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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone, about 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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Player PianoNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1952
About class conflict and artificial intelligence.
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about survival, 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
The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about surveillance, set in big city.
The Children of MenNovel
P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992
Tense in tone, about political intrigue, set in our world and british isles.
“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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The Circle (Eggers)Series
series2 books2013
Tense in tone, about surveillance, set in 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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