Sci-fi and fantasy: Go with confidence into Grace Curtis’s cleverly conceived otherworld
Plus new works from Lex Croucher, Adam Simcox, James Islington and Benedict Anning
New crime fiction books, including Jasper Fforde’s funny triumph of human creativity
A 19th novel in the Jack Taylor series from the late, great Ken Bruen, plus compelling works from Carrie Lee South, Mick Herron and Jonathan Ames
Crime fiction: Asteroids, serial killers and a Hitchcock flight of fantasy
There is plenty of gore and retribution in new works by Joanna Wallace, K T Nguyen, Robert J Harris, Thao Thai and Akane Araki
Best crime fiction: A fascinating new detective and a poison pen letter to Los Angeles
Gripping new works by Dervla McTiernan, Jess Kidd, Chris Brookmyre, Michelle McDonagh and Jordan Harper
Latest sci-fi: Future lifeforms, ‘Indiana Jones’ in space and a woman’s reluctance to save mankind
New Novels from Portia Elan, Brandon Sanderson, Susan Ertz, Mahmud El Sayed and a collection edited by Ronald A Geobey
Crime fiction: Anne Cadwallader blends politics, violence, law and media in gripping debut
Plus new works by Rosemary Hennigan; Catriona Ward; Claire Coughlan; and James Wolff
In Glass Houses by Edel Coffey: Another pitting of the haves against the have-nots
The New York setting is ideal for exploring the amorality of those corrupted by power, although the distinction between rich and poor is a little too neat
New crime fiction: Gripping new work from Claire McGowan, Patricia Gibney and more
The Other Couple by Claire McGowan; Three Windows by Patricia Gibney; The Final Problem by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; Gone for Good by Sarah Crossan; and True Blue by Joe Thomas
Scifi/fantasy: Dave Rudden’s Sister Wake a politically charged epic that draws on Irish history
Plus Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R Weaver, The Killing Time by Elly Griffiths, and more
New crime fiction: Q stars in a genteel 007 spin-off; Jack Reacher returns
Reviewed: Quantum of Menace; Hello, Transcriber; The Token; The Fourth Door; and Exit Strategy
New crime fiction, including works by Marie Cassidy, Paul Bradley Carr and Chris Hadfield
The Confessions; The Dead Husband Cookbook; Final Orbit; Deadly Evidence; and The House on Buzzard’s Bay
The best new sci-fi/fantasy books: From impending AI apocalypse to rogue bots on Mars
New novels by Sally Magnusson, Ray Nayler, Tom O’Connell and Mason Coile
New crime fiction: cynical pitch-black comedy reinvigorates the spy fiction genre
New novels by Mick Herron, Nicola Upson, Seishi Yokomizo, Janice Hallett and Rav Grewal-Kök
Sci-fi/fantasy reads: AI as our saviour, a genetically engineered space crew, and navigating a world designed for giants
New novels from Lucy Lapinska, James Alistair Henry, Ishmael A Soledad and more
Crime fiction: domestic noir at its most beguilingly chilling
New works by Michelle McDonagh, Peter Swanson, Ruth Ware, Nick Harkaway and Sophie Hannah