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series3 books1985

Science fiction, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

“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 Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Science fiction, about 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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

One Second After / John MathersonSeries

series4 books2009

Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about war, set in small town.

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Directive 51 / DaybreakSeries

series3 books2010

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic.

“The resulting collapse triggers mass death, a crisis over presidential succession, and mysterious Moon-launched fusion strikes on Washington and Chicago, while a shadowy neofeudalist movement moves into the vacuum.”
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Unwind DystologySeries

series5 books2007

Science fiction, about genetic engineering.

“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
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The Running ManNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982

Science fiction, about totalitarianism.

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