Stillicide, Cynan Jones
Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city increasingly at risk of sabotage. As news breaks that construction of a gigantic Ice Dock … Read more
Category Archives: Dystopian
Beyond What Separates Us, R. A. Morris
Four strangers from distant parts of the world struggle to survive on a planet torn apart by war, greed and disease. Living under drastically different … Read more
Crosshairs, Catherine Hernandez
Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity … Read more
The Island Will Sink, Briohny Doyle
In a not-too-distant future perpetually on the brink of collapse, catastrophe is our most popular entertainment. The energy crisis has come and gone. EcoLaw is … Read more
A Diary in the Age of Water, Nina Munteanu
Reviewed by Mary Woodbury Nina Munteanu’s newest novel, A Diary in the Age of Water, deftly follows four generations of women fighting for—and exploring scientifically, … Read more
The New Wilderness, Diane Cook
Could this be the great climate change novel of our time? Buzz is building fast for the epic debut novel of Diane Cook, which, despite … Read more
Dry, Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story … Read more
The End of the World is Bigger than Love, Davina Bell
A sumptuously written novel of love and grief; of sisterly affection and the ultimate sacrifice; of technological progress and climate catastrophe; of an enigmatic bear … Read more
Sea Change, Nancy Kress
In this near-future environmental thriller, rebels who research genetically modified plants try to discover the government mole who is betraying their work. –Milwaukee Journal Sentinal … Read more
When the Lights Go Out, Carys Bray
Deals with the way in which climate change fears leads a once solid marriage to slowly fall apart. –Inews UK Goodreads Reviews Back to GoodReads
Read moreThe Bear, Andrew Krivak
In this arresting, exquisite novel, time acquires a new quality. When human civilization is over and there’s no hope left for society, what Krivak imagines … Read more
The Wild Lands, Paul Greci
In Paul Greci’s The Wild Lands, Travis and his sister are trapped in a daily race to survive–and there is no second place. Natural disasters … Read more
Klimakvartetten Series, Maja Lunde
We originally posted The History of Bees in June 2017 and then updated this post in December 2019 with the second two books in the … Read more
Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton
Hollow Kingdom is a humorous, big-hearted, and boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse and the world that comes after, where even a cowardly crow can … Read more
After the Flood, Kassandra Montag
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated … Read more