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series6 books2013

Fantasy, set in near future.

“Samantha Shannon's Bone Season series is set in a 2059 dystopian Britain ruled by the authoritarian Scion regime, which persecutes clairvoyants as 'unnaturals.”
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Start with The Bone Season →

Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

series9 books1962

completed

Set in near future.

“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“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

The Midwich CuckoosNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1957

About aliens and parenthood, set in british isles and mid 20th century.

The Demolished ManNovel

Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953

Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in far future and our world.

“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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MidnightersSeries

series3 books2004

Fantasy, about coming of age, set in contemporary.

“Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself.”
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Start with The Secret Hour →

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