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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 23, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • Butter Road
  • Luna, Phoenix, Queen
  • Victorious
  • What Happens at Nightfall

• Romance

  • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder

• Food & Wine

  • Wine: A Global History

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  Desire Lines: A Memoir
  • ★  On Another Planet They Can Save Me
  • This Is What Happens When Women Read

• History

  • ★  A History of the World in Twelve Beans

• Travel Literature

  • How to Travel Incognito

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Children of Owl
  • ★  Second Generation Blues
  • ★  Like Glass
  • The Ones Who Came Before
  • The Moonlit Spiral

The Writer's Life

• Kristen Millares Young: A Willingness to Be Astonished

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Maximum Shelf

• When They Find Me
• Carter Wilson: Small Casts and Huge Consequences

Rediscover

• Rediscover: The Impossible Will Take a Little While

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, October 26, 2026

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News

• D.C.'s Solid State Books H Street Store Closed Due to Flooding
• Austin's First Light Books Plans Second Location
• Frankfurt: Serving the Community--and the World
• Obituary Note: Ryu Murakami

Notes

• Image of the Day: Renée Watson with Kwame Alexander
• Spooky Bookshop Window: Curious Iguana
• Cool Idea: 'Black Bag Sale'
• Chalkboard: Blue Couch Bookshop

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Christopher Lloyd on Today
• TV: These Summer Storms

Books & Authors

• Awards: World Fantasy Winners
• Top Library Recommended Titles for November

Book Review

• Starred Review: Never Say War: Life in Russia Today

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Thursday October 15, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Human Again

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Maximum Review

• Human Again: The Lost Art of Being Alive

The Writer's Life

• Dr. Chris Cleave: Regaining Our Humanity

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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