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24 alternatives to Look to Windward

After war, the future still faces major turmoil

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Look to Windward launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   But What If We're Wrong?▲62

   Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   What "Disruption" Really Means▲152

   An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Inevitable▲66

   The 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The End of Jobs▲98

   Money, meaning and freedom without the 9-to-5

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Battle Leadership▲56

   War is Human Life Amplified and Intensified

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ender's Game▲93

   The enemy's gate is down

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Shock Doctrine▲62

   The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Nomad by Matthew Mather▲61

   Something massive is coming... And it's heading for Earth.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tomorrowland▲66

   Pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Knowledge▲62

    A too close to true novel

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Not Fade Away▲110

    Book that makes you rethink your priorities

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Empire's End:▲5

    Aftermath

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Powering the Future▲88

    How we will fuel the civilization of tomorrow

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood▲67

    Where the big ideas of the modern era came from

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Changer▲61

    Destiny can be changed

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Cyber War▲65

    The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Technotopia▲96

    A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Made in the Future▲61

    What a not-so-distant future might look like

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Time Travel: A History▲61

    A mind-bending exploration of time travel in fiction

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Future Timeline▲115

    Predicts advancements in science and technology

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Man's Search for Meaning▲102

    An enduring work of Holocaust survival literature

    2015 · its alternatives →

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