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universe5 books2008

Science fiction, about totalitarianism, set in far future.

“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.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

American WarNovel

Omar El Akkadstandalone novel2017

Science fiction, about ecological collapse.

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Science fiction.

“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.”
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Black Star RisingNovel

Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1985

Science fiction and first contact, about aliens and colonialism.

“The main character is an American who the Chinese send to meet a race of warlike aliens who come to Earth.”
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One Second After / John MathersonSeries

series4 books2009

Science fiction, set in small town.

Start with One Second After →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

“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.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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