Magic thrived in 2025, but its success came with big questions about identity, crossovers, and what comes next.

(L-R) Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), ...

The music is going, the trees are up, and Taylor Calloway is busy teaching and decking the halls at Billingsley School. An Alabama state lawmaker has prefiled a bill that aims to take a closer look at ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

Fantasy settings often treat magic as a wondrous tool for adventure, but some worlds present it as a force of horror and corruption. These narratives feature magic that exacts a heavy toll on the user ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alexus Ables is a long way from home. The California girl grew up in Palmdale, but she always had dreams of going to college in the Deep South. “I have always been attracted ...

Narrowing down the best books of 2025 to a list of 15 inevitably means leaving out fine works, including Shadow Ticket, the first novel by Thomas Pynchon in 12 years, and We Do Not Part by Nobel Prize ...

The story unfolds in the tranquil village of Frune. The protagonist, a young girl named Lilia, begins her journey as a dressmaker, using the “sewing magic” she inherited from her grandmother. As she ...

Grapes are transformed into rich natural wine using techniques passed down for centuries. Built entirely by bare hand, the process reveals the beauty of living simply and creating with nature. More ...

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...