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Jeanette Winterson was one of the first British writers to tackle the implications of technology – and she’s still at the ...
Spend enough time among fans of dystopian sci-fi, and you’ll hear “Red Rising” enter the conversation.  Penned by ...
If you loved the "Dune" movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, try reading the books next. There's plenty of "Dune" ...
Amazon's epic free catalog is a treasure trove of amazing reads for book lovers. Here are our picks for the best Kindle ...
To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...
It still feels a little paranoid to say it out loud: that the United States might be drifting toward something that looks a ...
From factory work to fast-food kitchens, Claire Baglin’s On the Clock throws whimsy out, and lays bare the raw pain of working-class life ...
By Renee Scheidt The older we grow, the more aware we are that death is a part of life. Watching this unwelcome intruder steal loved ones forces us to face life’s most critical questions. When a ...
The most interesting thing about this series (which includes 2023’s Red Team Blues and 2024’s The Bezzle) isn’t Doctorow’s ...
Octavia E. Butler transformed sci-fi with visionary stories on race and identity, yet mainstream fame eluded her. Her legacy ...
Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club ...
Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had ...