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The Anchor & Sophia is 3 books, 2017–2020.

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The Hunger Games
Dune
Ship Breaker
Mortal Engines
Saint Leibowitz
Left Behind
Maze Runner
The Bone World Trilogy
Chaos Walking

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue description

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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Dune →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in north america and near future.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ship Breaker →

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Steampunk, adventurous in tone.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
from the catalogue description

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Saint LeibowitzSeries

seriesWalter M. Miller & Jr.6 books1955

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
from the catalogue description

Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Left BehindUniverse

universe63 books1995

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about faith and religion, set in our world and near future.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
from the catalogue description

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Maze RunnerSeries

seriesJames Dashner11 books2009

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
from the catalogue description of The Maze Runner
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Start with The Maze Runner →

The Bone World TrilogySeries

seriesPeadar Ò Guilin3 books2007

Science fiction, dark in tone, about survival, set in secondary world.

Start with The Inferior →

Chaos WalkingSeries

seriesPatrick Ness5 books2008

Set in other star systems.

Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →

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What should I read after The Anchor & Sophia?: The Hunger Games — the closest match to The Anchor & Sophia on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Anchor & Sophia?: Strange Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Anchor & Sophia.
How big is The Anchor & Sophia?: The Anchor & Sophia is 3 books, 2017–2020.

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