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  • Cover of The Hunger Games Universe
    The Hunger GamesUniverse

    universe · 5 books · 2008

    About rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, 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 →

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  • Cover of Galaxy's Edge: Omnibus
    Galaxy's Edge: OmnibusSeries

    series · 2 books · 1961

    completed

    Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in far future and underground & caves.

    Start with Galaxy's Edge: Omnibus #2: Complete Contents from Issues 4, 5 & 6 →

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  • Cover of Dune Universe
    DuneUniverse

    universe · 78 books · 1963

    Space opera, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Saint Leibowitz
    Saint LeibowitzSeries

    series · 6 books · 1955

    completed

    About faith and religion, set in north america.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of Mortal Engines Universe
    Mortal EnginesUniverse

    universe · 14 books · 2001

    Steampunk, adventurous in tone.

    “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 →

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  • Cover of City at World's End
    City at World's EndNovel

    Edmond Hamilton · standalone novel · 1951

    Set in our world and north america.

    “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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