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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Alien invasion, about aliens.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue
Start with When the Tripods Came →
Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Dystopia, dark in tone.
Start with Shade's Children →
Maze RunnerSeries
series11 books2009
Dystopia.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Maze Runner →
Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About loneliness, set in north america and countryside & village.
“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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Ship BreakerSeries
series3 books2010
Dark in tone, set in north america.
“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ship Breaker →
ReckonersSeries
series6 books2013
Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in north america.
“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue
Start with Steelheart →