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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Tense in tone.
“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 Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Tense in tone, about survival.
“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
Player PianoNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1952
Satire, about class conflict and artificial intelligence.
A Clockwork OrangeSeries
series4 books1962
completed
About surveillance, set in our world and big city.
“After his crimes catch up with him, Alex is made the subject of a controversial state program meant to forcibly reform his behavior, and the novel uses his ordeal to question whether imposed goodness is worth the loss of free will.”
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Start with A Clockwork Orange →
The Gate to Women's CountryNovel
Sheri S. Tepperstandalone novel1988
Post-apocalyptic, about war.
The Jagged OrbitNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1969
About surveillance and race and racism, set in big city.