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The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
About plague and pandemic.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →
GoneSeries
series9 books2008
Science fiction, tense and dark in tone, about survival, set in contemporary.
“Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gone →
JumperSeries
series6 books1992
Adventurous in tone.
“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
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Start with Jumper →
The Obernewtyn ChroniclesSeries
series9 books1987
Post-apocalyptic and fantasy, set in far future and secondary world.
“Carmody began writing it at the age of fourteen, and reworked the novel through high school and university.”
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TripodsSeries
series4 books1967
completed
Post-apocalyptic and alien invasion, about aliens and rebellion and revolution.
“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →
MidnightersSeries
series3 books2004
Fantasy and urban fantasy, about found family.
“Over the course of the trilogy, Jessica encounters other Midnighters with whom she allies herself.”
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Start with The Secret Hour →