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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera, set in other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Expanded Honorverse, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington), Honor Harrington Universe short fiction
Alliance-UnionUniverse
universe173 books1976
Science fiction, set in far future.
“Around that spine cluster the merchanter novels of trader Families, the Faded Sun trilogy of human envoys among the martial alien Mri, and the Chanur books, narrated from the hierarchical, whiskered viewpoint of the hani.”
from the catalogue
Start with Heavy Time →
includes Company Wars, Chanur, Hanan Rebellion, Mri Wars, Era of Rapprochement, Unionside, The Hinder Stars, Age of Exploration
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Heroes of Dune, Background of the Dune Universe
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Space opera, adventurous in tone, set in other star systems.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
Red RisingSeries
series13 books2014
Dystopia and space opera, about rebellion and revolution and class conflict.
“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
from the catalogue
Start with Red Rising →