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The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, about survival and totalitarianism, set in north america and near future.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
About gender and society and rebellion and revolution.
“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.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, about surveillance, set in big city.
A State of DisobedienceNovel
Tom Kratmanstandalone novel2003
About rebellion and revolution and war.
“During the war against terrorism, the US government had taken on extraordinary powers.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
About rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The Water KnifeNovel
Paolo Bacigalupistandalone novel2015
About ecological collapse and class conflict, set in desert.