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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in north america.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
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
Level 7Novel
Mordecai Roshwaldstandalone novel1959
Post-apocalyptic, about war, set in underground & caves.
“X-127 fulfills the role of 'push-button' offensive initiator of his nation's nuclear weapons capacity against an unspecified enemy.”
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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, about surveillance, set in our world and big city.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Thriller & suspense, set in north america.
House of StairsNovel
William Sleatorstandalone novel1974
Psychological thriller, set in otherworld.