Water novels--I have read Flood by Stephen Baxter--very good and an early novel by Bacigalupi--but not this one.

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Science fiction novels centered on water include the near-future dystopian

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, which explores a water war in a drought-ravaged Southwest, and the flooded-world thriller All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall.

Classic works such as Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas explore underwater adventure, while works like Arthur C. Clarke's The Deep Range and John Wyndham's The Kraken Wakes deal with deep-sea life and threats from the ocean depths. Dystopian and Climate Change Stories

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi .

is a near-future thriller where extreme drought leads to paramilitary battles over dwindling water sources in the American Southwest.

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall . depicts a world where glaciers have melted, causing massive flooding, and one family tries to survive on a flooded New York City.

Dry by Neal and Jarod Shusterman . is a young adult dystopian novel about a severe drought in California that transforms people into "water-zombies".

Underwater and Oceanic Settings

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne . is a classic that features Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, exploring the deep ocean.

Sphere by Michael Crichton . is a thrilling story set underwater, where a mysterious object is discovered at the bottom of the ocean.

The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke . explores a future where humanity relies on the sea for food and features a space engineer who becomes a whale hunter.

Other Water-Related Themes The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham . is a science fiction novel about extraterrestrial creatures emerging from the depths of the ocean.

Startide Rising by David Brin . is an Uplift novel that involves an intelligent species on an ocean planet.

Flood by Stephen Baxter . is a science fiction novel that deals with a global flood and its impact on human civilization.