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The Silver CrownNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1968
Science fiction, tense in tone, about survival and coming of age, 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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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and horror, dark in tone, about plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.
Start with Shade's Children →
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future and 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
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
Post-apocalyptic, about loneliness, set in near future and north america.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
About plague and pandemic.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →