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The ARC is 4 books, 2014–2016.

Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
Juliette / Shatter Me
Ship Breaker
Divergent
Uglies Universe
Unwind Dystology
Matched
Reckoners
The Declaration

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

seriesPhilip K. Dick9 books1962

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue description of The Man in the High Castle

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Juliette / Shatter MeSeries

seriesTahereh Mafi16 books2011

Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.

“Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series follows Juliette, a teenager whose touch is lethally dangerous, in a dystopian future.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Shatter Me →

Ship BreakerSeries

seriesPaolo Bacigalupi3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about survival, set in north america.

“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

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DivergentSeries

seriesVeronica Roth10 books2011

Set in north america and big city.

Start with The Transfer →

Uglies UniverseSeries

seriesScott Westerfeld & Devin Grayson9 books2005

Science fiction and dystopia, set in near future.

“Tally Youngblood, the original tetralogy's protagonist, initially awaits her own operation before learning it also surgically dulls independent thought, driving her toward the hidden resistance community called the Smoke.”
from the catalogue description

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Unwind DystologySeries

seriesNeal Shusterman5 books2007

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering, set in north america.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Unwind →

MatchedSeries

seriesAlly Condie3 books2010

Set in far future.

“Ally Condie's dystopian trilogy follows Cassia, a teenager in a rigidly controlled Society that assigns citizens' spouses, careers, and even manner of death, after a glitch shows her a second face at her own Matching ceremony.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Matched →

ReckonersSeries

seriesBrandon Sanderson & Steven Bohls6 books2013

Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in north america.

“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with Steelheart →

The DeclarationSeries

seriesGemma Malley4 books2007

Dark in tone.

Start with The Declaration →

Why these

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What should I read after The ARC?: Library of America P. K. Dick Collection — the closest match to The ARC on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The ARC?: Tainted. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The ARC.
How big is The ARC?: The ARC is 4 books, 2014–2016.

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