The pantheon of superpowered heroes in pop culture continues to grow as the world consumes hundreds of thousands of stories across all media forms. Comic books, video games and manga have introduced ...

This past summer saw an interesting micro-trend of a half-dozen books set in the surreal realm of reality television—mostly the cutthroat haze of dating shows like The Bachelor, but also some more ...

You don’t have to be real to be rich, and in today’s tumultuous economy, living in fantasy is a lot less likely to lead to disappointment. For You: I’m a Self-Made Millionaire: 6 Steps I Took To ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

As 2025 draws to an end, it’s time to look back on all the fictional things—especially TV shows and standout characters in movies, series, and games—who won’t be moving with us into the new year. It’s ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

For those unfamiliar with the term, a “book boyfriend” is essentially a fictional male character from a book—often in the romance genre—who the reader develops a crush on. Having crushes on fictional ...

The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America found ...