12 Books to Read if You Loved Gone Girl
So, you read Gone Girl in one white-knuckled sitting. Then, in no time flat, you tore through our previous suggested…
Jeffrey Somers
Ranking the Major Villains of the Star Wars Universe
If there’s a defining element to the Star Wars universe beyond the existence of the Force, it’s the ubiquity and showmanship…
6 Essential Philip K. Dick Novels
Had he lived an easier life, Philip K. Dick might have lived to see today—what would’ve been his 91st birthday.…
7 of the Scariest Science Fiction Horror Novels Ever Written
Space is terrifying. Outside the protective layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, you find yourself in an environment which has made…
Finding Your Pace: National Novel Writing Month Executive Director Grant Faulkner on How to Make Writing a Priority
It’s that time of year again—no, not Thanksgiving planning prep, it’s National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo). Every…
Bookseller Favorites: Breathless Thrillers Arriving in November
The end of the year can be tiring, but a good thriller can get your blood pumping again. The Barnes…
Our Booksellers’ Favorite History & Current Events Books of the Season
As 2019 winds down, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the past—both the events of a momentous year and…
Swipe Right on 21st Century Terror: Jason Arnopp’s Ghoster
When humanity looks back on our present day and is tempted to give it a nifty descriptor a’la “the Gilded…
Brent Weeks Talks The Burning White, Representation in Fantasy, and What’s Next
This week, Brent Weeks delivered The Burning White, the final book in his brilliant Lightbringer series. The series already feels like…
Stephen King’s Scariest Stories, Ranked
Stephen King has evolved into one of literature’s most complex cases: once more or less the only horror writer everyone…
6 “Lost” Sci-Fi & Fantasy First Novels Published Posthumously
First novels—as in, the first manuscript a writer actually completes, not necessarily their first published work—are always fascinating. Often they are……
11 Books to Help You Make Sense of the Impeachment Process
If you imagine discussion of current events as one of those text clouds in which the size of the word…
The Secret Science Fiction & Fantasy on Oprah’s Book Club List
The cultural impact of Oprah’s Book Club can’t really be overstated; if you think it’s just a segment on an…
7 Author Pseudonyms That Were Cracked—and 6 That Haven’t Been (Yet)
Author have chosen to publish novels under a pseudonym for many reasons—a chance to work in a different genre without…
10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels Based on RPG Campaigns
For a long time, role-playing games (RPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons were as much a punchline as an outlet for the…
9 Novels that Prove Time Travel Would Solve All Our Problems
Whereas I’d wager that if we all had access to our own personal time machines, we’d mostly use them to…
18 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels That Get Serious About Economics
Speculative fiction often employs a deliberate vagueness when it comes to the economics of fictional universes. In fantasy novels, gold…
15 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books That Take You on a World Tour
It’s nothing new to point out how much epic fantasy is based on a pretty narrow swath of human culture.…