I mean there is dystopian fiction, it's one of my favorite, if not my most favorite fictional genre…..but that would imply there is utopian fiction, would it not? And I mean, sure, kids stories where nothing bad happens exist, but I'm not talking about that.
I'm not a super seasoned reader, so I wouldn't really know the answer to this question, but I'd like to give such a genre a try if it exists. I honestly need something like that right now, a mental escape, there's too much dystopia IRL for me to find entertainment in dystopian fiction right now. Any suggestions? I'm especially interested if the characters are very diverse or if there are alternative/unique themes.
by UntamedAnomaly
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Star Trek books come to mind.
The Last War: A World Set Free by H.G. Wells is pretty Utopian. But that depends on what you want in the world I suppose.
The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers?
It exists, but it tends to feature dystopian societies that the authors just happened to think were good.
A great example of utopian fiction is News From Nowhere, by William Morris. A beautiful book, truly.
(There is also Utopia, by Thomas More, which gave us the word and the genre. But be aware, the English is old–even older than Shakespeare.)
I googled it just to see since nothing was coming to mind. Basically they just listed books that start utopian but by the end are very dystopian. One suggestion was The Giver which if you haven’t read it is pretty dystopian for our main character after just a few chapters.