American novelist Neal Stephenson published his speculative fiction Termination Shock in 2021. It examines the ethical, scientific, and political ramifications of extensive climate action in the near future. The book, which focuses on human attempts to regulate global warming through geoengineering, combines climate fiction with techno-thriller pacing. Cover Image: amazon.com Key factsAuthor: Neal Stephenson Genre:…
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The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Diane Cook wrote the dystopian novel The New Wilderness in 2020. It centers on a mother and daughter attempting to survive in one of the last remaining protected wilderness regions in a near-future planet devastated by climate change. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and is renowned for fusing harsh social and environmental…
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
American author Kim Stanley Robinson wrote the speculative science fiction – The Ministry for the Future in 2020. It uses a variety of narrative techniques, including fiction, policy analysis, and scientific realism, to examine how the world will respond to climate change soon. The book has received recognition for its thorough, optimistic, yet sombre outlook…
Run Fast. Eat Slow.: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes: A Cookbook
Run Fast. Eat Slow. A cookbook written by chef/nutrition coach Elyse Kopecky and Olympic marathoner Shalane Flanagan focuses on high-fat, whole-food dishes for runners and other athletes. It helped popularize a “no calorie counting” approach to sports nutrition and was first released in 2016. It was extensively circulated during 2017 and went on to become…
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman is a perceptive, psychologically thorough examination of heterosexual dating culture among the educated, metropolitan elite. The story, which is set in Brooklyn’s literary community, examines how relationships are influenced by ego, status anxiety, and the subtle distortions of plenty in the digital age in addition to…
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Conversations with Friends more accurately depicts the emotional landscape of millennial maturity than most modern novels. In her quiet yet incisive debut, Rooney explores love, power, and identity in a time of digital mediation. It was published in 2017. It is more focused on the subtle emotional changes—jealousy, desire, and self-doubt—that define contemporary relationships than…
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
The novel No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood vividly depicts what it’s like to have your awareness influenced by the internet before being brutally dragged back into the physical world. It is a book on how digital immersion reconfigures identity, intimacy, bereavement, and moral attentiveness, not just about social media. Image Cover…
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times is a sharp, emotionally restrained novel that captures the unease of contemporary relationships shaped by global mobility, digital communication, and the quiet pressures of self-definition. The book, which is mostly set in Hong Kong, centers on Ava, a young Irish woman teaching English overseas, as she negotiates a confusing romantic triangle…
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown presents a convincing argument in Essentialism for a drastic but realistic change in our way of living and working: doing less but better. In a culture that values being active, multitasking, and always available, McKeown contends that success comes from focussing on the few things that are really important rather than from doing…
The Art of Frugal Hedonism by Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb
The Art of Frugal Hedonism is a subtly subversive book that challenges our preconceived notions about pleasure, materialism, and the “good life.” The book, written by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb, the founders of the Australian Simple Living Movement, makes the case that having more money, possessions, or prestige is not necessary to live happily….