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series3 books1964

completed

Science fiction and dystopia, tense in tone, about totalitarianism and surveillance, set in far future and space.

“In the future depicted in this series, mankind is ruled by a brutal totalitarian government known as the Plan of Man, enforced by a computerized surveillance state.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

Dark in tone, about survival, 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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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

This Perfect DayNovel

Ira Levinstandalone novel1970

Dark in tone, about identity, set in our world.

“Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel.”
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When the Sleeper WakesNovel

H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1899

Dark in tone, about political intrigue, set in our world and british isles.

“Graham, an insomniac Englishman in 1890s London, takes a course of sleep-inducing drugs and falls into a coma that lasts two centuries.”
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The Handmaid's TaleSeries

series3 books1985

Dark in tone, about gender and society, set in north america and 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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DayworldSeries

series5 books1971

About identity, set in our world.

“The novels focus on a man, Jeff Caird, who is a daybreaker: someone who lives more than one day a week.”
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Start with Dayworld →

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