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Anne McCaffreystandalone novel1967

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about transported to another world and survival.

“Torn from Earth by a bizarre and nameless black force, Sara has no idea where she is or why she inhabits a beautiful new body.”
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Life During WartimeNovel

Lucius Shepardstandalone novel1987

Dark in tone, about war, set in far future.

“In 1990, it won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Foreign Work.”
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GorSeries

series41 books1966

Sword and sorcery, dark in tone, about slavery, set in secondary world.

“The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state.”
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Start with Tarnsman of Gor →

The Broken EarthSeries

series5 books2014

About ecological collapse and survival, set in secondary world.

“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
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Start with The Fifth Season →

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Science fiction and space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Prequels, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe

Forge of the TitansNovel

Steve Whitestandalone novel2003

Science fiction and military science fiction, about gods, set in far future.

“With other human telepaths, one human traitor, and the advice and counsel of the goddess Secrest battles the Titans and their human allies.”
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