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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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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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What Happens After the World Gets Saved?

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There’s No Wrong Way to Read a Book

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Playing Favorites With Favorites, or, What We Talk About When We Talk About Our Favorite Books

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Maybe You Can Have Too Many Books in Your TBR Pile

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Reading With the Voice(s) in Our Heads

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Comfort Me With Sadness: Grief, Hope, and a Different Kind of Comfort Read

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Decisions Are Hard: Picking What to Read Next

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The Only Way Out Is Through: On Reading Slumps

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This One’s Too Large, This One’s Too Small: Is There a Perfect Shape for Books?

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The Maybe-Impossible Ideal Window of Reading Opportunity

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It’s Time to Put Down the Beach Read and Pick Up a Crunchy Autumnal Book

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The Libraries of Who We Are

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What to Read When You Are Worn Out on World-Saving

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Out of the Woods: In Search of More Ominous Landscapes

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Lee Pace Reads Science Fiction, So Obviously His Characters Do Too

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You Really Don’t Have to Finish Every Book You Start

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What Makes a Long Book Feel Too Long?

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To Finish Reading The Expanse Books or Watching The Expanse TV Series First, and Related Adaptation Dilemmas

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A Year in Books Not Yet Read

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It’s the Best Season for Reading. So Why Don’t I Pick Up a Book?

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Rereading Is Time Travel

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“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

William Gibson, Neuromancer

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