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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia and science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in north america and 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
Ship BreakerSeries
series3 books2010
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future and 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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Z for ZachariahNovel
Robert C. O'Brienstandalone novel1975
About loneliness, set in countryside & village.
“Sixteen-year-old Ann Burden, on an Amish family farm in an isolated valley, believes she is the only survivor of nuclear war and nerve gas.”
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Shade's Children milieuSeries
series2 books1997
Science fiction and dystopia, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in near future.
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The Testing TrilogySeries
series4 books2013
About political intrigue.
“Joelle Charbonneau's Testing trilogy is set generations after a war has wrecked the world's governments and resources, when a rebuilt society selects its most promising graduates for the Testing, a competition meant to find future leaders.”
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At the End of EverythingNovel
Marieke Nijkampstandalone novel2022
Thriller & suspense, about found family.
“The Hope Juvenile Treatment Center is ironically named.”
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