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)
Where the Axe Is Buried
UnWorld
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Human Resources
Terrestrial History
Venomous Lumpsucker
The Last Day
Glass Houses
The Great Transition
The Sanctuary
Set My Heart to Five
The Lost Cause
Nano: Jede Sekunde zählt
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
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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
SFF: Best Characters
90 books — 16 voters

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
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


Martin Pond
Mum took me to the park a couple of times last week so that I could run. That was a waste of time though, it takes hours to get there and when you finally do, well, there's no room to do anything really, what with all the tents pitched everywhere. Mum says there used to be grass, but I don't see where. ...more
Martin Pond, Dark Steps

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
Gary Shteyngart, Vera, or Faith

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