FICTION

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THE FUTURE | NAOMI ALDERMAN

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

The Ministry for the Future | Kim Stanley Robinson

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

Juice | Tim Winton

 

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

The Ice People | Maggie Gee

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

A Psalm for the Wild-Built | Becky Chambers

 

 

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

She’s A Killer | Kirsten McDougall

 

Eleanor Oliphant meets Killing Eve in this funny…
December 12, 2023/by sandyw

Odds Against Tomorrow | Nathaniel Rich

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

Don’t Call Me A Hurricane | Ellen Hagan

 

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

Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy

 

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

The Gigantic Beard that Was Evil | Stephen Collins

 

Who was it that said the best way to teach a lesson…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

Helm | Sarah Hall

 

 

Non-human protagonists are having quite a…
November 27, 2025/by Liz Jensen

The High House | Jessie Greengrass

Perched on a hill above a village by the sea, the high house…
May 31, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

The Hungry Tide | Amitav Ghosh

 

Off the easternmost corner of India, in the Bay of…
May 29, 2024/by sandyw

Green Rising | Lauren James

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

Arboreality | Rebecca Campbell

 

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

Pod | Laline Paull

Ea has always felt like an outsider. She suffers from a type…
May 31, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

Meat | Joseph D’Lacey

 

Scratch the surface of the ordinary-looking community…
April 19, 2024/by sandyw

Earth | David Brin

Decades from now, an artificial black hole has fallen into…
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

The Tusk that did the Damage | Tania James

‘There he was, his trunk wrapped in hers. Whatever hurt…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

What We Can Know | Ian McEwan

January 27, 2026/by sandyw

THE MARS HOUSE | NATASHA PULLEY

 
 

“Hands down, Natasha Pulley is one of the greatest…
April 1, 2024/by Liz Jensen

The Rapture | Liz Jensen

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

Blue Skies | T.C. Boyle

All TC Boyle's fiction is permeated with the vibrant presence…
December 12, 2023/by Liz Jensen

The Tiger’s Share | Keshava Guha

 

Set against a backdrop of ecological collapse and…
February 11, 2026/by sandyw

Flight Behaviour | Barbara Kingsolver

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

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

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

Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton

 

Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

The Overstory | Richard Powers

‘This is not our world with trees in it. It's a world of…
September 12, 2022/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

White Road | Harry Whitehead

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

Man in the Holocene | Max Frisch

A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs…
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

The Old Drift | Namwali Serpell

 

The Old Drift is the debut novel by Zambian author…
July 2, 2024/by sandyw

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

 

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

Empire of the Ants | Bernard Werber

 

Jonathan Wells and his young family come to Paris,…
July 2, 2024/by sandyw

The Salt Flats | Rachelle Atalla

 

Martha and Finn's marriage is hanging by a thread.…
November 26, 2025/by sandyw

Endling | Maria Reva

 

Fierce and funny, this unforgettable novel charts…
February 11, 2026/by sandyw

Paradises Lost | Ursula K. Le Guin

 

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

Briefly Very Beautiful | Roz Dineen

 

 



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

The Carbon Diaries 2015 | Saci Lloyd

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

Stolen | Ann-Helen Laestadius

 

The story of a young Sami girl’s coming-of-age,…
September 12, 2023/by sandyw

Habitat Man | D.A. Baden

 

Inspired by a real-life green garden consultancy,…
September 12, 2023/by sandyw

The Swarm | Frank Schatzing

 

The creatures of the world's oceans have had enough…
August 23, 2023/by Liz Jensen

Dirt | Laura Baggaley

 

In the near future, global food supply chains have…
October 6, 2025/by Liz Jensen

The New Atlantis | Ursula K. Le Guin

 

You can’t go wrong with anything by Le Guin, but…
March 11, 2024/by sandyw

Every Version of You | Grace Chan

 

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

Even If Everything Ends | Jens Liljestrand

Raging wildfires sweep through the Swedish countryside –…
October 2, 2023/by Liz Jensen

The Healer | Antti Tuomainen

It's two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless…
May 31, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

Clade | James Bradley

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

The Flood | Maggie Gee

President Bliss is handling a tricky situation with customary…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

Solar | Ian McEwan

‘Beard sank into a gloom of inattention, not because the…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

New York 2140 | Kim Stanley Robinson

 

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

The Man with the Compound Eyes | Wu Ming-Yi

‘You must love the land, my children, and ring it in with…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

The Devil’s Highway | Gregory Norminton

The Devil’s Highway is the folk name for a Roman road in north…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

The Lamentations of Zeno | Ilija Trojanow

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

And Still The Earth | Ignacio Brandao

Welcome to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the not too distant future.…
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

The Windup Girl | Paolo Bacigalupi

The Windup Girl is the ground-breaking and visionary modern…
February 7, 2023/by Katie

The Rings of Saturn | W.G. Sebald

What begins as the record of W.G. Sebald's own journey on…
September 25, 2022/by Katie

The Book of Dave | Will Self

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

The Signature of All Things | Elizabeth Gilbert

 

Elizabeth Gilbert may be best known for her searching…
April 7, 2026/by Liz Jensen

Pride of Baghdad | Brian K. Vaughan

 

“Published almost 20 years ago, this graphic novel…
February 11, 2024/by sandyw

The Bone Clocks | David Mitchell

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

The Deluge | Stephen Markley

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

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

The Alternatives | Caoilinn Hughes

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

Saga of the Swamp Thing | Alan Moore

For years, when people asked me why I bothered reading comics,…
November 15, 2023/by sandyw

Stochasticity: A METAtropolis Story | Tobias S. Buckell

 

Reg Stratton is a bouncer eking a life out in the…
March 11, 2024/by sandyw

The Rime of the Modern Mariner | Nick Hayes

 

The story is exactly what it sounds like: a modern…
December 12, 2023/by sandyw

The Mermaid of Black Conch | Monique Roffey

‘His stomach trembled with desire and fear and wonder because…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

The History of Bees | Maja Lunde

 

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

Earthlings | Ray Star

What would the world be like if the species hierarchy imposed…
January 12, 2025/by Liz Jensen

The Morningside | Téa Obreht

 

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

Ceremony | Leslie Marmon Silko

Tayo, a young Second World War veteran of mixed ancestry, is…
May 31, 2023/by Anne Enith Cooper

The Fish | Joanne Stubbs

 

‘There is a fish on the sand; I see it clearly.…
September 12, 2023/by sandyw

Coming up for Air | George Orwell

Striking the balance between comical and pessimistic, this…
June 2, 2025/by sandyw

A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar

 

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

Any Human Power | Manda Scott

 

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

The Healer | Antti Tuomainen

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

Venomous Lumpsucker | Ned Beauman

 

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

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead | Olga Tokarczuk

In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric…
September 25, 2022/by Katie

The Ice | Laline Paull

It’s tomorrow and the Arctic summer sea ice has completely…
March 27, 2023/by Katie

Riverflow | Alison Layland

In a village in the Welsh Marches, the undercurrents are…
October 2, 2023/by Liz Jensen

Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy

 

Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who…
September 12, 2023/by sandyw

The Last Quarter of the Moon | Chi Zijian

‘A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

Extremophile | Ian Green

 

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

The Silo Series | Hugh Howey

 

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

MaddAddam | Margaret Atwood

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

Of Cattle and Men | Ana Paula Maia

 

Ana Paula Maria’s 99-page work, translated from…
April 23, 2024/by Liz Jensen

Uprising | Tahmima Anam

 

A rebellion ignites amongst a community of sex…
June 16, 2026/by sandyw

The Man Who Planted Trees | Jean Giono

‘And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns.’…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

The Sea and Summer | George Turner

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

The World According to Anna | Jostein Gaarder

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

The Wall | Marlen Haushofer

‘The air trembled, gold and green and clear, at the edges…
September 12, 2022/by Katie

Daylight Come | Diana McCaulay

 

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

NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE | CLAIRE NORTH

 

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

Ice Crash: Antarctica | Lynda Engler

 

A mother and scientist trapped in an earthquake-ravaged…
May 29, 2024/by sandyw

Earth 7 | Deb Olin Unferth

 

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