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By Sarah Weinman Looking for some murder and mayhem (fictional, of course)? Here are the best crime novels of 2024 so far. In Francis Spufford’s new novel, “Cahokia Jazz,” a detective must ...

I’d bring to life the greatest fictional detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes. He could work with the police force and use his superb reasoning skills to solve mind-boggling crimes.

Only a portion of Ms. Han’s fiction is available in English, but what we have falls along a spectrum between allegory and extreme realism. On one pole is “The Vegetarian” (2007), about a ...

In this month’s sci-fi picks, what’s worse? Coming face-to-face with the apocalypse or with our older selves? By Elisabeth Vincentelli Rent or buy it on most major platforms. Ben Goodger’s ...

A former Michigan Supreme Court justice would like to see the end of so-called "fictional pleas" that allow defendants to plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit so they can be eligible for ...

Chants of Sennaar, the 2023 language puzzle game from Rundisc, uses fictional languages but was developed in French and English. “Our choices of vocabulary, riddles, and puzzles were made from ...

(Or a mix of both.) But for those who like to indulge in books that are grounded in real-world figures and history, the historical fiction genre is here with a positively sweeping array of ...

Boyle’s novel “Saint of the Narrows Street” captures the feel of a Brooklyn neighborhood and the characters whose lives are shaped by violence. Lucy Rose’s beautiful, terrifying novel ...

Ross and Rachel. Carrie and Big. Edward and Bella. Romeo and Juliet. The list of famous fictonal couples runs long—but not one of the aforementioned made our list of the most memorable couples ...

Embarking on your cosplay journey starts with choosing the right character, says Shweta Awasthi, a cosplayer and influencer, and lists how to go about it: ...