Books

Long-Term Future

Takes place in a future with speculative or fantastic technology, such as faster-than-light space travel, gravity manipulation, and terraforming.

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The Warrior’s Apprentice

by Lois McMaster Bujold

Series:

The Vorkosigan Saga

Genres:

Science fiction and fantasy, Space opera

Tropes:

Coming of age, Cons and swindles, Fealty, Madcap adventures, Politics

Characters:

Character(s) with ADHD

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Military, Outer space

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Series:

Genres:

Science fiction, Science fiction and fantasy

Tropes:

Characters:

Adult characters, Envoy

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Fictional planet

Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey

Series:

Genres:

Tropes:

Band of misfits, Ensemble cast, Gateways and wormholes, Ghost ship, Mystery plot, Politics

Characters:

Middle-aged characters

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells

Series:

The Murderbot Diaries

Genres:

Tropes:

Android, Corporate overreach, Dystopia, Found family, Snarky AI

Characters:

Agender main character(s), Asexual main character(s)

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Harrow the Ninth

Series:

The Locked Tomb

Genres:

Science fiction, Science fiction and fantasy, Sword and sorcery

Tropes:

Amnesia, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Found family, God is just a person, Men loving men, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

Characters:

Bisexual side character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Necromancer

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Outer space, Space ship

Gideon the Ninth

Series:

The Locked Tomb

Genres:

Occult mystery, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Sword and sorcery

Tropes:

Anyone can die, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving women

Characters:

Characters in their late teens, Cisgender woman main character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Loner, Necromancer, Orphan, Queer side character(s), Warrior

Time Periods:

Long-Term Future

Places:

Castle, Fictional planet, Outer space