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series2 books1951

completed

Dystopia and science fiction, about books and reading and totalitarianism.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fireman →

Stranger in a Strange LandNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

Science fiction, about aliens and faith and religion, set in near future.

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Science fiction, set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Man in the High Castle →

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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Start with A Canticle for Leibowitz →

Green TownSeries

series31 books1946

completed

Literary & general, about coming of age, set in small town and mid 20th century.

“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
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Start with The Night →

CarrieNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974

Horror and psychological horror, about psychic powers, set in contemporary.

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