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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, October 2, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Fallow
  • Avalon, Rise
  • Dodge City
  • Ply
  • The Queen of Bad Influences

• Mystery & Thriller

  • A Game of Cat and Killer
  • Trad Wife

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Strange Bedfellows

• Biography & Memoir

  • Babe: Elaboratio: A Tribute to My Mother

• History

  • ★  An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America

• Travel Literature

  • ★  True North: On the Road in Canada

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Death in the Tallgrass
  • ★  The Grimlore Game
  • ★  To Our Untamed Core
  • Bravepaw and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire
  • Building 903

The Writer's Life

• Keri Leigh Merritt: A Near Erasure from History

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Robin Morgan

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Thursday, October 8, 2026

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News

• Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to Anne Carson
• MPIBA FallCon Wraps Up in Denver
• Heartland Fall Forum Kicks Off in Minneapolis
• Bmore Romantic Opens in Baltimore, Md.
• The Bookmark to Host Grand Opening in Greer, S.C.
• Obituary Note: Hilary McPhee

Notes

• Image of the Day: The King's English Presents Ariel Lawhon
• This Week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers
• 'Banned & Challenged' Section: Sulfur Books
• Bookseller Cat: Coal at From My Shelf Books & Gifts

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Jean Chatzky on Today
• This Weekend on Book TV: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on End Times Fascism

Books & Authors

• Awards: T.S. Eliot Shortlist 
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: On Thin Ice: Stories

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Shakespeare and Company, Living 'Inside a Book' for 75 Years

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Wednesday October 7, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Dragon of the Deep

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Maximum Review

• Dragon of the Deep

The Writer's Life

• Beth Revis: There's No Path but the One You Make

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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