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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia, dark in tone, about rebellion and revolution.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
Mortal EnginesUniverse
universe14 books2001
“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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mortal Engines →
includes Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines, Mortal Engines Prequels, Anna Fang
City at World's EndNovel
Edmond Hamiltonstandalone novel1951
Dark in tone, set in our world and small town.
“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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The ChrysalidsNovel
John Wyndhamstandalone novel1955
Reflective in tone, about genetic engineering and coming of age, set in secondary world.
“An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.”
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Hello AmericaNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1981
About ecological collapse and expeditions, set in desert.
“The plot follows an expedition to a North America rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster following an energy crisis.”
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Ben GoldSeries
series3 books2014
Science fiction and post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about survival, set in far future and north america.
“Two generations ago, a virulent disease turned the population of most of North America into little more than beasts called Ferals.”
from the catalogue
Start with Falling Sky →