Here are eight recommendations for novels with enough scientific rigor and romantic spark to light a Bunsen burner. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid Ballantine Books, 2025 (Tags: ...

The problem with genre fiction is the unfortunate stereotypes and assumptions about what subset appeals to what audience. Call something “science fiction,” and it’ll inevitably be marketed to men.

The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (also known as STEM) are not particularly diverse. And despite a gradual uptick in diversity over the last decade, a 2023 report from the ...

There’s a lot to celebrate about science fiction romance novels — apart from anything else, they’re one of the fastest-growing areas of the genre, and they’re getting a lot of people reading science ...