Biotech Science Fiction (30 books)

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The 21st Century is the Century of Biotechnology, as sci-fi writers have been predicting for decades. This list pulls together all the great pieces of speculative fiction focused on how biotechnology will shape the next 100 years and beyond.

We look to these as both inspiration and warning for how we to grow the future we want to live in.

List built in partnership with NewBioCity (newbiocity.com).

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1	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,725 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) by Richard K. Morgan 4.03 avg rating — 117,566 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Clay's Ark (Patternist, #3) by Octavia E. Butler 3.84 avg rating — 12,812 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 135,312 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Autonomous by Annalee Newitz (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 18,592 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 79,024 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	7th Sigma by Steven Gould (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 1,501 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 84,302 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 49,309 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Emergency Skin (Forward Collection, #3) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35,481 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Skinner (Spatterjay #1) by Neal Asher (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 6,858 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Beggars and Choosers (Sleepless, #2) by Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 2,742 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1) by Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 9,163 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Beggars Ride (Sleepless, #3) by Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 1,552 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 191,958 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Change Agent by Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 8,343 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2) by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 11,400 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Ship Breaker (Ship Breaker, #1) by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 45,129 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Tool of War (Ship Breaker, #3) by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 2,677 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 8,933 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) by Octavia E. Butler 4.19 avg rating — 30,515 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) by Octavia E. Butler 4.19 avg rating — 26,123 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.09 avg rating — 233,866 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 11,214 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.15 avg rating — 67,411 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Nexus (Nexus, #1) by Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 21,245 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Accelerando by Charles Stross (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 22,703 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.28 avg rating — 314,186 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Startide Rising (The Uplift Saga, #2) by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 33,706 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, #3) by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 27,594 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars