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series3 books1985

About gender and society.

“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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Start with The Handmaid's Tale →

The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Set in far future.

“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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

The Shockwave RiderNovel

John Brunnerstandalone novel1975

Cyberpunk, about surveillance, set in big city.

EarthseedSeries

series7 books1993

About faith and religion.

“The two-book series was left unfinished at Butler's death; a planned third novel, Parable of the Trickster, was never completed.”
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Start with Parable of the Sower →

Fahrenheit 451Series

series2 books1951

completed

About books and reading.

“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 →

The Sheep Look UpNovel

John Brunnerstandalone novel1972

About ecological collapse and plague and pandemic, set in big city.

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