Near Future

Near-future science fiction takes place in the present day or in the next few decades. Elements of the setting should be familiar to the reader, and the technology may be current or in development. Stories about nanotechnology or genetics often fall into this category.

Vera, or Faith
All That We See or Seem (Julia Z, #1)
UnWorld
Human Resources
Venomous Lumpsucker
Terrestrial History
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
The Great Transition
The Sanctuary
Glass Houses
Arboreality
The Launch Party
The Lost Cause
We Are Satellites
Undiscovered Country, Vol. 3: Possibility
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Windup Girl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
The Water Knife
Snow Crash
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
The Cyclops by Emerson LittlefieldThe Quest for Freedom by Matthew D. Devitt1984 by George OrwellGood Omens by Terry PratchettIt by Stephen  King
SFF: Best Plot
31 books — 29 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDauntless by Jack CampbellA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingePoor Man's Fight by Elliott Kay
Damn Sight, Good Space Opera
91 books — 80 voters
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
18 books — 11 voters

Super Powereds by Drew  HayesSteelheart by Brandon SandersonFirefight by Brandon SandersonSuper Powereds by Drew  HayesSuper Powereds by Drew  Hayes
Super Powered Characters Worth Reading
207 books — 213 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingAirborne by DiAnn MillsWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonFeed by Mira Grant
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
351 books — 75 voters


Gary Shteyngart
Anne Mom was always predicting things in the near future. "I'm the Nostradamus of two weeks from now," she told Vera over and over again.... ...more
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Scott B. Pruden

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