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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, July 11, 2025

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

Best Books Reviewed

• Fiction

  • ★  Crown
  • ★  Bug Hollow
  • Vera, or Faith
  • These Heathens
  • Fulfillment
  • The Scrapbook
  • Fox
  • Hazel Says No
  • Fools for Love: Stories
  • The Poppy Fields

• Mystery & Thriller

  • Etiquette for Lovers and Killers

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Secret Market of the Dead

• Romance

  • Sounds Like Love

• Biography & Memoir

  • ★  It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground
  • Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home

• History

  • The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
  • Alice's Oxford: People and Places That Inspired Wonderland

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life

• Science

  • ★  The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science

• Poetry

  • All the Lands We Inherit

• Children's & Young Adult

  • ★  Graciela in the Abyss
  • ★  I Come from Another Galaxy
  • ★  Call Your Boyfriend
  • Blood in the Water
  • Vampire Jam Sandwich

The Writer's Life

• Reading with... Olive Senior

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Rediscover

• Rediscover: Jane Stanton Hitchcock

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, July 11, 2025

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Quotation of the Day

• 'Bookselling Is a Labor of Love'

News

• Grand Opening Sunday for Lovestruck in Seattle
• Dad Suggests Books Children's Bookstore Opens in Fayetteville, Ark.
• NYU Summer Publishing Institute Report: The Strand
• SIBA's Tropical Storm Chantal Update
• Obituary Note: Bob Ditter
• Shelf Awareness Delivers Kids & YA Pre-Order E-Blast

Notes

• Image of the Day: Minnesota's Literary Community Welcomes Cindy Burnett
• Reading Group Choices' Most Popular June Books
• Chalkboard: Anthology for Books
• Personnel Changes at Ingram Publisher Services
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Worst Day

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Danzy Senna on Fresh Air
• Movies: The Eyes Are the Best Part

Books & Authors

• Awards: Four Quartets Winner; Summer Natan Notable Book
• Reading with... Benedict Nguyễn

Book Review

• Review: Katabasis

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Thursday July 10, 2025: Maximum Shelf: Breathe In, Bleed Out

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Maximum Review

• Breathe In, Bleed Out

The Writer's Life

• Brian McAuley: Throw a Murder into the Mix

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May 14, 2025 Dedicated Issue: The Next Chapter: The Expansion of Poisoned Pen Press Under Sourcebooks

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Editors' Note

• Sourcebooks Expands Poisoned Pen Press

Books & Authors

• How Sourcebooks Built on a Beloved Mystery Imprint and Carried Forth Its Founders' Mission
• Author Spotlights: Fan Favorites and Fresh Voices
• The Next Wave: Bold Voices and Genres
• Looking Ahead: Innovation, Talent, and an Expanding Universe