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Michael Moorcockstandalone novel1969

Grimdark, set in secondary world and at sea.

universe14 books2001

Steampunk.

“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

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dystopia, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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Start with The Hunger Games →

includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

City at World's EndNovel

Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951

Tense in tone, set in our world and north america.

“Cut off from everything and everyone they knew, the townspeople have to find a way to survive in a world that has nothing left to spare for latecomers.”
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Riddley WalkerNovel

Russell Hobanstandalone novel1980

About coming of age, set in our world and british isles.

“WorldCat: Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road.”
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Tunnel in the SkyNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1955

Tense in tone, about space exploration and coming of age, set in other star systems.

“As the final test of a survivalist/explorer class, teenagers are dumped on an alien planet to use their skills while awaiting pickup.”
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