Four of the best new sci-fi novels chart a darker journey across America, including a Marvel reboot, a crime caper that fuses magic and linguistics, plus a philosophical view of a looming apocalypse
James Lovegrove selects his must-read titles
From a tale set in an alternate 1920s Russia, to a nice riff on Conan Doyle’s ‘The Lost World’, plus new novels on lost relatives…
Short story writers tackle the world of Stephen King’s 1978 doorstopper while two King-related novels weigh the value of human…
Including Saïd Khatibi’s vivid Arab noir, Elizabeth Heider’s tale of secrets and lies in Naples and a first outing for Maya…
In a world of instability, war, famine and ecological catastrophe, we need funny fiction more than ever
From witchcraft to sociopaths and confused kids — plus the latest from Danny Ryan and Nicci French
