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A defiant, electrifying collection of speculative visions that dares to imagine marginalized communities surviving, resisting, and thriving in the face of systemic collapse. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with A People's Future of the United States.
- electrifying
- dread-tinged
- fiercely optimistic
- urgent
- 01
Octavia's Brood
Adrienne Maree Brown, Walidah Imarisha
A visionary anthology that wields speculative fiction as a radical tool to dream up new, liberated worlds.
- 02
Six months, three days, five others
Charlie Jane Anders
A wry, offbeat collection of speculative tales that uses the bizarre to illuminate the deeply human.
- 03
Pump Six and Other Stories
Paolo Bacigalupi
A visceral, dirt-under-the-fingernails plunge into broken futures where humanity has engineered its own obsolescence.
- 04
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
A sweeping, polyphonic blueprint for survival that wades through the terror of the climate crisis to find a pragmatic hope.
- 05
The Future of Another Timeline
Annalee Newitz
A fierce, punk-rock time-travel thriller fueled by female rage and the urgent fight for a better future.
- 06
The City in the Middle of the Night
Charlie Jane Anders
A haunting exploration of radical empathy and toxic devotion set against the harsh extremes of a tidally locked world.
- 07
How Long 'Til Black Future Month
N. K. Jemisin
A fierce, visionary collection that bends reality to explore the weight of history and the electric promise of alternate futures.
- 08
American War
Omar El Akkad
A harrowing, dread-soaked descent into the anatomy of radicalization, set against the backdrop of a fractured, climate-ravaged America.
- 09
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan
A dazzling, kaleidoscopic puzzle box of a narrative that explores the aching human desire for connection in an age of hyper-surveillance.
- 10
Rapture of the Nerds
Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
A hyperactive, satirical rollercoaster ride through a post-singularity world that is as absurd as it is technologically overwhelming.
- 12
Everything for Everyone
Eman Abdelhadi
A polyphonic, visionary oral history of a future revolution that finds radical hope in the ashes of capitalist collapse.
