(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.) This post is by way of a reply to Arthur Krystal’s “Easy Writers,” a thoroughly thought-provoking piece about the ...

Many of us live in a world of escapism. This fictional space is necessary in order to soothe the stress and toxicity of everyday life. When it comes to fiction writing, the stories are only limited by ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

One of the biggest success stories in U.S. publishing in recent years has been the continued growth of digital book publishing. Last year, total revenue for e-book sales in the United States reached ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." But even if you already know what type of books you like, it can be fun to expand your horizons and ...

While dozens of brilliant writers help expand the sci-fi genre every year, three specific authors helped define its rules.

Genre fiction by such authors as Colleen Hoover, N.K. Jemisin, and Rebecca Roanhorse remain extremely popular, and publishers have been increasing their output to meet the demand in recent years for ...

"May the force be with you." "Now, you're in the sunken place." Even if you haven’t read and watched the books, TV shows or movies those phrases come from, you’ve likely heard most of them. That, in ...

In a sign of just how popular teen fiction has become, Barnes & Noble is in the midst of rearranging its teen fiction section chain-wide this week in an effort to improve the shopping experience and ...

Genre merges 'Young Adult' with 'Erotic Fiction' and authors are cashing in. Feb. 21, 2013— -- If you could put lust in a bottle, it might look like a scene from "Twilight": Bella whispering, "I ...