The best-selling author Fonda Lee recommends fantasy and science fiction novels with older, wiser, absolutely epic heroes.

Editor's note, 3/24 — This article has been updated with even more books, because let's be real, there is always more room on the TBR pile. One can never have too many fantasy and sci-fi books to read ...

Science fiction and fantasy stories, by nature, reweave the fabric of reality in dazzling, sometimes jarring ways. Writers of fantastical tales often talk about “worldbuilding,” which can mean ...

In a year when Marvel sputtered, the newly formed DC Universe rose to the occasion with Superman, offering an earnest and optimistic response to superhero fatigue. Meanwhile, James Cameron brought us ...

We’re lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power.

At the tail end of 2025, Brandon Sanderson left his massive Cosmere fantasy universe behind for his new short story collection Tailored Realities. But more surprisingly, the book largely leaves the ...

“When I moved to Austin in 1998,” says Christopher Brown, who presents his dystopian debut novel, Tropic of Kansas, at BookPeople this Friday, “it was partly because I could tell that there was a rich ...

Stephen King’s 1978 novel “The Stand” was a seminal work of apocalyptic horror, republished in 1990 with 400 added pages that had been cut earlier. “The End of the World as We Know It” (Gallery, 800 ...

Jeremy has more than 2500 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

As someone who writes fiction for young adults and tweens, I am often asked to recommend books for young readers. My answer is always the Big Three: “The Trumpet of the Swan” (1970) by E.B. White, ...