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We Could Be HeroesNovel
Mike Chenstandalone novel2021
Emotional in tone, about amnesia.
“Jamie woke up in an empty apartment with no memory and only a few clues to his identity, but with the ability to read and erase other people's memories - a power he uses to hold up banks to buy coffee, cat food and books.”
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Renegades (Marissa Meyer)Series
series3 books2017
Set in near future.
“Marissa Meyer's trilogy, continuing through Archenemies and Supernova, plays the two factions' history against the leads' divided loyalties; Meyer has said she doesn't plan to extend the series further.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
About plague and pandemic and survival.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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JumperSeries
series6 books1992
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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DreamcatcherNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2001
Horror and alien invasion, about aliens and survival.
“According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer.”
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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Post-apocalyptic and horror, about survival and plague and pandemic.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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