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Farnham's FreeholdNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1964
Time travel, about race and racism.
The PostmanSeries
series3 books1982
Post-apocalyptic and science fiction, about survival, set in north america and near future.
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Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About coming of age and loneliness, set in our world.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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The PassageSeries
series3 books2010
Horror, dark in tone, about vampires.
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The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Alien invasion, dark in tone, about aliens.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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The FiremanNovel
Joe Hillstandalone novel2016
Dark in tone, about plague and pandemic and found family, set in our world.