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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, February 13, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Patchwork Dolls: Stories
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  • One Sun Only
  • The Pōhaku
  • Eradication: A Fable

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Warning Sign
  • The Case of the Murdered Muckraker
  • The Midnight Taxi

• Romance

  • Sunk in Love

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Frog: And Other Essays

• Performing Arts

  • Long Take

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Vanishing Sea: The Tale of How the Aral Sea Became the Aral Desert
  • ★  Few Blue Skies
  • ★  A Kid Like Me
  • We All Love
  • Heart's Gambit

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Yah Yah Scholfield

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: James Sallis

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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News

• Partners in Crime Opening Saturday in Chicago, Ill.
• The Next Chapter, A Romance Bookstore, Opens in Clio, Mich.
• Late Night Chapters Opens in Billings, Mont.
• B&N Opening New Bookstore in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
• Obituary Note: Cees Nooteboom
• Shelf Awareness Presents: Difficult Topics, A Webinar

Notes

• Image of the Day: Gregg Hurwitz and Friends at Diesel, a Bookstore
• Event of the Day: Politics & Prose's 'Tribute to Book World'
• 2 Valentine's Day Weddings at 2 Dandelions Bookshop
• Bookshop Dog: Bella at Rooted Books & Gifts
• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster Distribution

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Loubna Mrie on Fresh Air
• Movies: One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days

Books & Authors

• Awards: Chytomo Winners

Book Review

• Review: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead

Deeper Understanding

• Ashland: A Love Story

The Bestsellers

• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles

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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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February 12, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Stonefruit Studio

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Editors' Note

• Hello from Stonefruit Studio

Books & Authors

• Welcome to Stonefruit Studio!
• Design Inspiration: The Stonefruit Studio Logo
• Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer: Fatal Glitch Series
• J. A. Morgenstein: The League of Dangerous Young Ladies
• Matthew Burgess and Matthew Forsythe: If the Moon
• Upcoming Stonefruit Titles