I’ve been studying on N2 textbooks for a while now, dedicating myself mostly to grammar and 読解. What I found is that the passages that are included in my 読解 textbooks don’t contain as much N2 grammar as I would like. I feel like I don’t get much exposure to some more formal and generally rarer forms, such as
• に伴って (自由には、それに伴う責任がある)
• を問わず (学歴、経験は問わず、やる気のある社員を募集します)
• まい (彼は何も言うまいと思ってるらしい)
• \~さえ\~ば (道が込みさえしなければ、駅までタクシーで10分ぐらいだ)
• \~も\~ば\~も (父はお酒も飲めばタバコも吸うので、健康が心配だ)
• に沿って (決まった方針に沿って、新しい計画を立てましょう)
• にもとより (私が生まれた村は、電車はもとより、バスも通っていない)
• をめぐって (その法案の賛否をめぐって、活発な議論が交わされた)
• ばかりか in place of ばかりでなく
These are just a few examples. Again, I’m not saying that my 読解 textbooks never ever contain any of these constructions, yet at the same time, I feel like I don’t see them enough, so I’m afraid I could potentially forget about them. Can you recommend to me some extra resources? I think newspapers are filled with these expressions, but whenever I read one I feel overwhelmed (so much ink!). What should I read? The 恐ろしい newspapers? Thank you \^\^
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I think most n2 grammar is common in novels
I’m not sure about how often the grammar you ask about is used in these texts, but I’d like to recommend you two free reading ressources for your level:
* [YomuJP (Tadoku Dōjō](https://yomujp.com/n2)): blog-like articles on various non-fiction subjects written especially for learners. I liked their series on [Japanese linguistics](https://yomujp.com/tag/%e8%be%9e%e5%85%b8%e7%b7%a8%e9%9b%86%e8%80%85%e3%81%98%e3%81%a6%e3%82%93%e3%81%b8%e3%82%93%e3%81%97%e3%82%85%e3%81%86%e3%81%97%e3%82%83%e3%81%8b%e3%82%89%e8%a6%8b%e3%81%bf%e3%81%9f%e6%97%a5/) and their series on [famous Japanese figures](https://yomujp.com/tag/the-great-japanese/).
* [Tongari Books](https://tongari-books.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html): Short stories for intermediate-to-advanced Japanese learners. Furigana on all kanji, but still complex themes. I liked this [detective story](https://tongari-books.blogspot.com/2020/12/blog-post.html), this [ghost story](https://tongari-books.blogspot.com/2021/02/311.html) and this [short-story](https://tongari-books.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post.html).