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 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

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
Redemption by Regina M. JosephThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Reflective Cosmopolitan.
4 books — 2 voters

Firelight by Sophie JordanFallen by Lauren KateTill Tomorrow by Patrick ManzaiThe Age of Miracles - Yang Pernah Ada by Karen Thompson WalkerAnimal Farm by George Orwell
To be Adapted to the Big Screen
11 books — 8 voters


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