Once the sole province of science fiction, climate change related fiction has never been more relevant. As far back as Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower in 1993 and further, authors of fiction have been grappling with the possible outcomes of drought, floods, pandemics as they relate to the ways in which humans will cope or not. Fiction can be a great way to help the mind to understand these realities, like a spoon full of sugar. If you are ready for a dose of reality disguised as a well-constructed story, read on through this list, available for download through Overdrive.