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Frank Herbertstandalone novel1966

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about immortality, set in our world.

“Tens of thousands of years in the future, Earth is ruled by the Optimen, a genetically engineered aristocracy that has made itself functionally immortal, while ordinary people, the Folk, live under strict reproductive control.”
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DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe

2312Novel

Kim Stanley Robinsonstandalone novel2012

Hard science fiction, about terraforming and space colonization.

The Stars My DestinationNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1956

Space opera, about revenge and survival.

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, set in 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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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Shaper/MechanistSeries

series6 books1982

Challenging in tone.

“Shaper/Mechanist is Bruce Sterling's future-history of a fractured solar system, split between the genetically engineered Shapers and the cybernetically augmented Mechanists as humanity spreads beyond Earth.”
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