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ReckonersSeries
series6 books2013
Superhero and science fiction, adventurous and tense in tone, set in near future and north america.
“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue
Start with Steelheart →
Have Space Suit - Will TravelNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1958
Space opera, about aliens and space exploration, set in space.
“One minute Kip Russell was walking about in his own backyard, testing out an old space suit and dreaming about going to the moon - and the next he was out cold and the captive of an insidious space pirate.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about totalitarianism, set in far future.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Alien invasion, about aliens, set in our world.
“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 →
Ship BreakerSeries
series3 books2010
Dark in tone.
“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 →
The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Alien invasion, dark in tone, about aliens.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The 5th Wave →