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Shelved By Genre

by Ranged Touch

Discussing genre literature.

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The Silmarillion – Part 5

We finished The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus epis

Nov 6
2 h 36 min

The Silmarillion – Part 4

We read chapters chapters 18 – 23 (XVIII – XXIII) of the Quenta Silmarillion in The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading through to the end of The Silmarillion. You can

Oct 23
3 h 29 min

The Silmarillion – Part 3

We read chapters chapters 11 – 17 (XI – XVII) of the Quenta Silmarillion in The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading chapter 18 – 23 (XVIII – XXIII) from The Silmarillio

Oct 9
2 h 34 min

The Silmarillion – Part 2

We read chapters 1 – 10 ( I – X) of the Quenta Silmarillion The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading chapters 11 – 17 (XI – XVII) from The Silmarillion. You can go to pa

Sep 25
2 h 35 min

The Silmarillion – Part 1

We read the Ainulendale and Valaquenta from The Silmarillion. Next time we’re reading chapters 1 – 10 ( I – X) of the Quenta Silmarillion from The Silmarillion. You can g

Sep 11
3 h 20 min

The Lord of the Rings Appendices

We read all of the Appendices. Next time we’re reading Ainulendale and Valaquenta from The Silmarillion. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and acc

Aug 28
3 h 01 min

The Return of the King – Part 4

We finish The Return of the King. Next time we’re reading the appendices to The Lord of the Rings. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access th

Aug 14
3 h 06 min

The Return of the King – Part 3

We read BOOK SIX I – IV. Next time we’re finishing The Return of the King (but not the appendices). You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access t

Jul 31
3 h 17 min

The Return of the King – Part 2

We read BOOK FIVE VI – X. Next time we’re reading BOOK SIX I – IV of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonu

Jul 17
3 h 28 min

The Return of the King – Part 1

We read BOOK FIVE I – V. Next time we’re reading BOOK FIVE VI – X of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonu

Jul 3
3 h 17 min

The Two Towers – Part 4

We read BOOK FOUR V – X. Next time we’re reading BOOK FIVE I – V of The Return of the King. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus

Jun 19
4 h 06 min

The Two Towers – Part 3

We read BOOK THREE X, XI; BOOK FOUR I, II, III, IV. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka BOOK FOUR V – X You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show a

Jun 5
1 h 59 min

The Two Towers – Part 2

We read BOOK THREE V – IX. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka BOOK THREE X, XI; BOOK FOUR I, II, III, IV You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show

May 22
2 h 40 min

The Two Towers – Part 1

We read BOOK THREE I – IV. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka Book Three chapters V – IX. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the

May 8
2 h 59 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 5

We read BOOK TWO VIII – X. Next episode we’ll read The Two Towers aka Book Three chapters I – IV. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the

Apr 24
2 h 06 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 4

We read BOOK TWO III – VII. Next episode we’ll read BOOK TWO VIII – X of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access

Apr 10
3 h 18 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 3

We read BOOK ONE XI, XII; BOOK TWO I, II. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK TWO III – VII of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to patreon.co

Mar 27
3 h 15 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 2

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE V – X of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE XI,

Mar 13
3 h 15 min

The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 1

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE I – IV of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE V –

Feb 27
3 h 52 min

The Hobbit – Part 4

We finish JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read Notes, Foreword, Prologue, BOOK ONE I – IV of The Fellowship of the Ring. You ca

Feb 13
2 h 38 min

Chart trend

Position in the Books chart (US), last 90 days.

#18
all-time peak
107
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Shelved By Genre ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 13, 2026).

#113 ▼ 6 Arts US
#40 — Books US

What listeners say

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They made the first half of the Silmarillion entertaining. Hilarious, insightful, well edited, this is the good stuff right here. Thank you Austin, Cameron and Michael!

nameunlisted · Sep 2026

Shelved by Genre is of my favorite shows. The hosts are as funny as they are insightful, and I've been introduced to a variety of incredible stories that I likely wouldn't have come across on my own. An easy 5⭐️. NOW THAT THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY: Cameron, I have never smashed the pause button to go write a comment so fast in my life. I need you to look up the 1981 BBC audio drama recording of "In Western Lands Beneath the Sun", and then come back here & formally apologize to my best boy Sam for slandering his songwriting abilities. (I don't wanna put the YT account on blast, since filing takedowns is the Tolkien estate's favorite hobby, but you're looking for the "unofficial" account w/ the LotR logo. Trust me, it's better than the CD version.) ...But yeah other than that, 10 out of 10, no (additional) notes! 👍 😄

Relic Requiem · Aug 2026

My favorite podcast to play during long meanders around town, describing the shapes and intersections of holy geometry, as I expound at length to a put-upon acquaintance about the true peak of the inimitable Dragon Lord film series. “Dragonlord: Master of the End-Zone” may not have found critical success, but its fairly weak script is saved by Sir Derek Jacobi as Coach, in his final role. Also, I suppose there’s much to recommend if you enjoy talk of duppies and their uses, how the future will always have Catholics, or whether you can, in fact, “drift a horse.” SBG has up-ended my reading habits, brightened my days, and gotten me writing a mecha-cyberpunk novel of my own. Many thanks to Cameron, Michael, Austin, and Jordan for a fantastic listen.

HierarchyOfGoodBrain · Jun 2026

Amidst these stacks so straight and tall a shirtless torturer and witless monk roam. Where fantasy's dust coats sci-fi's hallowed halls in the Catholics' imagined future homes. With tomes lined end to end, Great wizards learn their craft! Where dragons burn and angels... um.. neigh? Mages of legend cling to love like a raft. How are you to find your way where corporate and corporeal horrors creep? Go technical or go crude - but beware, the faulty urges run deep. It's shelved by genre, friend, And more stories yet abound. For wit and depth, laughs and sighs, There's no better genre lit podcast around. *pops my eye out and dumps wine on my head while shouting TA-DA*

Oliveulots · May 2025

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