The Future of Us is a 2011 contemporary fiction novel written by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler.

The novel was published on November 21, 2011 by Razorbill, a division of Penguins Young Readers Group.

Things have been awkward ever since then, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him take it to Emma so she can install it on her new computer.

As they grapple with the ups and downs of their future, they're forced to confront what they're doing right—and wrong—in the present.

[2] The film option rights for the movie version of the book has been sold to Warner Bros.[3]