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  • Cover of Crash
    CrashNovel

    J. G. Ballard · standalone novel · 1973

    Literary & general, challenging in tone, about madness, set in big city.

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  • Cover of The Shining
    The ShiningSeries

    series · 5 books · 1977

    Horror, tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america.

    “Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Shining →

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  • Cover of Brave New World
    Brave New WorldSeries

    series · 8 books · 1932

    Science fiction and dystopia, about class conflict, set in far future.

    “Some editions pair the novel with Huxley's own 1958 nonfiction essay collection, Brave New World Revisited, which reassesses the book's ideas rather than continuing its story.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Brave New World →

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  • Cover of Library of America P. K. Dick Collection
    Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries

    series · 9 books · 1962

    completed

    Science fiction, set in near future.

    “Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Man in the High Castle →

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  • Cover of Support Group
    Support GroupSeries

    series · 2 books · 2009

    Fantasy, funny in tone, about vampires.

    “A 15 year old girl who has been a vampire for 51 years and her vampire support group must solve the murder of one of their number.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Reformed Vampire Support Group →

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  • Cover of Hunger (Whitley Strieber)
    Hunger (Whitley Strieber)Series

    series · 3 books · 1981

    Horror, about vampires.

    “Whitley Strieber's The Hunger centers on Miriam Blaylock, a beautiful, wealthy vampire who takes human lovers and transforms them into vampire-human hybrids, feeding off them across centuries.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with The Hunger →

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