The best new science fiction books of March 2025
3 March 2025
John Scalzi, Silvia Park and Ai Jang all have new books out this month. Whether it’s time travel or a moon made of cheese that takes your fancy, there’s some sci-fi here for you
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The Decameron review: 14th-century romp is a veiled satire of today
7 August 2024
Netflix's adaptation of The Decameron adds style and literary tropes to a licentious Renaissance classic. But it keeps the original's attacks on class and power, while also providing food for thought about today's elite tech preppers, says Bethan Ackerley
·ï»Ë²ÊƱ recommends: Rutger Bregman's Humankind
31 July 2024
The books, TV, games and more that ·ï»Ë²ÊƱ staff have enjoyed this week
Naomi Klein on the rise of misinformation and conspiracy influencers
17 July 2024
Writer Naomi Klein unpacks her book Doppelganger about the "mirror world" of misinformation, conspiracy influencers and strange alt-right alliances
An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life
17 July 2024
From laughing gas and whipped cream to compressed air and bicycles, Mark Miodownik's new book It’s a Gas lives up to its title by revealing just how much science is woven into the everyday
Why do teenagers take such risks? A new book has some answers
10 July 2024
An eye-opening new book by psychologist Lucy Foulkes lifts the lid on the surprisingly rational strategies behind the risky behaviours of adolescence, finds Catherine de Lange
It's a decade old, but The Leftovers is still painfully resonant today
12 June 2024
The Leftovers follows those left behind after 140 million people vanish, unaccountably, in The Departure. The parallels with the covid-19 pandemic are obvious in this jewel of a TV show, says Bethan Ackerley
Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past
12 June 2024
Hunt for the Oldest DNA, the story of Eske Willerslev, a Danish evolutionary geneticist reconstructing ecosystems from ancient DNA, is as compelling as his scientific discoveries
Immersive new exhibition explores the pitfalls of defying old age
12 June 2024
Michael Schindhelm's exhibition explores the possibilities and perils of living healthily for centuries – or at least much longer than today
Sarah Perry's Enlightenment is a moving story of love and astronomy
8 May 2024
This beautifully written and compassionate novel tells the story of how comet Halle-Bopp turns a small-town writer onto astronomy and opens him up to fresh adventures
