The Future and Why We Should Avoid It (2014) non-fiction book

The Future and Why We Should Avoid It: Killer Robots, The Apocalypse and Other Topics of Mild Concern (2014) by Scott Feschuk consists of his witty columns from Maclean's magazine. You may or may not want to take this seriously, with cheek in hand.

Station Eleven (2014) novel

Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven sees the world depopulated by a plague. The work is set in two timelines, the period before the plague and twenty years after. The novel has been reviewed as part thriller, part dystopian future commentary.