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Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Dystopian Books

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Illustration for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Christabel" depicting two women, one reclined on a bed and the other standing near a table with an open book.

Never Trust a Beautiful Damsel in the Woods: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Christabel”

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Hogarth and the Iron Giant in The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant: One of the World’s Few Truly Perfect Movies

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Detail from the cover of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

So It Goes: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Cover of Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Collar, a Village and a Tower in Knife of Dreams (Part 10)

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Cole and Delenn at an Army of Light War Council meeting in Babylon 5 "Voices of Authority"

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Voices of Authority”

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Detail from the Warbler Press edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne

Around the World in 300-ish Days: Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

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Cover of Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

Wind and Truth Reread: Chapters 55 and 56

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Black and white silhouette illustration of a young woman reading at a table piled with additional books

Pace Yourself

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Collection of 6 books from Jo Walton's March 2025 reading list

Jo Walton’s Reading List: March 2025

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Detail from the cover of the 2019 movie tie-in edition of Stephen King's Pet Sematary

Hitting Bottom: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary (Part 21)

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Alisa looks at mirror-like flowers in a still from The Mystery of the Third Planet

The Mystery of the Third Planet: An Intro to Soviet Animation With a Children’s Adventure Turned Cult Classic

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Book cover of The Dark Descent horror anthology

Gotta Get Out of My Head Tonight: “Clara Militch” by Ivan Turgenev

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