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series8 books1932

Dystopia, set in far future and otherworld.

“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.”
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Start with Brave New World →

New CrobuzonSeries

series4 books2000

Weird fiction and fantasy, challenging in tone, set in secondary world.

“The New Crobuzon books are three standalone novels by China Miéville set in and around New Crobuzon, a vast, corrupt industrial city in his invented world of Bas-Lag where magic, biopunk technology, and several sentient species coexist.”
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Start with Perdido Street Station →

Stand on ZanzibarNovel

John Brunnerstandalone novel1968

Dystopia, about genetic engineering and surveillance, set in near future.

Mortal EnginesUniverse

universe14 books2001

Post-apocalyptic, adventurous in tone, about survival, set in far future.

“In a world where the cities were put on wheels to outrun a war that ended in a single afternoon, Municipal Darwinism is the law: big towns eat small ones, strip them for parts and take their people aboard as citizens or as scrap.”
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Start with Mortal Engines →

includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang

Ship BreakerSeries

series3 books2010

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Make Room! Make Room!Novel

Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966

Dystopia, about survival and ecological collapse, set in near future.

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