Climate Change Fiction

Climate fiction, or climate change fiction, popularly abbreviated as cli-fi (modelled after the assonance of "sci-fi") is literature that deals with climate change and global warming. Not necessarily speculative in nature, works of cli-fi may take place in the world as we know it or in the near future. University courses on literature and environmental issues may include climate change fiction in their syllabi. This body of literature has been discussed by a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and Dissent magazine, among other international media outlets. ...more

The Ministry for the Future
The Water Knife
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
The Overstory
Migrations
New York 2140
Flight Behavior
The Light Pirate
The Wild Birds by Emily StrelowThe Overstory by Richard PowersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward AbbeyThe Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth
New and Classic Eco-Fiction
79 books — 88 voters

Draconim Lacrima Mortis by Lawrence NaultFingerprints In The Water by Lawrence NaultFeeding The Fires by Lawrence Nault
Eco-Fantasy
3 books — 1 voter
Africa Rising by Martin W. KennedyThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonImber by Deborah MistinaAdrift by Lisa BrideauThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Best Fiction Books on Climate Change
25 books — 22 voters



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If it doesn’t honor the Earth and it doesn’t protect the people, it’s not worth building.
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