Recs if you like New York 2140...
Hey! Who put their leftist politics in my fiction?
Need a gift for your extremist family member, but they already have a red baseball cap AND a Don't Tread on Me shirt? Were you told "Don't bring up politics at family dinner" and need some safe books to discuss instead? Well we have a full menu for you to choose from! Each just for fun book comes with our guarantee: No real world political messages under the 100% fictional plot! 😉 (Taking Recommendations!)
Dig Your Toes into the Dirt: Solarpunk Futures
"We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair” - Adam Flynn Solarpunk is a genre of sci-fi that has emerged as a response to modern problems: climate change, technofascism, and rising individualism at the expense of community. Solarpunk is inherently optimistic and envisions the future I would want to live in.
rising waters
climate fic set in worlds impacted by rising water levels
recommendations welcome, as always!
But WAIT. There’s hope. ✨FICTION✨
Straight from the Solarpunk Manifesto, “We are solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.”
What if there’s more to our future? What if we were optimistic?
Below are the fiction books that have made it to O.E. Tearmann’s Open List of Positive and Hopeful Futures
I’ll make another list for the nonfiction and for the anthologies. Feel free to suggest any recs!
Hugo Award for Best Novel (2010 - 2026)
In honour of the 2026 nominations, this list compiles all the nominees for the Hugo Award for Best Novel from 2010 - 2026.
I can't remember the title, but the cover is blue
Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.
And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?
Beyond Sustainable Cities
Inspired by Chelssicle’s list ‘The Cities We Deserve’. How might we build urban spaces that care for both people and the planet? Fic and nonfic.
Near-ish future US and post-US fiction
Fiction that imagines US or post-US futures within the next ~100 years with major societal changes and themes including war, revolution, decolonization, climate change, balkanization, collapse, etc. Suggestions welcome
Solarpunk
Literature Major Curriculum
I study literature and this has been my curriculum through the years. OBS: Curriculums change depending on school and country, etc. Updating as I go along.
Cli-fi/Eco-Fiction
Fiction that deals with climate change. Books may take place in the world as we know it, in the near future, or in fictional worlds experiencing climate change.
It’s the End of the World and I Know Why
Dystopian future fiction and nonfiction books exploring where we are heading and why.
This list might save you at the end…
Floods, rising sea levels: climate fiction
This list focuses on climate fiction, specifically on floods and rising sea levels set in a near or dystopian future.
