Long before the era of billionaire space races, Kim Stanley Robinson took us to Mars in this daring sci-fi trilogy. These two ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best fiction books since the festival was inaugurated.

One for readers with stamina, the full Wheel of Time saga unfolds across a whopping 15 novels (including one prequel), with the latter three being co-written by Mistborn creator Brandon Sanderson ...