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Cli-fi books that look at climate change through a new lens.

Have you heard of cli-fi books? Cli-fi – shorthand for ‘climate fiction’ – is a subgenre that centres around fiction titles that relate to climate change. While climate fiction sometimes takes a dystopian or utopian lilt, these novels are often set in the present or near future, offering insight into what we’re currently doing to our environment and what might happen to it if we don’t make some serious changes soon.

If you’re wondering where to start, these cli-fi books are the perfect way to get familiar with the timely subgenre.

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Echolalia

It would be easy not to notice him. Just a small thing. Dappled with dried bracken and dirt.

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Once There Were Wolves

When we were eight, Dad cut me open from throat to stomach.

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The Yield

I was born on Ngurambang – can you hear it? – Ngu–ram–bang.

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