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  • Cover of Tripods
    TripodsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1967

    completed

    Alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.

    “The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with When the Tripods Came →

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  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Dystopia.

    “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
    Start with The Maze Runner →

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  • Cover of Shade's Children milieu
    Shade's Children milieuSeries

    series · 2 books · 1997

    Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution.

    Start with Shade's Children →

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  • Cover of Gone
    GoneSeries

    series · 9 books · 2008

    Set in contemporary.

    “Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gone →

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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    About genetic engineering.

    “The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of Dust Lands
    Dust LandsSeries

    series · 3 books · 2011

    Set in far future.

    “Internet Speculative Fiction Database tags the books as post-apocalyptic science fiction for young adults.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Blood Red Road →

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