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Ring Around the SunNovel
Clifford D. Simakstandalone novel1953
About class conflict, set in parallel universe and countryside & village.
Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
Dystopia, about totalitarianism, set in near future.
“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Start with The Fireman →
The Man Who Fell to EarthNovel
Walter Tevisstandalone novel1963
Sad in tone, about aliens and loneliness.
A Gift Upon the ShoreNovel
M. K. Wrenstandalone novel1990
Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in near future.
“A post-apocalypse novel, saving books for posterity.”
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Earth AbidesNovel
George R. Stewartstandalone novel1949
Post-apocalyptic, about survival and plague and pandemic.
“Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the story is told by Isherwood Williams, who emerges from isolation in the mountains to find almost everyone dead. en.wikipedia.org”
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Saint LeibowitzSeries
series6 books1955
completed
Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future.
“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →