The world of fantasy books has been dominated lately by romance-fantasy hybrids and cozy coming-of-age stories disguised as adult fiction. So Lev Grossman’s “The Bright Sword” stands out as ...

Lately, I’ve noticed a fascinating split in genre fiction. While there’s still no shortage of lighthearted space adventures, a lot of science fiction novels are exploring a scary post-climate ...

One of science fiction’s preeminent preoccupations, the settlement, and eventual terraforming, of Mars has been a part of the ...

Books that cut through the noise and sharpen your mind, offering real tools to reclaim your attention, clarity, and purpose ...

Adrian Tchaikovsky is the award-winning author of many books of science fiction and fantasy, including The Children of Time, ...

Amal El-Mohtar is a Hugo Award-winning writer and the co-author, with Max Gladstone, of “This Is How You Lose the Time War.” She is the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist.

Science fiction has always had a habit of creating content ahead of its time. Books, movies, and shows have long created ...

Bookshelf; The Best Books of 2022: Science Fiction and Fantasy Liz Braswell picks her top five from the year in speculative fiction.

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction. But this year did have a ...