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The Handmaid's TaleSeries
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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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
Make Room! Make Room!Novel
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1966
About ecological collapse, set in big city.
The Running ManNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1982
Thriller & suspense.
Unwind DystologySeries
series5 books2007
About genetic engineering.
“The first novel follows three teens fleeing that fate, and the sequels widen the same dystopia's cast and consequences across a four-book arc plus companion material.”
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The Shockwave RiderNovel
John Brunnerstandalone novel1975
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic, about surveillance, set in big city.