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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, September 11, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
  • The Barman of the Ritz
  • The Disappearers
  • Enchantment
  • Jacaranda
  • Stitched

• Mystery & Thriller

  • ★  The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies
  • Brain Damage

• History

  • 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

• Essays & Criticism

  • ★  Bodega Stories
  • Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

• Poetry

  • Black Lake: Poems

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  The Neverfear
  • ★  A Thousand Nights
  • ★  Traitors' Nest
  • When I Want to Be Silent

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Mac Crane

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Dedicated Shelf

• Skyhorse Celebrates Two Decades of Scrappy, Steady Growth
• A Big Big Book for Skyhorse: A Table for Fortune

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Wendell Berry

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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News

• CALIBA Fall Fest: Annual Meeting & Town Hall
• The Crowded Bookshelf Opens Physical Storefront in Fort Collins, Colo.
• Obituary Note: Frances Stonor Saunders 
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast

Notes

• Image of the Day: Books & Books Presents Marlon James
• The Business of Bookselling Graduates
• Cool Idea: 'Crafting Lorax-inspired Truffula Trees from Our Recycling'
• Personnel Changes at Simon & Schuster

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Ke Huy Quan on the View
• Primetime Bookish Emmy Winners

Books & Authors

• Awards: Hilary Weston Nonfiction Finalists

Book Review

• Review: The Imperfect City: Design, Serendipity, and the Real Life of City

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Wednesday September 2, 2026: Maximum Shelf: The Minute Givers

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Maximum Review

• The Minute Givers

The Writer's Life

• Christine Smonk: Rewinding Time

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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