The best new sci-fi and fantasy books out January 2024 feature mythological retellings, space adventures, cyberpunk ghost stories, and more! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-02 11:30:00 UTC ]
There are historical fiction books out there for every reader. Find recommendations for fans of literary fiction, romance, fantasy, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-12-19 11:32:00 UTC ]
These books provide us with a deeper understanding of what Korea is beyond what we hear or see in popular culture. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-12-15 11:30:00 UTC ]
Of all the great premises™ boasted by this year’s slate of movies, the wonderful American Fiction has one of the very best. The film is about a veteran writer of literary fiction who, as a Black man, finds himself undesirable in the literary market for his lack of conforming to type. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-15 09:55:27 UTC ]
NoViolet Bulawayo among authors paying tribute to independent publishing house that shook up the country’s literary sceneWhen the Zimbabwean editor Irene Staunton and her husband Murray McCartney set up their publishing business in 1998, it seemed natural to call it Weaver Press. Their modest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-07 07:00:02 UTC ]
Should historical fiction stick to the views and opinions of the time, or provide a modern perspective? Here are the pros and cons. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-12-05 11:31:00 UTC ]
It’s been a roller coaster of a year. Thankfully, we’ve had novels to whisk us to days gone by, even if those eras had their own highs and lows. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-05 10:01:03 UTC ]
From witch stories to near-future noir, here are the year’s 10 best speculative books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-04 10:00:38 UTC ]
A secret, a disappearance, a frozen body and a mysterious stranger — these historical novels have something for everyone. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-01 10:53:25 UTC ]
New books by Vajra Chandrasekera, Avi Silver, Cadwell Turnbull, Michael Mammay and T. Kingfisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-01 10:32:14 UTC ]
Here are the sci-fi and fantasy titles getting the most recognition in best of the year lists and award shortlists! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-28 11:38:00 UTC ]
December's new SFF releases bring not one but three new additions to series we love, a brand new romantasy trilogy, and more! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-11-27 11:31:00 UTC ]
'Prophet Song,' Irish author Paul Lynch's fifth novel, is a study in contemporary literary intensity, winning the Booker Prize for Fiction. The post Ireland’s Paul Lynch Wins the 2023 Booker Prize for Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-26 22:00:45 UTC ]
Farah Ali’s debut novel The River, The Town is a haunting portrait of lives relegated to the margins by capitalism and its resulting byproduct: the inequitable distribution of resources. The world of the novel centers two places, the Town and the City, and the narrative focus, in typical... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-11-20 12:01:00 UTC ]
Ned Blackhawk received the nonfiction award, with “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-16 12:36:45 UTC ]
Jeanne DuPrau’s “Project F,” Patricia Forde’s “The Girl Who Fell to Earth” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “Alebrijes” answer the question, Could this be the beginning of the end? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-03 09:01:10 UTC ]
When she was in high school in the early 1950’s, Joanna Russ (1930–2011) read Mark Twain’s short story “A Medieval Romance,” about a duke without a male heir who brings his daughter up to fill the role, hiding her gender from all. Things get complicated when the duke’s niece falls in love with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-03 08:41:28 UTC ]
A new book argues that corporate publishing has transformed what it means to be an author. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2023-11-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
These must-read historical fiction books set in France span more than 800 years, from the reign of Eleanor of Aquitaine to post-WWII Paris. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-26 10:31:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 3.2% last week at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. The performance wasn’t a bad one—it was just unable to match the same period last year, when 'It Starts with Us' by Colleen Hoover sold more than 810,000 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]