biography & Memoir

  • Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life

• Social Science

  • The Snakes That Ate Florida: Reporting, Essays, and Criticism

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • ★  Humor Me: How Laughing More Can Make You Present, Creative, Connected, and Happy

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Frog: A Story of Life on Earth
  • ★  The Wildest Thing
  • ★  How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin
  • Destiny of the Diamond Princess

The Writer's Life

• Chris Duffy: Laughter and the True Self

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Charles Coe

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, January 22, 2026

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News

• Abrams Launches akaSTORY Imprint
• Tor Publishing Group Launching New Imprint, Wildthorn Books
• New Owner at Copperfish Books, Punta Gorda, Fla.
• Pageturners Bookstore, Indianola, Iowa, Relocating
• Akimbo Bookshop, Rochester, N.Y., Has Closed

Notes

• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Message Board: First Chapter Bookshop
• Macmillan to Sell and Distribute Apollo Publishers
• Personnel Changes at the PRH Christian Publishing Group; Berkley

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Quiara Alegria Hudes on Fresh Air
• This Weekend on Book TV: David Morris on Stealing the Future

Books & Authors

• Awards: NBCC, Gotham Book Finalists
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Starred Review: A Good Person

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: The Bookstore, Bookselling as Theater, & the 'Last Three Feet'

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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)