Books that are Time Machines

I recently read How To Fall In Love With The Future and was thinking of books that remind me of that method of imagining a future where the reforms we want have already happened and imagining how we got there. If anyone has suggestions I'm incredibly open to it!

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created by SarahBess

last updated August, 2026

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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Ashley Shew

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World

How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World

Rob Hopkins

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Looking Backward: 2000-1887

Looking Backward: 2000-1887

Edward Bellamy

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072

Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072

M.E. O'Brien

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

N.K. Jemisin

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twighats

I'm reading The Future is Disabled right now and i think it would fit on this list!

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SarahBessOP

Great idea!

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