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Books like 2312

12 books with a reading profile close to 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

  1. 1 Playground

    Playground

    by Richard Powers

    dense, narrative

    Set against the backdrop of French Polynesia, the narrative tracks the intersection of four lives shaped by the Pacific Ocean.

  2. 2 The Mountain in the Sea

    The Mountain in the Sea

    by Ray Nayler

    narrative, science fiction

    Marine biologist Ha Nguyen travels to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to study a colony of octopuses that has developed a sophisticated culture, a symbolic language, and a defensive autonomy.

  3. 3 The Bees

    The Bees

    by Laline Paull

    narrative, science fiction

    Flora 717 is born into the lowest caste of a rigid apiary society, a sanitation worker destined for silent labor.

  4. 4 American War

    American War

    by Omar El Akkad

    narrative, science fiction

    In the late twenty-first century, a second American Civil War erupts after federal legislation bans fossil fuels.

  5. 5 Timequake

    Timequake

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    narrative, science fiction

    In 2001 the universe's expansion hits a snag and snaps back to 1991, forcing everyone to relive the following ten years exactly as before, unable to change a thing.

  6. 6 The Anomaly

    The Anomaly

    by Hervé Le Tellier

    narrative, science fiction

    In March 2021, an Air France flight from Paris to New York flies into a violent storm and lands safely at JFK.

  7. 7 Yakma Zevki

    Yakma Zevki

    by Ray Bradbury

    narrative, science fiction

    Yakma Zevki, or Pleasure to Burn, is a collection of sixteen short stories and early drafts that trace the evolution of the concept eventually known as Fahrenheit 451.

  8. 8 The Dream Hotel

    The Dream Hotel

    by Laila Lalami

    narrative, science fiction

    Set in a near-future America, the narrative follows a museum curator named Miina who is detained after an algorithmic prediction identifies her as a potential threat to national security.

  9. 9 Great Circle

    Great Circle

    by Maggie Shipstead

    dense, narrative

    Marian Graves is a prohibited female aviator who disappears in 1950 while attempting a north-south circumnavigation of the globe.

  10. 10 The Heart Goes Last

    The Heart Goes Last

    by Margaret Atwood

    narrative, science fiction

    Set in a near-future economic collapse, the story follows Stan and Charmaine, a couple living in their car to avoid roving gangs.

  11. 11 The Power

    The Power

    by Naomi Alderman

    narrative, science fiction

    Teenage girls across the globe suddenly develop a physical organ called a skein, located near their collarbones, which allows them to discharge lethal electricity from their fingertips.

  12. 12 Sea of Tranquility

    Sea of Tranquility

    by Emily St. John Mandel

    narrative, science fiction

    In 1912, an exiled British aristocrat hears the notes of a violin and a mechanical roar while standing in a remote Canadian forest.

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