A special magic is stirred up with the arrival of autumn, and it awakens a yearning for escapism. Book lovers often find that autumn is their favorite season because of this magic. The season may not ...

The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human. By Pierce Brown Pierce Brown is the number-one New York Times ...

Like many of you, no doubt, Ursula K. Le Guin is one of my favourite sci-fi writers. So I am really excited about a collection out this month that brings together the maps she would draw when starting ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. From heart-pounding to tear-jerking, the hottest new books are here Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she ...

Summer vacation — or just summer, period — is a great time to bring back the summer reading list challenges of your childhood. These must-read books for summer 2025 are perfect for new adults ...

Science fiction, as one character in Nnedi Okorafor’s metafictional Death of the Author puts it, is about “being different, seeing more, examining human nature, and imagining tomorrow.” And though the ...

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A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Books are displayed at the home of the celebrated late ...

Nothing says “summer’s here!” than reading near a body of water. And what qualifies as a beach read has evolved to include more than romances and thrillers. From histories on New York’s 1960s art ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...