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series3 books1951

Post-apocalyptic, dark in tone, set in our world and british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

Oxford Time TravelSeries

series6 books1982

Time travel, set in british isles and europe.

“Connie Willis's Oxford Time Travel novels are set at a near-future Oxford University where historians travel into the past as observers, constrained by a version of history that resists any change large enough to alter real events.”
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Start with Fire Watch →

Ender's GameUniverse

universe39 books1977

Set in far future.

“To beat your enemy you must first understand him so completely that you love him — and in the instant you love him, you destroy him.”
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Start with Ender's Game →

includes Ender Wiggin, Ender's Shadow, First Formic War, Second Formic War, Fleet School

The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Set in contemporary.

“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 →

CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic and horror, set in our world and contemporary.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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