"Dungeon Crawler Carl" author Matt Dinniman is coming to a library near you. Dinniman, the Washington-born author of the best ...

Most science fiction, even the really dark stuff, lets humanity keep a little bit of its dignity. The planet might blow up. The robots might turn on us. But somewhere in there, we're still us. Still ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

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Book publishing has few safeguards in place to prevent the unwitting publication of a novel heavily generated by artificial intelligence. By Alexandra Alter For months, speculation has been building ...

The authors of The Book of Records and Dusk join Keshava Guha, Susanna Kwan, Maria Reva and Helen Phillips on the shortlist for the £10,000 prize Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott are among the ...

April 2026 is a massive month for book lovers, featuring highly anticipated releases from literary giants like N.K. Jemisin, ...

Renèe is an Indie nonfiction reviewer for Kirkus and president of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management. Previously, she spent five years with the CW Network as a book scout and story analyst ...

A paradox of modern life: We’ve never had more to read – or more science about how good the act of reading is for us – yet many of us struggle to actually pick up – and finish – a book. For some, it’s ...