Hermits are supposed to be simple; that’s their appeal.

It would be interesting to know what a Chinese factory worker thinks about the themes brought up in Chen Qiufan’s science fiction.

This is a shortlist that considers climate through the lens of aesthetic rather than urgency.

Monroe expresses some important ideas that aromantic cultures respect.

This novel's crime isn’t a mystery in the traditional sense: Everyone knows what happened.

What does it cost to live in a world where tomorrow always brings joy? That question sits at the heart of Tomorrow Brings Joy: Elysium, the debut novel from brothers Mahyar A. Amouzegar and Mahbod Amouzegar. Published by University of New Orleans Press in 2026, the book is set more than two centuries after the Wars of Settlement. It presents a future that has solved scarcity, family, and most visible suffering. Humans are born in batches and raised in communal Farms by android caretakers and a handful of human teachers. They live in pods of six or seven until age twenty, when they enter adult life with personal apartments, unlimited synthesized goods, and a companion android tuned to their emotional needs.

Motherhood and witchcraft are certainly entwined in this work, but one is left to wonder: What does freedom mean or what makes a woman free?

This book demands careful reading.

Radiant Star is a comparative anthropologist’s playground.

It’s the lonely, The Midnight Shift stresses, that become the prey of the vampires.