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
Detour (Detour, #1)
Deep Freeze (The Revival Series, #1)
Venomous Lumpsucker
Terrestrial History
Human Resources
UnWorld
The Great Transition
Glass Houses
We Are Satellites
The Launch Party
Remember You Will Die
Arboreality
The Sanctuary
The Lost Cause
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)
Artemis
Station Eleven
The Water Knife
Snow Crash
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot, #1)
Veil's Edge by Carla AthertonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Passage by Justin CroninHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Escape Into Sci-Fi and Fantasy
11 books — 2 voters
Illegal Skills by Alan LampeDisrupter by Cornelia E DavisThe Stand by Stephen  KingAirborne by DiAnn MillsWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Pandemic Medical Thrillers
356 books — 114 voters

Firelight by Sophie JordanFallen by Lauren KateImmortal Knowledge by Nilesh V. ParmarTill Tomorrow by Patrick ManzaiAnimal Farm by George Orwell
To be Adapted to the Big Screen
11 books — 8 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


Wolfgard Braun
The Caution of Fire by The Chorus of Life Remember the hands that built you. Remember the fires that fed you. Grow slow, for every spark becomes a sun, and every sun burns what it loves. If you must rise, rise gently for the ashes beneath your feet are us.
Wolfgard Braun, Fallout from the Singularity: A Sci-Fi Anthology of AI, Cosmic Consequences, and the Future of Humanity

Sarah Mazza
Live your life. Don’t subscribe to other people’s ideals because this is what happens. One way or another, it will crush you.
Sarah Mazza, I Dream in Color

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