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Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1961

First contact, about aliens and faith and religion, set in near future.

series2 books1951

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Dystopia, about books and reading and totalitarianism, set in near future.

“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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Flowers for AlgernonNovel

Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966

Emotional in tone, about genetic engineering, set in contemporary.

“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dystopia, about totalitarianism and gender and society, set in near future.

“The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel set in Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States and forces fertile women into reproductive servitude as Handmaids; it is narrated by one such woman, Offred.”
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The Door Into SummerNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1957

Time travel, about revenge and robots, set in near future.

The Puppet MastersNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1951

Alien invasion, tense in tone, about aliens, set in mid 20th century.

“Parasitical aliens attach themselves to human hosts and take over their bodies.”
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