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"The New America Foundation recently hosted "Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?" an event to ask whether science fiction can supply our scientists and leaders with more innovative ideas for the future. And so we asked our favorite sci-fi writers what books they would recommend for the 2016 presidential candidates. Here are their ideas."

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1	Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia by Samuel R. Delany 3.70 avg rating — 2,385 ratings score: 199, 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
2	Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 29,029 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
2	The Immortality Game by Ted Cross (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 301 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
4	The City & the City by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 82,799 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
5	Little Brother (Little Brother, #1) by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 54,011 ratings score: 97, 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	Maximum Ice by Kay Kenyon (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 255 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
7	Forty Signs of Rain (Science in the Capital, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson 3.57 avg rating — 4,433 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
8	Air by Geoff Ryman 3.58 avg rating — 2,525 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
9	Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 2,810 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
10	Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling 3.68 avg rating — 3,159 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
11	The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.26 avg rating — 163,440 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
12	Earth by David Brin (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 8,438 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
13	Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History by Asher Rose Fox (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 438 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
14	Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 295,432 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
15	Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver 3.83 avg rating — 104,788 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