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A Modest Request for a Little More Genre Chaos

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Mark as Read

A weekly column from Molly Templeton on the culture of reading — covering everything from what we read and why, to the ways we organize our bookshelves.

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A Modest Request for a Little More Genre Chaos

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In Praise of Things Being Just Plain Good

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Coming to Terms With Climate Fiction

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The Road Goes Ever On: When Fantasy Sends You on Your Own Journeys

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When It’s Time To Change Your Reading Habits

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A Modest Request for a Little More Genre Chaos

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In Praise of Things Being Just Plain Good

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Coming to Terms With Climate Fiction

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Photo of a leather bound travel journal and a square book of maps

The Road Goes Ever On: When Fantasy Sends You on Your Own Journeys

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When It’s Time To Change Your Reading Habits

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What Happens After the World Gets Saved?

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The Joy of Reading Books You Don’t Entirely Understand

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In Search of Big Feelings

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To Write or Not to Write (In Your Books)

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Can a Book Really Be For Everyone?

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On Letting Go of the Idea of “Keeping Up”

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Bookish Death Cleaning: On What We Keep, and What It Means

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Coming to Terms With “Cozy” Fiction

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Why Are We Talking About Books Like This?

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Every Book in the Right Time

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Mark Each Year in Books: Thoughts on Reading Traditions

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Rethinking the End of Year Book List

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What Do You Want to Know About a Book Before You Read It?

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The Books That Keep Us Company for Decades

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To All the Books I’m Not Reading… Yet

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“You want stories?" Thom Merrilin declaimed. "I have stories, and I will give them to you. I will make them come alive before your eyes.”

Robert Jordan, The Eye Of The World

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