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This Perfect DayNovel
Ira Levinstandalone novel1970
Tense in tone.
“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
Time travel, tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about survival, 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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, set in near future 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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Start with A Clockwork Orange →
The Penultimate TruthNovel
Philip K. Dickstandalone novel1964
About surveillance, set in underground & caves.
“The people are told that World War III is being fought above them, when in reality the war ended years ago.”
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The Inner HouseNovel
Walter Besantstandalone novel1888
About immortality.
“The plot follows a rebel group which wishes to restore the more exciting conditions of nineteenth-century life.”
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