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)
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
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Ria Rees
Designer Baby - You lay on the exam table, warm jelly on your stomach. The nurse's eyes crinkle at the corners. "Are we deciding the sex today?" Allen grins. "Yes, a boy!" You groan. "Do we have to choose? Can't we at least leave this to fate? ...more
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Sarah Mazza
I never thought I would choose a place like this. That I would even consider giving up my existence, to lie in a bed of lies. I never expected a lot of things to happen in my life. I try not to think about anything at all. Especially not how I become this; a man without hope. A man without dreams.
Sarah Mazza, I Dream in Color

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