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
The Sanctuary
Terrestrial History
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
The Great Transition
Human Resources
Venomous Lumpsucker
Remember You Will Die
The Launch Party
The Lost Cause
Dual Memory
The New One
Glass Houses
We Are Satellites
Scorpion
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Windup Girl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
Snow Crash
The Water Knife
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Rule 34 (Halting State, #2)
Erosion of Privacy by Terrance E DillardTrail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseDaemon by Leinad ZerausBreakthrough by Michael C. GrumleyInfinity Born by Douglas E. Richards
Best Near-Future Technothrillers
34 books — 34 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
94 books — 82 voters
Firelight by Sophie JordanFallen by Lauren KateAnimal Farm by George OrwellTill Tomorrow by Patrick ManzaiThe Age of Miracles - Yang Pernah Ada by Karen Thompson Walker
To be Adapted to the Big Screen
11 books — 8 voters

Illegal Skills by Alan LampeThe Stand by Stephen  KingAirborne by DiAnn MillsWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
355 books — 102 voters


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