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)
Migrations
The Overstory
New York 2140
Flight Behavior
Wild Dark Shore
Memory of Water by Emmi ItärantaImber by Deborah MistinaAdrift by Lisa BrideauMaya of the New World by Sita BennettMaya of the In-between by Sita Bennett
Yet Another Climate Fiction List
33 books — 19 voters
Paradise Broken by Rob MarshallThe Wild Birds by Emily StrelowThe Overstory by Richard PowersOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
New and Classic Eco-Fiction
80 books — 105 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
422 books — 620 voters
Draconim Lacrima Mortis by Lawrence NaultUnbroken Bones by Alana C MarksFingerprints In The Water by Lawrence NaultFeeding The Fires by Lawrence Nault
Eco-Fantasy
4 books — 2 voters


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