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Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Dystopia, tense in tone, about coming of age.
Start with Shade's Children →
TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
from the catalogue
Start with When the Tripods Came →
The Vampire EarthSeries
series12 books2003
Dark fantasy, about vampires and war, set in north america.
“A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order.”
from the catalogue
Start with Way of the Wolf →
The Children of MenNovel
P. D. Jamesstandalone novel1992
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and political intrigue, set in british isles.
“Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in north america.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Handmaid's Tale →
The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, set in far future and 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels