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The 21 Best Science-Fiction Books to Read in 2025, From Genre Classics to New Bestsellers

We rounded up the best of the genre, from classics by George Orwell and Octavia E. Butler to recent bestsellers.

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Climate Fiction So Earth-Shattering You’ll Never Forget to Recycle Again

These dystopian books imagine a future where the worst has already happened.

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7 Famous Black Figures That Are Long Overdue For Their Own Biopic

How on earth have these biopics not been made yet?

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First Thing: TikTok CEO questioned on China concerns at landmark hearing

Shou Zi Chew attempts to play down concerns over data and privacy as lawmakers call for ban on Chinese-owned app. Plus, majority of trans adults are happier after transitioning

The Guardian - UK

‘These are my stomping grounds’: the first Black-owned bookstore opens in Octavia Butler’s home town

Octavia’s Bookshelf promotes Black writers, culture and business in Pasadena, where the famed novelist lived and worked

The Guardian - US

TV trend: "Birth is a dangerous miracle"

TV creatives discuss why they've depicted the harsher aspects of pregnancy and birth – for better or for worse

Salon

The long road to adapting Octavia Butler

The first Black woman to win the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler loved a genre that took its time loving her back

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Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV

The acclaimed author’s book, about a woman traveling back in time to a slave plantation, is transformed into an overlong yet well-acted series

The Guardian - US

10 must-read paperbacks this November

Paperback Picks is back — now a once-a-month compilation. Here are 10 great books just out in paperback; some of which I've read and enjoyed, and some I can't wait to get to. Happy fall reading!

Tribune News Service

Three essential tales of black vampirism

Long before "Interview With the Vampire," there's been a tradition of black vampires that goes back centuries

Salon

Three essential tales of black vampirism

Anne Rice’s phenomenally popular 1976 tale of bloodlust and bloodshed, Interview with a Vampire, transferred to the small screen recently – but with some significant deviations that include shifting the principal character’s story to the narrative of a black man.

The Conversation

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

In 2021, Alyssa Collins was awarded a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.

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