We know novels have the power to take us to different places and time periods. And with biographical historical fiction books ...

Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “Babel” or 2023’s “Fourth Wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the ...

Making Books in the Middle Ages by Sara J Charles (Reaktion) This fascinating book explores the medieval process of ...

Historical fiction is having a moment, with the last few months seeing a number of new books telling stories ... the 20th century, we're all about looking back in time with our reads at the ...

From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer ...

he’s also known to explore science fiction, time-travel, fantasy and even Western genres. The best Stephen King books are sprinkled over various categories, but they all have two things in ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time ... all the recent books offering female-focused retellings of old legends and sagas, they’re among the very best.

Recent books by Minsoo Kang ... By Sam Thielman “The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before.

In the spring, Faber’s best prospects will be books by Eimear McBride ... once and for all, the incompatibility of good fiction, which is rich and complex, with “cancel culture”, which ...

A good historical novel has the power to transport us back to a different time and make it seem as real and immediate as our present moment. When it’s done well, a period piece shouldn’t feel ...