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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Amor Towles: Genuinely Curious

Great Reads

• The Joy of Giving

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Neverending Book
  • Mestra

• Biography & Memoir

  • Anna May Wong: An Intimate Portrait

• Nature & Environment

  • Ark: A Visual Treasury of Earth's Living Wonders
  • Cat

• Travel Literature

  • On Location: Cinematic Journeys to the World's Most Iconic Film Locales
  • Offseason

• Gardening

  • Darkness in Bloom: A Gothic Guide to Dramatic and Moody Plants
  • Terrain: The Container Garden Book

• Reference & Writing

  • This Is a Book of Sentence Diagrams: A Journey Through the Sharpest, Strangest, and Most Stirring Lines Ever Constructed

• Art & Photography

  • A Hoop of Threads & Longing: 20 Ink-Drinking, Slow-Burning Romantasy Embroidery Projects
  • The Endurance Photographs: A Definitive Visual Record of Shackleton's Expedition
  • Brilliant: Unexpected Art from Everywhere
  • Bartram's Travels Illustrated: Embellished by William G. Haynes, Jr.
  • Scratch & Sniff Art History: A Smellable Guide to Becoming an Art Expert
  • The Pressed Flower Handbook

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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News

• Rolling Chapters Opening Physical Storefront on Saturday
• Crowdfunding Campaign for Book Moon Books, Easthampton, Mass.
• BAM Opening 2nd & Charles Store in Humble, Tex.
• The Burning Ember Makes Debut in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Notes

• Image of the Day: Wild Rumpus Presents Jeff Kinney
• Video: 'Another Month, Another Theme!'
• Lerner Publisher Services to Distribute Child's Play International
• Personnel Changes at Random House Publishing Group; Penguin Young Readers

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Andre Fowles, Carlos and Alexa PenaVega on Today
• TV: The Invited

Books & Authors

• Awards: Prix Goncourt Winner
• Reading with... Samuel Ligon

Book Review

• Children's Review: Yum Yum Dim Sum

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Tuesday October 27, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Good Girls and Alpha Males

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Maximum Review

• Good Girls and Alpha Males: How Conservative Media Is Targeting Gen Z

The Writer's Life

• Madeline Peltz: Connecting the Personal with the Political

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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