Fiction

We can prevail

• Project Hail Mary ↗︎ Andy Weir, 2021
• Foundation ↗︎ Isaac Asimov, 1951

We're stupid

• The Three-Body Problem Series ↗︎ Liu Cixin, 2008–2010
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ↗︎ Douglas Adams, 1979

We're doomed

• 1984 ↗︎ George Orwell, 1949

We're weird

• Brave New World ↗︎ Aldous Huxley, 1932
• Animal Farm ↗︎ George Orwell, 1945

All is arbitrary

• The Stranger ↗︎ Albert Camus, 1942

The world is curious

• Sophie's World ↗︎ Jostein Gaarder, 1991

Having good and evil makes life easy

• Harry Potter ↗︎ J.K. Rowling, 1997–2007