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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 17, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Daffodil Days
  • ★  A Real Animal
  • Habits of the Sea
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Lady X
  • Paradise Pawn
  • Rasputin Swims the Potomac
  • Someone to Cook For

• Mystery & Thriller

  • It Came from Neverland

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • ★  This Immortal Heart

• Social Science

  • Sisters of the Midnight Sun: A Murder in Arctic Alaska

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Assassin's Guide to Dating
  • Another Tongue
  • ★  Augusta Pine Does Not Exist
  • Sama Crushes the Code
  • Words That Taste Like Home

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Steven Pfau

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Mike Wallace

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, July 23, 2026

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News

• Confluence Records & Bookery Opens in Paducah, Ky.
• Moonlit Vine Grows in Beech Grove, Ind.
• The Literary, Champaign, Ill., Adding Retreat and Event Space
• Inaugural Los Angeles Indie Book Crawl Set for This Weekend
• B&N Opening New Store in Farmington, Conn., Next Week

Notes

• Image of the Day: LYX Launches in the U.S.
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• Personnel Changes at Abrams
• Left Field Literary Salon Makes Its Debut

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Ocean Vuong on Here & Now
• This Weekend on Book TV: Soman Chainani on Young World

Books & Authors

• Awards: Center for Fiction First Novel Longlists
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Trad Wife

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: A Film About a Bookshop that 'Closes when the Night Feels Complete."

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Wednesday July 22, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Life Out of Order

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Maximum Review

• Life Out of Order

The Writer's Life

• Audrey Niffenegger: Creativity and Community Across Time

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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