- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
A near-future novel follows a UN agency trying to address climate change through political, economic, and technological action.
- The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a drought-stricken American Southwest, water scarcity drives a tense struggle over survival and power.
- New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Its residents navigate a partly submerged New York while the novel explores adaptation, finance, and community.
- by John Brunner
This influential environmental dystopia links pollution and ecological damage to political failure and social breakdown.
- by Stephen Markley
This sprawling near-future story follows people confronting climate crisis and political upheaval across the United States.
- by Margaret Atwood
A climate-stressed, corporate-dominated future forms the setting for this unsettling speculative novel about science and human ambition.
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a future shaped by rising seas, engineered crops, and depleted energy, Bangkok becomes a tense arena for competing interests.
- by John Wyndham
A mysterious ocean-dwelling threat brings rising waters and worldwide disruption to this classic science-fiction thriller.
- by Barbara Kingsolver
A striking butterfly migration brings climate change into the everyday life of a rural Appalachian community.
- by Megan Hunter
A new mother’s intimate account of displacement unfolds as catastrophic flooding transforms Britain.
- by Jessie Greengrass
Three young people shelter in a coastal house prepared for climate catastrophe, balancing survival with grief and belonging.
- by Jeanette Winterson
Across linked settings and eras, this formally playful novel considers ecological destruction and humanity’s recurring choices.
- The Wall by John Lanchester
On a changed island nation, a defensive wall divides those protected from rising waters from those left outside.
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
A society repeatedly devastated by planetary upheaval makes climate-scale catastrophe central to this inventive fantasy.
- by Karen Thompson Walker
As Earth’s rotation slows and the environment shifts, a young girl’s coming-of-age story takes place amid global uncertainty.
- The Overstory by Richard Powers
Interwoven lives converge around forests and environmental activism, making this a strong companion for readers drawn to climate fiction’s ecological concerns.
- by J. G. Ballard
A transformed, overheated Earth sets the stage for this classic novel of psychological change and a drowned urban world.
- by Sarah Hall
After environmental and social collapse, a woman joins a remote community resisting a restrictive state.
- by Kirsty Logan
In a world mostly covered by water, an itinerant performer and a reclusive keeper of the dead find their lives intertwined.
- by Maggie Gee, Maggie Gee
A man’s account of life and family in a Britain sliding into a new ice age connects literary storytelling with planetary climate upheaval.
- by Alexis Wright
This formally adventurous novel links climate disruption with Indigenous identity, displacement, and the politics of Australia.
- by Amitav Ghosh
A rare-book dealer’s investigation connects folklore, migration, and the human consequences of a changing climate.
- by Ian McEwan
A flawed physicist’s career and personal life intersect with the search for a technological response to climate change.
- by Liz Jensen
A therapist’s work with a troubled teenager becomes entangled with a chain of environmental disasters and apocalyptic predictions.