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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dark in tone, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Handmaid's Tale →
Left BehindUniverse
universe63 books1995
Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about faith and religion, set in near future and our world.
“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
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Start with Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days →
includes Left Behind: The Kids, Left Behind Prequels, Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn
Shadow ChildrenSeries
series7 books1998
Dark in tone.
“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
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Start with Among the Hidden →
Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
Dark in tone, about class conflict and ecological collapse, set in big city.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“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
The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Thriller & suspense, dark in tone.