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The Carbon Diaries 2015 | Saci Lloyd

It's January 1st, 2015, and the UK is the first nation to…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Stone Gods | Jeanette Winterson

On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet -…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Yellow Pine | Claire Vaye Watkins

 

As Watkins’ celebrated Gold, Fame, Citrus showed,…
September 14, 2026/by Liz Jensen

The History of Bees | Maja Lunde

 

An ambitious debut novel that follows three generations…
July 2, 2024/by sandyw

How High We Go in the Dark | Sequoia Nagamatsu

 

"Even in the face of endings, we invent new forms…
June 2, 2025/by Liz Jensen

And Still The Earth | Ignacio Brandao

Welcome to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the not too distant future.…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Bone Clocks | David Mitchell

Run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes:…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Clade | James Bradley

Clade is the story of one family in a radically changing world,…
June 3, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

The Ministry for the Future | Kim Stanley Robinson

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organisation…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Rewilding | Donna M Cameron

 

Donna M Cameron’s novel is a striking hybrid of…
September 14, 2026/by Liz Jensen

The Silo Series | Hugh Howey

 

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where the remaining…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Earth 7 | Deb Olin Unferth

 

"Earth had gotten the best the universe had to offer,…
July 22, 2026/by sandyw

A Psalm for the Wild-Built | Becky Chambers

 

 

This feelgood solarpunk novella centres…
January 27, 2026/by Liz Jensen

The Deluge | Stephen Markley

In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing,…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

A Friend of the Earth | TC Boyle

It's 2025, and 75-year-old environmentalist and retired eco-terrorist…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Daylight Come | Diana McCaulay

 

This haunting novel is set in a dystopian future…
June 16, 2026/by sandyw

THE FUTURE | NAOMI ALDERMAN

The future that Alderman conjures in her ambitious, exuberant…
November 15, 2023/by Liz Jensen

The World According to Anna | Jostein Gaarder

When fifteen-year-old Anna begins receiving messages from…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Odds Against Tomorrow | Nathaniel Rich

New York City, the near future: Mitchell Zukor works on the…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Juice | Tim Winton

 

The acclaimed Australian novelist Tim Winton returns…
November 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

A Children’s Bible | Lydia Millett

 

A group of children are holidaying with their parents…
September 14, 2026/by Liz Jensen

MaddAddam | Margaret Atwood

Toby, a survivor of the man-made plague that has swept the…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Last Children of Tokyo | Yoko Tawada

 

Yoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years…
May 15, 2026/by sandyw

Paradises Lost | Ursula K. Le Guin

 

This novella describes a multi-generational voyage…
April 14, 2025/by sandyw

Any Human Power | Manda Scott

 

Manda Scott, known to many as the host of the Accidental…
June 30, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Extremophile | Ian Green

 

For fans of cli-fi and cyberpunk, this whirlwind…
September 28, 2024/by Liz Jensen

The Sea and Summer | George Turner

Francis Conway is Swill - one of the 90% in the year 2041…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Climate-Conscious Writers Handbook | ed. Wren James

June 25, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

 

America is a place of chaos, where violence rules…
March 11, 2024/by sandyw

The Rapture | Liz Jensen

In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds,…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Alternatives | Caoilinn Hughes

Hughes’ resonant, beautifully-written story of four sisters…
November 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Man in the Holocene | Max Frisch

A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Every Version of You | Grace Chan

 

Set against the backdrop of the planet’s failing…
February 11, 2026/by sandyw

The Drowned World | JG Ballard

When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The New Wilderness | Diane Cook

 

In this haunting debut novel, Diane Cook explores…
January 27, 2026/by Liz Jensen

White Road | Harry Whitehead

Carrie is a Scottish rescue swimmer out of her depth in the…
October 6, 2025/by Liz Jensen

New York 2140 | Kim Stanley Robinson

 

As the sea level rose, every street became a canal,…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

Briefly Very Beautiful | Roz Dineen

 

 



What will the world look like tomorrow,…
July 25, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Don’t Call Me A Hurricane | Ellen Hagan

 

Five years after a hurricane tore through her Jersey…
June 2, 2025/by Liz Jensen

Jeff VanderMeer | Area X

 

Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach series, beginning with the iconic trilogy—Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptanceand extending to the fourth volume, Absolution,…
March 16, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Dream State | Eric Puchner

 

Puchner’s engrossing multi-generational portrait…
May 15, 2026/by Liz Jensen

The Swan Book | Alexis Wright

The Swan Book is set in the future, with Aboriginal people…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Flight Behaviour | Barbara Kingsolver

"The flames now appeared to lift from individual treetops…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Morningside | Téa Obreht

 

Silvia and her mother are refugees on Island City…
November 30, 2025/by sandyw

Venomous Lumpsucker | Ned Beauman

 

A dark and witty story of environmental collapse…
August 31, 2023/by sandyw

The Ice People | Maggie Gee

It's the middle of the 21st century, and the next Ice Age…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Oryx and Crake | Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake is the first book in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

Earth | David Brin

Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Green Rising | Lauren James

In a near-future world rocked by the effects of the climate…
November 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

The World According To Anna | Jostein Gaarder

Fifteen-year-old Anna has begun receiving terrifying visions,…
July 14, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

The Book of Dave | Will Self

What if a demented London cabbie called Dave Rudman wrote…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE | CLAIRE NORTH

 

Claire North started writing when she was 14 years…
April 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Things We Didn’t See Coming | Steven Amsterdam

Opening on the eve of the millennium, when the world as we…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Lamentations of Zeno | Ilija Trojanow

Zeno Hintermeier is a scientist working as a travel guide…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy

 

Gripping, moving, and beautifully-wrought, McConagh’s…
February 11, 2026/by Liz Jensen

What We Can Know | Ian McEwan

January 27, 2026/by sandyw

A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar

 

In the not too distant future, Kolkata is beset by…
January 27, 2026/by sandyw

Arboreality | Rebecca Campbell

 

Campbell’s brilliant cli-fi novella weaves an intergenerational…
July 22, 2026/by sandyw

The Healer | Antti Tuomainen

It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling ruthless…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

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