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  • Cover of The Shockwave Rider
    The Shockwave RiderNovel

    John Brunner · standalone novel · 1975

    Cyberpunk and dystopia, about surveillance and totalitarianism.

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  • Cover of Black Star Rising
    Black Star RisingNovel

    Frederik Pohl · standalone novel · 1985

    Dystopia and first contact.

    “The main character is an American who the Chinese send to meet a race of warlike aliens who come to Earth.”

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  • Cover of The 5th Wave
    The 5th WaveSeries

    series · 4 books · 2013

    Alien invasion, about survival.

    “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.”

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    Start with The 5th Wave →

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  • Cover of War Against the Chtorr
    War Against the ChtorrSeries

    series · 7 books · 1983

    About survival and ecological collapse.

    “The Chtorr series was originally planned as a trilogy, but as the story became more intricate, Gerrold realized that three books would not be enough for him to tell the entire story.”

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  • Cover of The Hunger Games Universe
    The Hunger GamesUniverse

    universe · 5 books · 2008

    Dystopia, about survival, 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.”

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    Start with The Hunger Games →

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  • Cover of The Handmaid's Tale
    The Handmaid's TaleSeries

    series · 3 books · 1985

    Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

    “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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    Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

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