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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“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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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
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
The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Thriller & suspense.
Unwind DystologySeries
series5 books2007
About rebellion and revolution and 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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Start with Unwind →
EarthseedSeries
series7 books1993
Post-apocalyptic.
“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 →
Shadow ChildrenSeries
series7 books1998
Dystopia and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about totalitarianism and survival, set in near future and north america.
“In some cases, a parent may choose to forge a child's identification card so a shadow child can live a normal life.”
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Start with Among the Hidden →