With the ever present threat of World War Three looming on the horizon, it’s hard to have faith in humanity’s future. Many sci-fi authors tend to pile on the pessimism, what with all their predictions of grimdark futures where super-corporations wage dehumanizing interstellar wars adding more meaninglessness to the already empty void. And yet, like a yellow sun rising on a distant planet, a small crop of sci-fi authors promise a warm and wonderful future. These 10 hopepunk sci-fi books are sure to restore your faith in tomorrow, or at least give you a little happy reading material while you’re holed up in the fallout shelter with the rest of us.
