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series11 books2009

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in near future.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
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Start with The Maze Runner →

Z for ZachariahNovel

Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975

About loneliness, set in our world and countryside & village.

“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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The 5th WaveSeries

series4 books2013

Alien invasion, dark in tone, about aliens.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Dark in tone.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Start with Ship Breaker →

Books of EmberSeries

series4 books2003

Set in far future.

“The post-apocalyptic quartet continues with The People of Sparks, following survivors after they reach the world above, and concludes with The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold.”
from the catalogue

Start with The City of Ember →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution and totalitarianism, 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.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

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