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EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
Dystopia, about faith and religion, set in north america.
“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
from the catalogue
Start with Parable of the Sower →
The FiremanNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2016
Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.
BorneSeries
series3 books2017
Weird fiction, eerie in tone, about genetic engineering.
“Jeff VanderMeer's series continues with the related novels The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts, set in the same devastated world.”
from the catalogue
Start with Borne →
Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Dystopia, about coming of age and rebellion and revolution.
Start with Shade's Children →
The PassageSeries
series3 books2010
Horror, tense in tone, about vampires, set in north america.
Start with The Passage →
MaddAddamSeries
series3 books2003
Dystopia, about genetic engineering and ecological collapse, set in north america.
Start with Oryx and Crake →