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series6 books1982

Time travel, tense in tone, set in british isles.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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KindredNovel

Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979

Time travel, about slavery and race and racism, set in north america.

“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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TimelineNovel

Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1999

Time travel, adventurous in tone, about expeditions, set in medieval.

The Death of GrassNovel

John Christopherstandalone novel1956

Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic, set in our world and mid 20th century.

“The plot concerns a virus that kills off grass species, including rice and wheat.”
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The War in the AirNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1908

Military science fiction, about war, set in our world and early 20th century.

Saint LeibowitzSeries

series6 books1955

completed

Post-apocalyptic, about faith and religion, set in far future and north america.

“Together the two novels form a sparse, decades-spanning series about memory, faith, and the cycles of civilization.”
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