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Four Futures: Life After Capitalism Four Futures: Life After Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 3,768 ratings — published 2015
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Future Shock Future Shock (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 5,351 ratings — published 1970
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The Future: A Very Short Introduction The Future: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.36 — 136 ratings — published
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 302,704 ratings — published 1993
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Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,033 ratings — published 2013
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 21,844 ratings — published 2014
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,166,306 ratings — published 1932
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Nuclear War: A Scenario Nuclear War: A Scenario (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 59,115 ratings — published 2024
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What We Owe the Future What We Owe the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 6,733 ratings — published 2022
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Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,678 ratings — published 2015
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The Marrow Thieves The Marrow Thieves (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 46,929 ratings — published 2017
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Future Home of the Living God Future Home of the Living God (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 30,491 ratings — published 2017
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Foundations of Futures Studies: Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge (Human Science for a New Era Series) Foundations of Futures Studies: Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge (Human Science for a New Era Series)
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avg rating 4.00 — 37 ratings — published 1996
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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 12,903 ratings — published 2005
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The Limits to Growth The Limits to Growth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 960 ratings — published 1972
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 826,188 ratings — published 2016
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Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 591 ratings — published 2017
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The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 133 ratings — published 2022
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Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 402 ratings — published 2020
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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 14,144 ratings — published 2022
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Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Experimental Futures) Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene (Experimental Futures)
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avg rating 4.03 — 3,141 ratings — published 2016
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 57,997 ratings — published 2019
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,723,511 ratings — published 1965
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.21 — 45,202 ratings — published 2014
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Agency (Jackpot, #2) Agency (Jackpot, #2)
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avg rating 3.81 — 15,016 ratings — published 2020
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Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 10,576 ratings — published 2000
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Woman on the Edge of Time Woman on the Edge of Time (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 19,535 ratings — published 1976
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 2,915 ratings — published 2018
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Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 6,402 ratings — published 2014
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 6,071 ratings — published 2017
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American War American War (ebook)
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avg rating 3.81 — 44,920 ratings — published 2017
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
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avg rating 4.24 — 10,445 ratings — published 2017
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Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 3,962 ratings — published 2015
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One Second After (After, #1) One Second After (After, #1)
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avg rating 3.98 — 79,586 ratings — published 2009
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 25,428 ratings — published 2008
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But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 19,173 ratings — published 2016
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4 Steps to the Future: A Quick and Clean Guide to Creating Foresight 4 Steps to the Future: A Quick and Clean Guide to Creating Foresight (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 41 ratings — published
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Yol Yol (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,097,628 ratings — published 2006
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Design as Future-Making Design as Future-Making (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 19 ratings — published 2014
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Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 12,380 ratings — published 2015
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as futures)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,352,093 ratings — published 2011
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The Dispossessed The Dispossessed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 165,272 ratings — published 1974
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Earth Abides Earth Abides (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 35,744 ratings — published 1949
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Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope Three Horizons: The Patterning of Hope (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 56 ratings — published 2013
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - Graphic Edition (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 5,691 ratings — published
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Could Should Might Don't: How We Think About the Future Could Should Might Don't: How We Think About the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as futures)
avg rating 3.66 — 257 ratings — published 2025
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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as futures)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,881 ratings — published 2015
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If Russia Wins: A Scenario If Russia Wins: A Scenario (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.92 — 5,807 ratings — published 2025
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