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series3 books2011

About virtual reality and quests, set in virtual world and near future.

“The 2020 sequel, Ready Player Two, picks up after Wade has gained control of the OASIS and follows him and his friends into a new quest built around a brain-computer interface the creator left behind.”
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Start with Ready Player One →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Tense and dark in tone, set in far future and 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.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Lord of the FliesNovel

William Goldingstandalone novel1954

Literary & general, dark in tone, set in islands and mid 20th century.

“The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery.”
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The GiverSeries

series5 books1993

Set in far future and secondary world.

“Each book has a different protagonist but is set in the same futuristic era.”
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Start with The Giver →

Maze RunnerSeries

series11 books2009

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 →

DivergentSeries

series10 books2011

Tense in tone, about identity, set in near future and north america.

Start with The Transfer →

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