The Guide is a glorious getaway in every sense—a wild wilderness trip as well as a suspenseful journey to solve a chilling mystery.
Natasha Pulley balances the topsy-turvy nature of time travel by grounding her story in naval history and a gradually unfolding queer love story.
This contemporary fairy tale’s grandeur and psychedelic wonderment undergird a serious warning, urging readers to find a way toward a saner future.
Constance Sayers’ second novel is just as much about the secrets we keep in the name of family as it is about the spells we cast in the name of love.
Helen Oyeyemi’s latest is like the work of a hypnotist: Those open to its allure will inevitably fall under its thrall.
Kazuo Ishiguro continues his genre-twisting ways with a novel that explores whether science could—or should—manipulate the future.
Betina González’s English-language debut is a wild romp of aggressive deer, abandoned children and a cultish back-to-nature group of adults.
In his 12th novel, Jonathan Lethem returns to speculative fiction to tell a provocative tale of an isolated Maine peninsula after an apocalypse.
Magic and history abound in this suspenseful saga, which boasts an impressively rich and notably inclusive cast of secondary characters.
Or What You Will begs to be devoured slowly, in courses that may be individually savored and committed to memory.
Readers who enjoy meaty speculative fiction will find much to chew on in this novel that poses extremely timely questions about faith, and authority.
In the thought experiment of Samanta Schweblin’s novel, motorized, furry pets—anonymous webcams on wheels—have an unusual effect on society.
Megan Angelo’s debut is probably one of the funniest and most hopeful dystopian stories you’ll come across this year.
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