British Library celebrates the surging popularity of fantasy fiction
Authors’ sketches, early editions and movie props all feature in a new exhibition exploring the long history of the genre
July 2022
Top 10s
Top 10 21st-century fantasy novels
In recent decades, the best world-building fiction has begun to shed its roots in European mythology in favour of new ways to challenge the limits of the real
October 2020
Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and Roxane Gay champion trans rights in open letter
NK Jemisin leads 2020 round of MacArthur 'genius grants'
May 2020
Book of the day
The City We Became by NK Jemisin review – a fizzing New York fantasy
NK Jemisin: 'It’s easier to get a book set in black Africa published if you're white'
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best books of the 21st century
Dazzling debut novels, searing polemics, the history of humanity and trailblazing memoirs ... Read our pick of the best books since 2000
July 2019
From Black Panther to Tade Thompson: why Afrofuturism is taking over sci-fi
Thompson’s Arthur C Clarke winning novel Rosewater, NK Jemisin, Nnedi Okorafor ... the most exciting sci-fi is coming from writers of colour
May 2019
After Game of Thrones, what's the next must-see fantasy epic?
The TV version of George RR Martin’s series has given many their first taste of the genre. Which books deserve the next big-budget take to sustain the spell?
December 2018
Science fiction roundup
The best recent science fiction and fantasy – review roundup
The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley; Splintered Suns by Michael Cobley; How Long ’til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin; North by Frank Owen and The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
August 2018
The Guardian view on science fiction: The Broken Earth deserves its Hugo
Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again
August 2017
Hugo awards 2017: NK Jemisin wins best novel for second year in a row
The Obelisk is headline winner in a year marked by diminished presence of conservative Sad Puppy lobby and strong showing from women
August 2016
Hugo awards see off rightwing protests to celebrate diverse authors
Another attempt by the Sad and Rabid Puppies groups to hijack the science fiction award goes to the dogs, as authors and titles not in their campaign take top prizes
November 2015
Margaret Atwood: 'In Tolkien, there are hardly any women at all'
Speaking at Book Riot Live with fantasy author NK Jemisin, Atwood discussed the lack of diversity in fictions and the challenges of writing about ‘now’.
July 2015
NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the 'racist and sexist status quo'
Jemisin’s celebrated fantasy novels are about multicultural, complex worlds that stand out in a field that has been traditionally dominated by white men
