Best Near Future Science Fiction (51 books) (2024)

Keepers of Men: Second Edition. A Dystopian, Epic Novel
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Eric Martindale (Goodreads Author)

4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings

score: 500, and 5 people voted

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Sleep State Interrupt (1) (The BetterWorld Trilogy)
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T.C. Weber (Goodreads Author)

4.06 avg rating — 63 ratings

score: 497, and 5 people voted

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The Wrath of Leviathan (2) (The BetterWorld Trilogy)
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T.C. Weber (Goodreads Author)

4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings

score: 496, and 5 people voted

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The Windup Girl
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Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)

3.75 avg rating — 75,320 ratings

score: 300, and 3 people voted

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Genie-alogy
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H.B. Morris (Goodreads Author)

4.56 avg rating — 63 ratings

score: 300, and 3 people voted

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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)

4.23 avg rating — 1,184,002 ratings

score: 297, and 3 people voted

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The Wrath of Leviathan (The BetterWorld Trilogy Book 2)
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T.C. Weber (Goodreads Author)

4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings

score: 296, and 3 people voted

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Zero-Day Rising
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T.C. Weber (Goodreads Author)

4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings

score: 296, and 3 people voted

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River of Gods (India 2047, #1)
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Ian McDonald

3.91 avg rating — 5,994 ratings

score: 293, and 3 people voted

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The Social Event
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Don Lively (Goodreads Author)

4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings

score: 199, and 2 people voted

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Cryptonomicon
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)

4.24 avg rating — 112,789 ratings

score: 199, and 2 people voted

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Daemon (Daemon, #1)
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Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)

4.16 avg rating — 46,116 ratings

score: 197, and 2 people voted

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Brasyl
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Ian McDonald

3.67 avg rating — 3,039 ratings

score: 195, and 2 people voted

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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

4.01 avg rating — 269,065 ratings

score: 195, and 2 people voted

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Earth
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David Brin (Goodreads Author)

3.92 avg rating — 7,923 ratings

score: 193, and 2 people voted

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Children of God (The Sparrow, #2)
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Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author)

4.09 avg rating — 21,539 ratings

score: 192, and 2 people voted

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A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
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Walter M. Miller Jr.

3.98 avg rating — 110,584 ratings

score: 192, and 2 people voted

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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
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Isaac Asimov

4.21 avg rating — 349,888 ratings

score: 190, and 2 people voted

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This Changes Everything (The Spanners, #1)
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Sally Ember (Goodreads Author)

3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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WWW: Wake (WWW, #1)
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Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)

3.82 avg rating — 8,241 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Alternates
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Christopher Douglas (Goodreads Author)

3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Immortality Game
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Ted Cross (Goodreads Author)

3.71 avg rating — 289 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Pandora's Brain
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Calum Chace (Goodreads Author)

3.59 avg rating — 233 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Argonauts
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Kevin Kneupper (Goodreads Author)

3.46 avg rating — 421 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Drowned Cities (Ship Breaker, #2)
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Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)

3.90 avg rating — 11,018 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Altered Straits
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Kevin Martens Wong (Goodreads Author)

3.58 avg rating — 57 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise
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Paul Briggs (Goodreads Author)

3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Diminishing Return
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Joseph D. Newcomer (Goodreads Author)

4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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SCARS: Heroes come in all sizes
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J. Ishiro Finney (Goodreads Author)

4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Unadjusteds (The Unadjusteds, #1)
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Marisa Noelle (Goodreads Author)

3.93 avg rating — 232 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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First Light of Day: A Cautionary Tale of our Future Written by One of Today's Leading Experts on Technology Innovation
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Michael J.T. Steep (Goodreads Author)

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score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Five Tribes (The Course of Empire, #2)
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Brian Nelson (Goodreads Author)

4.07 avg rating — 365 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Swarm
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Frank Schätzing

4.09 avg rating — 25,551 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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The Fallout (The Compound, #2)
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S.A. Bodeen (Goodreads Author)

3.80 avg rating — 4,705 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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Minimum Safe Distance
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X. Ho Yen (Goodreads Author)

4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings

score: 100, and 1 person voted

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This Changes My Family and My Life Forever (The Spanners, #2)
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Sally Ember (Goodreads Author)

4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings

score: 99, and 1 person voted

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WWW: Watch (WWW, #2)
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Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,981 ratings

score: 99, and 1 person voted

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Snow Crash
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)

4.02 avg rating — 282,396 ratings

score: 99, and 1 person voted

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The Genie-alogy of Nathan Levy
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G.B. Hope (Goodreads Author)

4.48 avg rating — 31 ratings

score: 99, and 1 person voted

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Planetside (Planetside #1)
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Michael Mammay (Goodreads Author)

3.99 avg rating — 4,076 ratings

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The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire, #1)
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Brian Nelson (Goodreads Author)

3.94 avg rating — 1,065 ratings

score: 99, and 1 person voted

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Blackout: A Techno-Thriller
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Marc Elsberg (Goodreads Author)

3.99 avg rating — 15,281 ratings

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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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Michael Crichton

4.10 avg rating — 968,091 ratings

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WWW: Wonder (WWW, #3)
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Robert J. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)

3.99 avg rating — 4,225 ratings

score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Accelerando
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Charles Stross (Goodreads Author)

3.87 avg rating — 21,442 ratings

score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Lagoon
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)

3.63 avg rating — 8,503 ratings

score: 98, and 1 person voted

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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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Arthur C. Clarke

4.12 avg rating — 168,208 ratings

score: 97, and 1 person voted

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War with the Newts
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Karel Čapek

4.17 avg rating — 14,695 ratings

score: 96, and 1 person voted

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The War for Reality
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T.C. Weber (Goodreads Author)

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings

score: 96, and 1 person voted

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In the Balance (Worldwar, #1)
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Harry Turtledove

3.82 avg rating — 6,942 ratings

score: 95, and 1 person voted

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Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
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Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)

3.77 avg rating — 237,820 ratings

score: 93, and 1 person voted

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