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universe63 books1995

Science fiction, tense in tone.

“Pilots vanish from their cockpits, drivers from moving cars, children from their beds, clothing left folded where the faithful stood.”
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Start with Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days →

includes Left Behind: The Kids, Left Behind Prequels, Left Behind: Apocalypse Dawn

The Wanting SeedNovel

Anthony Burgessstandalone novel1962

Science fiction and satire, about totalitarianism and gender and society.

Books of EmberSeries

series4 books2003

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival.

“The post-apocalyptic quartet continues with The People of Sparks, following survivors after they reach the world above, and concludes with The Prophet of Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold.”
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Start with The City of Ember →

EarthseedSeries

series7 books1993

Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america.

“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 Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Science fiction, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.

“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.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

The White PlagueNovel

Frank Herbertstandalone novel1982

Science fiction, dark in tone, about plague and pandemic and genetic engineering.

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