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series3 books2010

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.”
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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.”
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includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“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

Riddley WalkerNovel

Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980

About coming of age, set in our world and british isles.

“WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”
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The TriffidsSeries

series3 books1951

Set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

Lucifer's HammerNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1977

Set in north america and late 20th century.

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