Illustration by Natalie Nelson for TIME; Source image ... Taken together, these books offer a reminder: even outsiders are never truly alone. Here, the best fiction books of 2024.

Cassandra Clare and Marlon James—TIME presents the most engaging, inventive and influential works of fantasy fiction, in chronological order beginning in the 9th century ...

From the best fiction books and best nonfiction books ... So how do you know when one belongs among the best books of all time? Well, we believe the best books open our minds to new characters ...

I especially love all the wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey chaos of time-travel fiction. Although there are plenty of silly and weird time-travel books, the whole subgenre can’t be painted with the ...

While the dystopian genre may have had a huge peak in the early 2010s, with dozens of additions to the dystopia canon, dystopian books have existed ... and dystopian fiction is whether the key ...

Our writers pick their favourite science fiction books of all time We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century ...

He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry. He is best known for his book ...

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. By Amal El-Mohtar Recent books by ... features all the author’s ...