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
Venomous Lumpsucker
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Sleeper Beach (Titanium Noir, #2)
Human Resources
Remember You Will Die
The Great Transition
The Sanctuary
Terrestrial History
Glass Houses
The Launch Party
Mechanize My Hands to War
Arboreality
Nano: Jede Sekunde zählt
We Are Satellites
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)
Snow Crash
Artemis
Station Eleven
The Water Knife
The Ministry of Time
The Peripheral (Jackpot, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe Silence Dividend by Izzy BondDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAll That We Reflect by Izzy Bond
In The Grim Darkness of the Near Future
100 books — 101 voters
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
98 books — 21 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
357 books — 89 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyParadox Lost by V.R. Ling
SFF: Best Themes
32 books — 26 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
SFF: Best Settings
50 books — 19 voters


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