Fantasy Books Stories

A creative team including Nnedi Okorafor and Viola Davis will bring the sci-fi novel to life.

Mary Robinette Kowal, Martha Wells, and John Krasinski are among this year's nominees. 

Season 8 is coming — prepare yourself with these wise words from the denizens of Westeros.

Author Susan Price shares the trials, tribulations, and joys of writing her time travel novel The Sterkarm Handshake and its sequels. 

Spanning decades, these books show how feminism has always been relevant.

If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.

As these books like "Harry Potter" prove, magic exists in more places than you might think...

Read an excerpt from the short story below, part of the gripping fairy tale anthology Snow White, Blood Red.

Explore the home of the Iron Throne with this literary roadmap.

Celebrate the late Adams' birthday today with this thought-provoking lecture.

In this fascinating lecture, Black Leopard, Red Wolf author Marlon James talks J.R.R. Tolkien and the relationship between trauma and fantasy.  

Take a crash course in the page-to-screen history of George R.R. Martin's hit series.

Neil Gaiman's book Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy shines a light on lesser-known aspects of Adams' career—including his challenging first year in L.A.

Here are some of the most fascinating facts we learned about the late author from Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic.

Every Harry Potter book is magical – some more so than others.

The author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy had a few thoughts to share about our very own planet.

Get to know the woman who changed science fiction and fantasy.

Chloe hasn't been the same since her accident. And neither has the world...

The upcoming biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien promises to explore the rich past of one of the greatest fantasy writers ever.

Boy-heroes, Gothic suspense, and magical quests are all part of the Bellairs norm.