From witch stories to near-future noir, here are the year’s 10 best speculative books. By Amal El-Mohtar Vajra Chandrasekera’s THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (Tordotcom, 356 pp., $27.99) is the best book I ...

A policeman, a witch king and a corrupted AI walk into a bar . . . OK, not really. But they do promise a month of fun reading. Regular readers of sci-fi know Martha Wells from her Murderbot Diaries ...

We’re lucky to be alive during a time when science fiction and fantasy authors are publishing bold, provocative stories that expand our ideas of how to talk about the future and the nature of power.