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Alfred Besterstandalone novel1953

Mystery & detective, about psychic powers, set in far future and our world.

“In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen.”
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The City & the CityNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2009

Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, set in otherworld and contemporary.

Halting StateSeries

series2 books2007

Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence, set in near future.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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Start with Halting State →

The Jackpot TrilogySeries

series2 books2014

Mysterious and tense in tone, set in near future and north america.

“Gibson's 2020 book Agency is set in the same world.”
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Start with The Peripheral →

Mother of StormsNovel

John Barnesstandalone novel1994

Tense in tone, about ecological collapse, set in our world and near future.

“A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect.”
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Fahrenheit 451Series

series2 books1951

completed

Dystopia, about books and reading and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Set in a future where books are outlawed and firemen exist to burn them, it follows fireman Guy Montag as doubts about his job push him toward the very literature he's supposed to destroy.”
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Start with The Fireman →

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