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series11 books1962

completed

Science fiction.

Rebecca Steadstandalone novel2007

Mystery & detective, adventurous in tone, about ecological collapse, set in underground & caves.

“First Light explains how global warming is melting Gracehope and Peter and Thea's attempt to persuade the people to leave.”
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Lord of the FliesNovel

William Goldingstandalone novel1954

Dark in tone, set in islands and mid 20th century.

“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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His Dark MaterialsUniverse

universe13 books1995

Fantasy, adventurous in tone, set in parallel universe.

“In a world like ours and unlike it, every human soul walks outside the body in the shape of an animal — a daemon, who speaks, who cannot be lied to, and who settles into one fixed form only when childhood ends.”
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Start with Northern Lights →

includes His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust

The Silver CrownNovel

Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1968

Science fiction, tense in tone, about coming of age and survival, set in contemporary and our world.

“The Silver Crown is a children's science-fiction book by Robert C. O'Brien.”
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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about aliens and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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 →

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