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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Alien invasion, tense in tone, 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.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →
Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
Start with Shade's Children →
X-IsleNovel
Steve Augardestandalone novel2009
Tense in tone, set in islands.
Maze RunnerSeries
series11 books2009
Dystopia, tense in tone.
“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.”
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Start with The Maze Runner →
Children of the DustNovel
Louise Lawrencestandalone novel1985
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, dark in tone, about survival and coming of age, set in our world and near future.
At the End of EverythingNovel
Marieke Nijkampstandalone novel2022
Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic and found family.
“The Hope Juvenile Treatment Center is ironically named.”
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