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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.
“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and dystopia, set in near future and big city.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, 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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Fahrenheit 451Series
series2 books1951
completed
Dystopia, about books and reading, set in near future.
“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Hellstrom's HiveNovel
Frank Herbertstandalone novel1973
Eerie in tone, set in contemporary and underground & caves.
The Circle (Eggers)Series
series2 books2013
Dystopia, set in near future and big city.
“Dave Eggers's The Circle follows Mae's rise inside the company as she buys further and further into its ideology, at increasing cost to her own privacy and the people around her.”
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