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
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Human Resources
The Sanctuary
Venomous Lumpsucker
The Great Transition
Terrestrial History
The Launch Party
Glass Houses
The New One
Remember You Will Die
The Lost Cause
Arboreality
January Fifteenth
We Are Satellites
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Windup Girl
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
Snow Crash
The Water Knife
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot, #1)
The Cyclops by Emerson LittlefieldThe Quest for Freedom by Matthew D. Devitt1984 by George OrwellIt by Stephen  KingGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
SFF: Best Plot
40 books — 38 voters
Illegal Skills by Alan LampeThe Stand by Stephen  KingAirborne by DiAnn MillsWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
355 books — 102 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
97 books — 20 voters



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Guy  Morris
 Elections have consequences, and the consequence of losing the next one could end the American democratic experiment.
Guy Morris, The Last Ark: Lost Secrets of Qumran

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