Set in a near-future America broken by economic collapse, climate effects, and violence, the novel follows Lauren Olamina, a young woman who records her experiences and develops a practical belief system called Earthseed.

Set in a near-future American Southwest devastated by prolonged drought, the novel follows characters entangled in fights over scarce water and the policies, mercenaries, and markets that secure it.

A speculative epidemic causes people to lose their shadows and, with them, memories and names; survivors must cope with erasing personal history while some exploit or hunt the newly nameless. The setup focuses on how memory failure reshapes relationships, social order, and survival choices in a collapsing world.

Set in a near-future Orange County, the novel follows an undercover narcotics agent embedded in a household of drug users while concealing his identity from both the police and his targets.

Set on a future Mars, the story follows a lowborn miner who infiltrates the ranks of the ruling elite by assuming a false identity.

Set in a near-future speculative scenario, the novel follows people living under acute strain from changing social orders and gendered power dynamics. The immediate pressure comes from desperate survival choices and fraught relationships between men and women living within constrained, dangerous circumstances.

A man’s dreams have the power to change the real world, and those around him — including a psychiatrist — must confront the consequences of shaping reality through unconscious wishes.