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Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering and loneliness.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series
series3 books2020
Superhero.
“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
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Dying InsideNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1972
Reflective and sad in tone, about psychic powers and loneliness.
JumperSeries
series6 books1992
About psychic powers.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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DivergentSeries
series10 books2011
Dystopia, set in near future.
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Little BrotherSeries
series7 books2008
Science fiction, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in contemporary and north america.
“Homeland continues Marcus's fight years later, and Attack Surface completes the trilogy; a companion story, 'Lawful Interception,' and other short pieces extend the same near-future world.”
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