Climate Change Fiction

Climate fiction, or climate change fiction, popularly abbreviated as cli-fi (modelled after the assonance of "sci-fi") is literature that deals with climate change and global warming. Not necessarily speculative in nature, works of cli-fi may take place in the world as we know it or in the near future. University courses on literature and environmental issues may include climate change fiction in their syllabi. This body of literature has been discussed by a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Dissent magazine, among other international media outlets. ...more

The Ministry for the Future
The Water Knife
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Migrations
The Overstory
New York 2140
Flight Behavior
Wild Dark Shore
Draconim Lacrima Mortis by Lawrence NaultUnbroken Bones by Alana C MarksFingerprints In The Water by Lawrence NaultFeeding The Fires by Lawrence Nault
Eco-Fantasy
4 books — 2 voters
Memory of Water by Emmi ItärantaAdrift by Lisa BrideauImber by Deborah MistinaMaya of the New World by Sita BennettMaya of the In-between by Sita Bennett
Yet Another Climate Fiction List
33 books — 19 voters

Wilder Girls by Rory PowerYours for the Taking by Gabrielle KornThe Shutouts by Gabrielle KornBlackfish City by Sam J. MillerGreenwood by Michael Christie
Queer Cli-Fi
19 books — 3 voters
An Orchid in my Belly Button by Katy WimhurstImber by Deborah MistinaThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiArising by Lisa Perskie Rodriguez
Climate Fiction That Matters
22 books — 9 voters


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