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universe5 books2008

Dystopia, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“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 ChrysalidsNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955

Post-apocalyptic, reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and survival.

“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic and steampunk, about survival.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

Red RisingSeries

series13 books2014

Dystopia and space opera, about rebellion and revolution.

“Pierce Brown's Red Rising follows Darrow, a lowborn 'Red' miner on a colonized Mars who discovers his caste's suffering is a lie sustained by the ruling Gold elite, and infiltrates their ranks to destroy the system from within.”
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Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, about survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Nicholas SeafortSeries

series7 books1994

completed

Military science fiction and space opera, set in space.

“Additionally, Children of Hope is narrated by Randy Carr, the son of a close friend of Seafort.”
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Start with Midshipman's Hope →

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