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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, tense in tone, 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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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Under the DomeNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2009
Horror, tense in tone, about political intrigue.
“A small town in Maine finds itself suddenly cut off from the outside world by an impenetrable barrier, and the clash of personalities of the trapped people takes its inexorable devastating course.”
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EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
Dystopia, about faith and religion, set in near future.
“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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Start with Parable of the Sower →
The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens, set in near future.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →
GoneSeries
series9 books2008
Tense in tone.
“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
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Start with Gone →
MidnightNovel
Dean R. Koontzstandalone novel1989
Horror, tense in tone, about nanotechnology.
“A wealthy tech entrepreneur, intending to create superhumans by infecting them with nanotech to assist their physical and mental abilities, picks a California town as his secret pilot project, but things go terribly wrong.”
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