The Best Books of the Decade
The Walrus asked contributors and staff to pick their favourite titles of the past ten years
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What Anne of Green Gables Taught Me about Grief
When my father was sick and I was left to navigate a new relationship with my mother, I turned to one red-headed rebel
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I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant
The one thing that criminals and philosophers share is a sense of being an outsider
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The Case Against Reading Everything
Writing instructors preach exposure to different voices and styles. They are wrong
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Audiobook Anxiety and What Constitutes ‘Real’ Reading
Romanticizing the printed word ignores all of the other benefits storytelling can offer
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The Side Effects of Reading Poetry
Consuming poems can come with unforeseen consequences
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Bush Politics
Power struggles as family affairs
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Choose Your Own Ending
Why there are so many books about death and dying
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