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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 3, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  The Stargazer of Nantucket
  • As If
  • The Summer of the Serpent

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  Blunt Instrument
  • The Break-Up Retreat
  • The Divorce

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Foundling Fathers
  • Heaven's Graveyard

• Romance

  • Dolly All the Time
  • Leave and Come Back

• Biography & Memoir

  • My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein

• Humor

  • ★  The Land and Its People: Essays

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Whale, That Was Unexpected
  • The Lovers, the Liars, and Me
  • Thornbird
  • Wyatt the Wild

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Laurie Frankel

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Flags of Our Fathers

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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Quotation of the Day

• Indie Bookstores: 'You Walk In and It Feels Like a Sanctuary'

News

• Pete Mulvihill Selling His Part of Green Apple to Co-Owner Kevin Ryan
• The Wandering Page in Bellmore, N.Y., Opens Physical Storefront
• Bound to Be Good Books Debuts in Great Falls, Mont.
• Patrice Lawrence Is New Waterstones British Children's Laureate
• Obituary Note: Mike Wallace

Notes

• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular June Books
• Sales Floor Display: 'It's an Analog Summer'
• Chalkboard: 'Update Our Sign with Me!!!!'
• Bookseller Video: Medical Advice
• Personnel Changes at Harlequin

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Ari Berman on Fresh Air
• Movies: InvestiGators

Books & Authors

• Awards: Sunburst Shortlist
• Reading with... Zoulfa Katouh

Book Review

• Starred Children's Review: The Library of Memories

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Monday June 29, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Return to the Shack

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Maximum Review

• Return to the Shack: A Journey into Redemption

The Writer's Life

• Wm. Paul Young: A Writer of Human Stories

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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