From big-name authors Colson Whitehead, George Saunders and Maggie O'Farrell to debuts and non-fiction, these are the titles ...

All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.

Fan fiction — the creation of unsanctioned, unofficially published, new works usually based on popular novels or films — was intentionally never mainstream. There are the legal issues — copyright laws ...

Literature has a unique way of drawing readers into an imaginary world, making them feel, think, and experience the lives of characters like they’re their own. Fiction transports readers across time, ...

Belligerent Sexual Tension. Alternate Universe. Kink Negotiation. Omegaverse. When people search for fan fiction on site Archive of Our Own — known among its legions of fans as AO3 — there’s a ...

Brandon Sanderson spoke with several authors to discuss the overused science fiction tropes they want to get rid of.

In A.E. Osworth’s Awakened (Grand Central, Apr.), which PW’s review called “a story of trans magic, empowerment, and joy,” a coven of trans witches square off against a malevolent AI entity. Osworth, ...

Biblical fiction—novels that bring Bible characters to life and help readers reimagine Scripture—is surging in popularity, according to publishers and indie authors. In 2021, Bethany House, a division ...

George R.R. Martin recently made the news because he co-wrote a scientific paper. While it’s rare for someone from the arts to get their name on a research paper, it’s not unheard of. Several familiar ...