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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, set in our world and big city.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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When She WokeNovel
Hillary Jordanstandalone novel2011
Tense in tone, about genetic engineering, set in north america.
EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america.
“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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Start with Parable of the Sower →
Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
About books and reading, set in north america.
“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Shadrach in the FurnaceNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1976
Set in our world.