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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
“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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
Dark in tone, set in our world and small town.
“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
Steampunk.
“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
SurvivalistSeries
series41 books1981
Set in near future.
Start with Total War →
Alas, BabylonNovel
Pat Frankstandalone novel1959
Hopeful in tone, set in mid 20th century and small town.
“Classic novel of nuclear war and aftermath in rural Florida.”
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Hello AmericaNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1981
About ecological collapse and expeditions, set in desert.
“The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster following an energy crisis.”
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