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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.

The Minders
Venomous Lumpsucker
Mal Goes to War: A Novel
Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1)
The Warehouse
The Great Transition
Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2)
The Last Day
Firewalkers
The Lost Cause
We Are Satellites
Milchzähne
Attack Surface (Little Brother, #3)
Ungirls
The New One
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
The Martian
Lock In (Lock In, #1)
Halting State (Halting State, #1)
The Windup Girl
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Artemis
Station Eleven
Snow Crash
The Water Knife
Rule 34 (Halting State, #2)
Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot #1)
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe City of Dreaming Books by Walter MoersA Curse of Roses by Diana PinguichaThe Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteTo Kill a Shadow by Katherine  Quinn
SFF: Best Settings
32 books — 4 voters
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseDaemon by Daniel SuarezBreakthrough by Michael C. GrumleyInfinity Born by Douglas E. RichardsBiohack by J.D. Lasica
Best Near-Future Technothrillers
28 books — 18 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDauntless by Jack CampbellA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingePoor Man's Fight by Elliott Kay
Damn Sight, Good Space Opera
91 books — 79 voters
Firelight by Sophie JordanFallen by Lauren KateImmortal Knowledge by Nilesh V. ParmarTill Tomorrow by Patrick ManzaiThe Age of Miracles - Yang Pernah Ada by Karen Thompson Walker
To be Adapted to the Big Screen
11 books — 8 voters

Super Powereds by Drew  HayesSteelheart by Brandon SandersonFirefight by Brandon SandersonSuper Powereds by Drew  HayesSuper Powereds by Drew  Hayes
Super Powered Characters Worth Reading
202 books — 227 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le GuinStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
SFF: Best Themes
14 books — 7 voters


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