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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
About survival and totalitarianism, set in 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
The Status CivilizationNovel
Robert Sheckleystandalone novel1960
About prison escape and amnesia.
“On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes.”
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Chaos WalkingSeries
series5 books2008
Start with The Knife of Never Letting Go →
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera, about political intrigue.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
When the Sleeper WakesNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899
About political intrigue and totalitarianism, set in our world and british isles.
“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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The Sardonyx NetNovel
Elizabeth A. Lynnstandalone novel1981
Space opera, about political intrigue, set in space and spaceship.
“The slave trade is the most lucrative business on Chabad.”
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