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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction, set in near future.

    “Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Broken Lands →

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    includes Rot & Ruin, Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, Pine Deep, The Sam Hunter Case Files

  • Cover of Maze Runner
    Maze RunnerSeries

    series · 11 books · 2009

    Dystopia.

    “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.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Maze Runner →

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  • Cover of Patternist
    PatternistSeries

    series · 6 books · 1976

    completed

    About genetic engineering.

    “The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Wild Seed →

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  • Cover of The Triffids
    The TriffidsSeries

    series · 3 books · 1951

    Set in british isles.

    “Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Day of the Triffids →

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