More like Not This August

anchored on:science fictionnorth americamid 20th centuryalternate historywartotalitarianism+1 more

but

Narrow

The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, 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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The Iron DreamNovel
Norman Spinradstandalone novel1972
Satire, challenging in tone, set in alternate earth.
The Handmaid's TaleSeries
series3 books1985
Dystopia, about gender and society and rebellion and revolution, set in near future.
“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 Kraken WakesNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953
Alien invasion, about aliens and survival, set in our world.
“Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”
from the catalogue
FalloutNovel
Todd Strasserstandalone novel2013
Post-apocalyptic, about survival.
Draka (S. M. Stirling)Series
series6 books1988
Dystopia, about slavery, set in alternate earth.
Start with Marching Through Georgia →