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A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
Challenging in tone, set in big city and british isles.
“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 Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, set in north america and big city.
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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Stand on ZanzibarNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1968
Challenging in tone, about genetic engineering, set in big city.
The FutureNovel
Naomi Aldermanstandalone novel2023
About ecological collapse.
OneNovel
David Karpstandalone novel1953
About identity.