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The Curator: the pleasures of buddy reading
an informal read along, plus planning a summer reading list, best books of the century, and the Pulitzer no one saw coming.
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: why I only buy books for their looks
my book-buying strategy, what I bought recently, and the "does anyone buy books" Substack war.
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: what do retellings owe us
what the best books do, Percival Everett's James, a comfort rewatch, and thinking about summer reads
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: what makes a cult classic
how to spot one in the wild, my favorite cult films & books, and everything I'm using my eyeballs to consume.
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: everything I've read this year ranked
plus meeting your heroes, thoughts on James, and your vote for which unfinished book I should read next
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: books that love being books
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The Curator: nine backlist novels on my TBR - ladies-only edition
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The Curator: a fantasy novel masterpiece
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The Curator: what makes a cult classic
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The Curator

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The Curator: the pleasures of buddy reading
an informal read along, plus planning a summer reading list, best books of the century, and the Pulitzer no one saw coming.
 • 
Natalie McGlocklin
18
The Curator: why I only buy books for their looks
my book-buying strategy, what I bought recently, and the "does anyone buy books" Substack war.
 • 
Natalie McGlocklin
19
The Curator: what do retellings owe us
what the best books do, Percival Everett's James, a comfort rewatch, and thinking about summer reads
 • 
Natalie McGlocklin
22
The Curator: what makes a cult classic
how to spot one in the wild, my favorite cult films & books, and everything I'm using my eyeballs to consume.
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Natalie McGlocklin
13
The Curator: everything I've read this year ranked
plus meeting your heroes, thoughts on James, and your vote for which unfinished book I should read next
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: books I recommend to friends instead of panicking
book recs as proof I actually read, the grand finale of a masterful writing career, staring directly at the sun, and my newfound love for John Cena
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The Curator: R.L. Stine is a gateway drug
growing up on Fear Street and horror as a new kind of girlhood, plus some new books and new adaptations
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Natalie McGlocklin
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The Curator: the Great American novels redux
what I would add to the list and what it means to be a true American
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Stephen King's The Stand
or Stephen King Rules
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Natalie McGlocklin
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Finding a new favorite author in Mariana Enriquez and why family will be the death of us in any language.
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Natalie McGlocklin
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Time is an infinite loop vortex.
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Natalie McGlocklin
Donna Tartt's The Secret History
and how I’ve spent my entire life trying to find anything else like it
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Natalie McGlocklin
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