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Unwind DystologySeries
series5 books2007
Dark in tone, set in north america.
“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
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Start with Unwind →
ColonyNovel
Ben Bovastandalone novel1978
About space colonization and survival, set in space station.
“Bova later folded both novels together into the omnibus The Kinsman Saga.”
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DivergentSeries
series10 books2011
About identity, set in north america.
Start with The Transfer →
Beyond This HorizonNovel
Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1948
Reflective in tone, set in far future and north america.
“For centuries, disease, hunger, poverty, and war have been things found only in the history tapes.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dark in tone, about survival, 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.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Ship BreakerSeries
series3 books2010
Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, 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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Start with Ship Breaker →