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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, December 19, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Brian Freeman

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Great Reads

• Rediscover: Daniel Woodrell

Staff Recommendations

• Vigil
• Meet the Newmans
• One Aladdin, Two Lamps
• Storm
• Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
• Is This a Cry for Help
• No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done
• Half His Age
• Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl
• Bob's Burgers: B Is for Burgers: An ABC Book
• Beth Is Dead

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Definitions
  • The Award
  • The Sunshine Man
  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Ballad of the Last Guest
  • Good Hair Days
  • Canticle
  • The Weekend Crashers
  • The Sorrow of Angels

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Hidden City
  • Friends and Liars
  • The Gallagher Place
  • My Fair Frauds

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Brigands & Breadknives
  • Dawn of the Firebird

• Biography & Memoir

  • How to Cook a Coyote: The Joy of Old Age

• Political Science

  • The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late

• Social Science

  • Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
  • Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America

• Science

  • Sink or Swim: How the World Needs to Adapt to a Changing Climate

• Children's & Young Adult

  • The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones
  • Hazelthorn
  • Coldwire
  • A Time-Traveler's History of Tomorrow
  • Unreal: Can You Tell Fact from Fake?

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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Editors' Note

• Happy Holidays!

Quotation of the Day

• 'May this Season Show You All The Ways You Are Valued by Your Communities'

News

• Wonderful Words Bookshoppe Debuts in Bryan, Tex.
• Mystery Solved on the Move in Utah
• New Owners at Old Professor's Bookshop, Belfast, Maine
• International Update: 'Indies Aren't Just for Christmas'; '10 Specific Bookselling Joys'

Notes

• Happy 50th Birthday, Atticus Bookstore Cafe!
• Staff Pics: 'This Team Is Nothing Short of a Christmas Miracle'
• Microcosm Adds Three Distribution Clients
• Free Gift Wrapping: 'All Hands (and Paws) on Deck!'

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Dick Van Dyke on Good Morning America
• This Weekend on Book TV: Mahmood Mamdani

Books & Authors

• Awards: FutureBook 2025 Winners 
• Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week
• IndieBound: Other Indie Favorites

Book Review

• Review: Haven

The Bestsellers

• Top-Selling Self-Published Titles

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Wednesday December 3, 2025: Maximum Shelf: Celestial Lights

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Maximum Review

• Celestial Lights

The Writer's Life

• Cecile Pin: The High Cost of Ambition

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November 20, 2025 Dedicated Issue: 23rd St. Celebrates Its First Year

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Books & Authors

• From :01 to 23: Founder Mark Siegel on First Second and 23rd St. Books
• Creative Director Kirk Benshoff: 'Clearing the Runway for Our Creators'
• Calista Brill Highlights Books from 23rd St.'s First Year
• 2026 Books: Four New Titles for the New Year
• Editors' Note: Happy Birthday and Many More, 23rd St.!