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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, August 7, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Etna
  • ★  The New People
  • The Half Life
  • The Intrigue
  • Kitten
  • The Beauty of the Days Gone By
  • The Seekers of Deer Creek

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Winter Folk

• History

  • ★  They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacy Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

• Social Science

  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Shook
  • ★  Local Gods
  • Makade Asin/Black Stone
  • Vampire Girl Conquers the Night
  • If the Moon
  • Boo!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fear (but Were Afraid to Ask)

The Writer's Life

• Jennifer Lynn Barnes: An Exhilarating and Challenging Puzzle

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Monday, August 10, 2026

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Editors' Note

• Shelf Awareness Call for Information: Halloween

News

• Reverie Books in South Austin, Tex., Fundraising for Second Location
• International Update: Russian Attack Destroys 8 Million Books in Ukraine; BA's Halls Named Book Trade Charity Chair
• Pamela MacColl Retiring from Beacon Press After 27-Year Career
• Eight : Twenty Eight Opens in Mitchell, S.Dak.
• Obituary Note: Martha Rivers Ingram

Notes

• Image of the Day: BISG@50 Meet-up
• Video: 'Our Booksellers Went to NVNR 2026'
• Bookshop Cat: Buster at Split Rock Books
• Personnel Changes at MVB
• Book Trailer of the Day: Pumpkin and Beetle

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Sissy Goff, David Thomas on Today
• On Stage: Middlemarch

Books & Authors

• Awards: Dr. Tony Ryan Semifinalists

Book Review

• Music Against the Night

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Monday August 10, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Ten Perfect Guests

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Maximum Review

• Ten Perfect Guests

The Writer's Life

• Jonathan Santlofer: The Art of Unlikable Characters

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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