#Science Fiction/Fantasy

Space! Dragons! Space dragons (that’s a thing)! Welcome to the sci-fi and fantasy corner of Book Riot, where we discuss the best fantasy book series (and best fantasy books that standalone–yes, those do exist), YA sci-fi, science fiction books for kids, cozy sci-fi (also a thing!), and more. Grab your sword and hop in the spaceship: let’s get reading.

What If Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels Had A Shark Week?

Shark Week is upon us, that magical time of year when the Discovery Channel honors everyone’s favorite natural killing machine. But ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in July

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

The 10 Most Talked About Books of 2013…So Far

A few weeks ago, we rounded up our favorite books of 2013 so far, but these aren’t necessarily the books ...

Poll: Which Is Going to Be the Best Movie: GONE GIRL, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, or WILD?

We’ve had big literary adaptation news over the last couple of weeks about three pretty awesome projects: Gone Girl, Slaughterhouse-Five, ...

A Song of Ice and Ire: Feminism and the World of GAME OF THRONES

Spoilers and trigger warnings ahead.  An Overview I’ve reached a point that many fans of A Song of Ice and Fire ...

16 Tips for Surviving in a Dystopian Society

Surviving in a dystopian society ain’t easy! Last week, in a giveaway sponsored by The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau, we asked ...

Fresh Ink: July 23, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan (Hogarth)  A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Anais Hendricks sits in the ...

Trailer for MADDADDAM by Margaret Atwood

The final installment in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy (which began with Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood) is ...

Turning Classic Novels into Video Games

Here's a collection of classic novels that would make awesome, counterintuitive video games, from Mrs. Dalloway to O! Pioneers.

Novels for the News—What to Read When Headlines are Ripped from Fiction

Pairing up potential news stories with classic novels.