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title: "Solarpunk Books"
description: "Browse award-recognized solarpunk books with examples, counts, and a filtered app link."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/subgenres/solarpunk/"
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# Solarpunk Books

Optimistic or reformist SF focused on sustainable technology, ecological repair, community resilience, and post-carbon futures.

- **matching books:** 6
- **recognitions:** 6
- **winner records:** 0
- **award years:** 1981-2018
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open Solarpunk in the interactive browser](/?subgenres=solarpunk)

## Representative Books

- **Walkaway** by Cory Doctorow - 3.76 average rating, 9,316 ratings, 1 recognitions, 0 wins, published 2017
- **Always Coming Home** by Ursula K\. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine - 4.07 average rating, 4,777 ratings, 1 recognitions, 0 wins, published 1985

## Related Links

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- [Browse award pages](/awards/)

## Goodreads Genre Reference

[View Solarpunk on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/solarpunk)

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