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  • Cover of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

    universe · 65 books · 1898

    Science fiction and alien invasion.

    “No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The War of the Worlds →

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    includes The War of the Worlds

  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and last of their kind, set in our world.

    “The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of The Terror
    The TerrorNovel

    Dan Simmons · standalone novel · 2007

    Historical fiction, about madness and expeditions, set in 19th century.

    “In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Pym
    PymSeries

    series · 5 books · 1838

    Adventure, about expeditions, set in 19th century and at sea.

    “Jules Verne wrote an unauthorized 1897 sequel, An Antarctic Mystery, resolving Poe's cliffhanger in more rationalist terms, while Mat Johnson's 2011 novel Pym uses Poe's original as the springboard for a satirical modern story about race.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket →

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  • Cover of World War Z
    World War ZSeries

    series · 3 books · 2006

    About war, set in our world and contemporary.

    Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →

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  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Broken Lands →

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    includes Rot & Ruin, Joe Ledger, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files