From a fresh take on Stephen King’s The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned world, August has a ...

Imagine, if you will, that for unknown reasons North Korea has just launched a nuclear bomb at the United States. What happens next?

Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment is focused on science fiction novels that envisioned certain ideas and ...

“When you’re fifteen, your body and mind are still tied to nature,” says Nick, the teenage narrator of Michael Clune’s “Pan.” “The seasons start inside you. God fashions the new ...

The extra-long sunny days and relaxed pace of summer make this season an ideal time to delve into richer, more immersive novels. Enter historical fiction books. This expansive genre—which is ...

The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, July 20, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.

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This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. Your story “The ...

Some social media sources claim that a new C8 Corvette manual transmission is on the way. Nevertheless, GM Authority is here to separate fact from fiction.

Its stock has already been on a roll, thanks to the resurgence of the nuclear segment.

Nuclear weapons, however, have never completely deterred war between nuclear powers. The political scientist Robert Powell’s game theory model of conventional war and nuclear escalation, for example, ...