Is fiction good for us? We spend huge chunks of our lives immersed in novels, films, TV shows, and other forms of fiction. Some see this as a positive thing, arguing that made-up stories cultivate our ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the ...

Last week, Larry Cohen published a highly-partisan, insulting, condescending letter to the editor criticizing Mercury columnist Jerry Shenk for his piece entitled, “The Seditious Six.” Mr. Shenk ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s Not a Cult by Joey Batey (Bloomsbury/Raven Books) In this impressive first offering from actor/musician ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Flashlight by Susan Choi (Jonathan Cape/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Choi’s Booker Prize-shortlisted generational ...

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. Credit...Jack Smyth Supported by By The New York Times Books Staff Each January, the ...

Crowds make their way through the Shibuya District in Tokyo, home to a key railway station and one of its busiest neighborhoods. Rudy Sulgan/Corbis Yuval Noah Harari has a few unconventional theories ...

Here's hoping Joe Keery gets to wear more shoes now that Stranger Things has finished. Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible' Taylor Swift cried offstage at her first ...

From a "richly atmospheric" novella to a "virtuosic" debut – this is the very best fiction of the year, as chosen by BBC journalists. This part-fictionalised historical novel from the bestselling ...

Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “ Must I Go ” and “ Book of Goose,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the story collection “ Wednesday’s Child,” which ...

Brian Schaefer’s debut novel is less interested in political parties than the shared dreams of Americans living in a small town.