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)
Venomous Lumpsucker
UnWorld
Human Resources
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Terrestrial History
The Great Transition
Glass Houses
The Sanctuary
The Job at the End of the World
Remember You Will Die
The Launch Party
We Are Satellites
The Lost Cause
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 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
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFoul Is Fair by Hannah CapinBlood Song by Anthony RyanThe Left Hand of God by Paul  HoffmanBehind the Hood by Marita A. Hansen
Young and Violent
49 books — 9 voters

World War Z by Max BrooksThe Passage by Justin CroninHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussChildren of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Escape Into Sci-Fi and Fantasy
10 books — 1 voter
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStardust by Neil GaimanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Prose
35 books — 14 voters


Guy  Morris
 Elections have consequences, and the consequence of losing the next one could end the American democratic experiment.
Guy Morris, The Last Ark: Lost Secrets of Qumran

Wolfgard Braun
The Caution of Fire by The Chorus of Life Remember the hands that built you. Remember the fires that fed you. Grow slow, for every spark becomes a sun, and every sun burns what it loves. If you must rise, rise gently for the ashes beneath your feet are us.
Wolfgard Braun, Fallout from the Singularity: A Sci-Fi Anthology of AI, Cosmic Consequences, and the Future of Humanity

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