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2026 British Fantasy Awards Winners
The British Fantasy Society (BFS) has announced the winners of the 2026 British Fantasy Awards: Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award) WINNER: Upon a…
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Classic Mexican Books
Become more acquainted with the Mexican literary canon—and Mexican history and culture—with these classic Mexican books.
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5 New Novels This Fall That Prove Historical Romance Isn’t Dead
I fully reject the notion that historical romance is dead!
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5 Campus Mystery Novels
From creepy high school boarding schools to magical institutions of higher learning, these campus mystery novels are a must-read this season.
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Three Body Positive Picture Books To Celebrate The Skin You’re In
These three body positive picture books will help children celebrate the bodies they have and appreciate the diversity of bodies in the world.
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8 Genre Books in Translation, from Korean Fantasy to Icelandic Horror
It's not just literary fiction! Here are eight excellent genre books in translation, including romance, sci-fi, thrillers, and horror.
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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile.
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5 Books for Younger Fans of Edgar Allan Poe
I have an Edgar Allan Poe-themed backpack that I bought at a bookstore and whenever I am wearing it, folks stop me to talk about Poe. Young, old, adult or…
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Emily Heil on the History of Belittling, Erasing, and Stealing Women’s Writing
As someone who mostly reads novels by female authors (a group Nathaniel Hawthorne once dismissed as “that damned mob of scribbling women”), and now as a…
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5 New Picture Books By Indigenous Authors for Indigenous Peoples Day
Traci Sorell, author of Indigenous from A to Z, recommends five recent picture books by Indigenous authors for Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Tom Gauld on 625 new cosy crime novels for autumn – cartoon
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Did Trump get one thing right about Greenland?
Threatening an ally is a terrible idea, but there’s no denying the Arctic’s increasing strategic importance One of Donald Trump’s more diabolical talents is…
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‘The crime fiction I’m interested in is political’: Ian Rankin on his new novel about the super-rich
The bestselling writer talks about leaving Edinburgh for London in his latest mystery, and what the future holds for Rebus Sir Ian Rankin rarely watches…
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Dragon Con 2026
Dragon Con was held at multiple hotels and AmericasMart in downtown Atlanta GA from September 3-7, 2026.
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‘People forgot I existed’: Audrey Niffenegger on taking 14 years to write a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife
Her debut made her a global star. Now she has finally written a follow-up – and this time, it’s political.
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Review: Incarnate by Alma Katsu
Incarnate by Alma Katsu G.P. Putnam’s (Sept. 2026) Reviewed by Dave Simms AI – there’s no bigger concept in publishing right now, and the evils of it keep…
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‘Sometimes she publishes notes she’s scribbled on her hand’: Édouard Louis on 10 reasons to love Anne Carson
The French author discovered Carson on a bus while stranded in a snowstorm and has been enthralled by her fearless imagination ever since Where to start with…
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: There’s Always Time for More Hobbits
Plus: Josh Hartnett vs. the Ocean
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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle; As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers; The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio; Our Cut of Salt by Deena Helm…
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Tom Ryan on Nostalgia, Audiences, and Writing Coming-of-Age Crime Capers
If books have all the makings of a treasure (and of course they do!), the prospect of a new story from Tom Ryan is as good as X marks the spot….
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The Best True Crime of the Month: October 2026
5 new works of true crime history and reportage out this month, as selected by the CrimeReads editors. * Matt Kessler, The Wiregrass: A Tale of Murder and…
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Amy Bloom on the Imperfect Protagonist and the Wabi-Sabi of Us All
Is there any other kind? Depending on how you like your protagonist and your humans, there are faults enough for every reader.
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5 Revenge and Eat-the-Rich Thrillers About the 1 Percent
You’ll often find me in my pajamas, a mug of lukewarm coffee in one hand and a book about Dom Perignon and Dior in the other.
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Rosie Sycamore on Horror, Female Rage, and Feminist Critiques of Animal Exploitation
Horror is huge right now. We’re seeing it in the furious surge of female rage in books, and we’re seeing it on the screen, too, such as Curry Barker’s…
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AK Blakemore: ‘The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt was extremely silly and bad’
The poet and author on F Scott Fitzgerald’s perfect novel, losing faith in Ernest Hemingway – and the recent debut that blew her away My earliest…
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Read an Excerpt From It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller
The only people who know are the people who have gone.
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Do You Need to Be Surprised?
What is the value of surprise in a story?
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2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Winners
The winners of the2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awardshave been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ).
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Read an Excerpt From Mortal Things by Marie Lu
Rose Lin Fairchild didn’t believe in gods, but one chose her anyway.
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2025 Australasian Shadows Awards
The winners of the 2025 Australasian Shadows Awards have been announced.
Headlines from The Guardian, Locus, Reactor, Book Riot, CrimeReads and Cemetery Dance.