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    Just Trust Me: In Praise Of Strange Books

    Author Victoria Schwab says she loves the books that can't be categorized, that fall between library-shelf categories, and that spark passionate debate among readers who either love them or hate them.
    by Victoria Schwab Dec 23, 2017 3 minutes
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    As a fantasy author, most people assume that fantasy is what I prefer tor read. And sometimes it is ... but if you ask me about my favorite kind of books, I'm as likely to reply "magical assassins suffering existential crises" or "toxic relationships among time-travelers" as I am "science fiction and fantasy."

    And when I ask for book recommendations, the conditions I give rarely fall along the neat divides of genre. "Give me something dark," I'll say instead. "The kind of

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